ERIC Number: ED651511
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 377
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ISBN: 979-8-3819-8049-3
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Challenging the Assumptions about Faculty Resistance to Online Learning: A Quantitative Study about How Nursing Faculty Perceptions of Online Learning Impact Their Willingness to Teach Courses in Online Prelicensure Baccalaureate Nursing Programs
Christine B. Valadez
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, Marymount University
This study explores how faculty perceptions of online learning's effectiveness impact their willingness to teach in online prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs. Despite validation of online learning's efficacy in nursing education, fewer than 50 CCNE-accredited prelicensure BSN programs are offered primarily online. Severe nursing shortages in the US necessitate the preparation of additional skilled nurses. Offering flexible online programs that attract nontraditional and rural learners might help. Research regarding nursing faculty's andragogical concerns about online BSNs is lacking. Exploring faculty apprehensions might illuminate barriers preventing colleges and universities from putting BSN programs online. This cross-sectional, explanatory, quantitative study confirms connections between faculty perceptions of online learning's effectiveness and willingness to teach in online BSN programs. Using descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze anonymous survey data garnered from 834 participants at 655 CCNE-accredited programs, the researcher establishes that faculty willingness to teach online is statistically correlated to their perceptions of online learning's effectiveness for achieving "important job goals" (Venkatesh & Davis, 2000, p. 191). The study's findings highlight that faculty are not opposed to online learning but are reluctant to teach and assess specific clinical outcomes online. Based on study results, the researcher recommends that institutions address BSN faculty's apprehensions by investing in improving the quality of online learning and by developing semihybrid models that allow faculty to manage complex clinical outcomes in person. These measures reduce concerns about putting clinical programs online, expand prelicensure BSN program offerings, and provide opportunities for more students to become licensed nurses. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Resistance to Change, Bachelors Degrees, Influence of Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Career Readiness, Clinical Experience
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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