Barriers to Distance Education: A Factor-Analytic Study
dc.contributor.author | Muilenburg, Lin | |
dc.contributor.author | Berge, Zane L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-20T15:51:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-20T15:51:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-09-24 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article reports on a large‐scale (n = 2,504), exploratory factor analysis that determined the underlying constructs that comprise barriers to distance education. The ten factors found were (1) administrative structure, (2) organizational change, (3) technical expertise, (4) social interaction and quality, (5) faculty compensation and time, (6) threat of technology, (7) legal issues, (8) evaluation/effectiveness, (9) access, and (10) student‐support services. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08923640109527081 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 17 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | journal articles preprints | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2ec6d-efbf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Muilenburg, Lin; Berge, Zane L.; Barriers to Distance Education: A Factor-Analytic Study; The American Journal of Distance Education. 15(2): 7-22 (2009); https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/16395 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Education Department Collection | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Graduate School | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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dc.rights | This is an original preprint of an article published by Taylor & Francis in on 24 Sep 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/https://doi.org/10.1080/08923640109527081. | |
dc.subject | distance education | en_US |
dc.subject | administrative structure | en_US |
dc.subject | organizational change | en_US |
dc.subject | technical expertise | en_US |
dc.subject | social interaction and quality | en_US |
dc.subject | faculty compensation and time | en_US |
dc.subject | threat of technology | en_US |
dc.subject | legal issues | en_US |
dc.subject | evaluation/effectiveness | en_US |
dc.subject | access | en_US |
dc.subject | student‐support services | en_US |
dc.subject | UMBC Instructional System Design | en_US |
dc.title | Barriers to Distance Education: A Factor-Analytic Study | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |