Obstacles faced at various stages of capability regarding distance education in institutions of higher learning
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2001-07
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Berge, Zane L.; Muilenburg, Lin; Obstacles faced at various stages of capability regarding distance education in institutions of higher learning; TECH TRENDS (2001) 45: 40; https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784824
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Abstract
Faculty compensation concerns and the lack of development and maintenance time are the greatest barriers to distance education across all organizational stages of capabilities. It may be that certain factors such as legal issues and evaluation, both of which show a steady increase from Stage 1 organizations to Stage 5 organizations, are the last to be tackled because other obstacles are more important in the earlier stages of maturity. The evidence from the responses to this survey indicates that there is a relationship between an organization’s level of capability in distance education and the barriers to distance education reported by respondents for some but not all barriers. Separately, we found evidence to support Moore’s assertions that barriers associated with