This survey examines how research university faculty integrated digital content into online classes during terms affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report focuses on the degree of digital content faculty integrated, the balance of delivery methods, and what types of sources, including library sources, this content comprised. The survey also asks about content platform use and preference, the ease of content integration, and library support for content integration. The survey additionally asks broader questions about the integration of course management systems with institutional communications tools. One hundred twenty-seven instructors from fifty-three research universities participated, representing all faculty roles and broad discipline categories. The majority of participant institutions are the U.S., but just over a quarter comprise institutions from the UK/Ireland, Canada, and Australia.
Just a few of this 70-page report’s many findings are that:
- About half of the sample found integrating content “easy” (18.9%) or “very easy” (30.71%).
- In general, faculty were seeking more interactive content and more textbook availability online.
- More than 17% of survey participants had not integrated library content into their courses but said that they would like to.
- 18.87% of full professors felt that they needed “a great deal” or “a lot” of help in integrating online content into their courses.
Table of Contents
1. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
2. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
- Characteristics of the Sample
3. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Summary of Main Findings
- Ease of Content Integration into Course Management/Other Systems
- Amount of Course Content Integrated into Course Management/Other Systems
- Help Needed in Integrating Course Content into Course Management/Other Systems
- Integration of Academic Library Content into Course Management/Other Systems
- Type and Delivery Method of Shared Content
- What Kind of Integration Problems Were Experienced
- Satisfaction with Academic Library’s Help Accessing Library Resources
- What resources Would Faculty Like to Make Available Online?
- How Well Is Content Integrated into Communication Systems
- Preferred platform for online course content delivery
- Real Time vs. Link/Download Course Delivery
List of Tables
Table 1.1 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students?
Table 1.2 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by work title
Table 1.3 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by academic department
Table 1.4 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 1.5 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by country
Table 1.6 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 1.7 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 1.8 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 1.9 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 1.10 In your online classes how easy is it to integrate course content into your course management system or other online system used to serve your students? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 2.1 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students?
Table 2.2 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by work title
Table 2.3 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by academic department
Table 2.4 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 2.5 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by country
Table 2.6 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 2.7 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 2.8 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 2.9 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 2.10 How much course content have you integrated into your course management or other online system for your students? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 3.1 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students?
Table 3.2 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by work title
Table 3.3 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by academic department
Table 3.4 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 3.5 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by country
Table 3.6 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 3.7 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 3.8 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 3.9 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 3.10 How much help do you feel you need or have needed in integrating course content into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 4.1 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students?
Table 4.2 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by work title
Table 4.3 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by academic department
Table 4.4 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 4.5 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by country
Table 4.6 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 4.7 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 4.8 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 4.9 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 4.10 Have you integrated information available at your academic library into the course management system or other online system for your students? Broken out by age of respondent
If you have successfully integrated content into your course management system -- what kind of content - and how did you do it? Broken out by academic department
If you have had difficulties in integrating content, what kind of problems did you experience? Broken out by academic department
Table 5.1 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment?
Table 5.2 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by work title
Table 5.3 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by academic department
Table 5.4 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 5.5 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by country
Table 5.6 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 5.7 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 5.8 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 5.9 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 5.10 How satisfied are you with the services of your academic library in helping you, your peers and students in accessing library resources for your courses in an online environment? Broken out by age of respondent
Quickly list a few resources that you would like to easily make available to your students through a course management or other online system. Broken out by academic department
Table 6.1 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use?
Table 6.2 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by work title
Table 6.3 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by academic department
Table 6.4 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 6.5 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by country
Table 6.6 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 6.7 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 6.8 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 6.9 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 6.10 How well, if at all, is the content in your course management system integrated into the communications program (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.) that you use? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 7.1 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online?
Table 7.2 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by work title
Table 7.3 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by academic department
Table 7.4 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 7.5 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by country
Table 7.6 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 7.7 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 7.8 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 7.9 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 7.10 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by age of respondent
Table 8.1 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes?
Table 8.2 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by work title
Table 8.3 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by academic department
Table 8.4 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by U.S news ranking
Table 8.5 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by country
Table 8.6 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out for public and private colleges
Table 8.7 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by tuition, $
Table 8.8 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by current university operating model
Table 8.9 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by gender of respondent
Table 8.10 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by age of respondent
Sources / Contributors
- Brown University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- Curtin University
- Department of Pacific Affairs, Cora The Australian National University
- Drexel University
- Emory University
- FAU
- Florida National University
- George Mason University
- Georgia Tech Center
- Griffith University
- Imperial College London
- Lehigh University
- McGill University
- Monash University
- Penn State Beaver
- Penn State Berks
- Penn State University
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- Saint Louis University
- School of Business at University of Connecticut
- Swinburne University of Technology
- The University of West Alabama
- The University of Western Australia
- U. Chicago
- University of Florida
- University College Dublin
- University of Alberta
- University of Alberta
- University of Birmingham
- University of California
- University of California Santa Barbara
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Riverside
- University of Denver
- University of Florida
- University of Idaho
- University of Leeds
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Michigan Dearborn
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- University of Missouri
- University of Nottingham
- University of Reading
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- University of Toronto
- University of Utah
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Virginia Commonwealth University
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