This report presents data and commentary about the online teaching experience during the pandemic from 127 faculty at 53 research universities in the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland. Respondents discuss which communications programs and strategies that they use and evaluate their progress as online instructors, and the quality of online education, generally at their universities, and particularly for their own efforts, compared to pre-COVID era education. The study also gives detailed data on the number of online courses taught, in the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters. In addition, survey participants give precise estimates of the amount of time it took them to develop their initial online course, and the amount of time it took to teach the same course a second time. The study also gives their appraisal of the likely future of online education at their university, as well as their own personal judgment on how much they would like to use online education post COVID.
Just of few of 84-page report’s many findings are that:
- 51% of survey participants primarily used their course management systems to deliver ancillary course content.
- Respondents are teaching a mean of 1.66 online classes in Spring 2021 Semester
- Faculty in the sciences and mathematics/engineering were also much more likely than those in other subject areas to say that educational quality suffered in the COVID era
- Respondent’s from Australia and New Zealand were the most likely to feel that their COVID period classes were of lower quality than their pre-COVID classes - nearly 65% felt this way.
- Faculty from universities ranked in the top 25 worldwide spent more time preparing their initial online class than those from lower ranked universities.
Data in the 84-page report is broken out by many variables related to the individual survey participants and their institutions including but not limited to, for individuals, age, general academic field and gender of the respondent; for institutions, world university ranking, host country, tuition level, public/private status, and work title. In addition, the data is broken out for institutions that are completely or predominantly online and those for which in-person classes play a greater role.
Table of Contents
1. QUESTIONNAIRE
2. INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
- Characteristics of the Sample
3. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- Platform Preferences for Online Class Delivery
- Asynchronous Vs. Synchronous Course Delivery
- Number of Online Courses Taught During the Fall 2020 Semester
- Number of Online Courses Taught During the Spring 2021 Semester
- Use of Zoom
- Other Communications Applications Being Used by Faculty in Online Courses
- Faculty Evaluation of the Quality of COVID-Era Online Education Vs. Pre-COVID General Education
- Faculty Evaluation of One’s Own COVID Era Online Classes Vs. One’s own pre-COVID Classes
- Expectations of the Timing of a Return to More Normal Teaching Conditions
- Evaluation of Improvement in Online Teaching Skills During the Pandemic
- Faculty Preferences for the Use of Online Education Post COVID
- Amount of Time Needed for Faculty to Prepare a Class for Online Instruction During COVID
- Amount of Time Needed to Prepare a Class for Online Instruction During COVID After that Class had Once Previously been Prepared for Online Instruction
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online?
Table 1.2 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by University Rank
Table 1.3 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Work Title
Table 1.4 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 1.5 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Country
Table 1.6 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 1.7 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Tuition
Table 1.8 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 1.9 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 1.10 Which type of platform do you prefer to deliver most of your course content online? Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 2.1 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes?
Table 2.2 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by University Rank
Table 2.3 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 2.4 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 2.5 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by Country
Table 2.6 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 2.7 Which phrase best describes the mixture of real time and video download course delivery in your online education classes? Broken out by Tuition
Table 2.8 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 Mode
Table 2.9 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 2.10 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
Table 3.1 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020)
Table 3.2 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by University Rank
Table 3.3 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Work Title
Table 3.4 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Academic Department
Table 3.5 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Country
Table 3.6 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 3.7 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Tuition
Table 3.8 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 3.9 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 3.4 How many online courses are you teaching in the current semester? (Fall 2020) Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 4.1 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021).
Table 4.2 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by University Rank
Table 4.3 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Work Title
Table 4.4 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Academic Department
Table 4.5 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Country
Table 4.6 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 4.7 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Tuition
Table 4.8 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 4.9 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 4.10 How many online courses do you expect to teach in the next semester (Spring 2021). Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 5.1 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses?
Table 5.2 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by University Rank
Table 5.3 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Work Title
Table 5.4 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 5.5 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Country
Table 5.6 Are you using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 5.7 Are you using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Tuition
Table 5.8 Are you using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 5.9 Are you using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 5.10 Are using Zoom in any of your online courses? Broken out by Age of Respondent
Are you using any other communications programs other than Zoom, such as WebEx, Microsoft Teams or other programs? If so, briefly list their name(s).
Table 6.1 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes?
Table 6.2 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by University Rank
Table 6.3 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Work Title
Table 6.4 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 6.5 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Country
Table 6.6 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 6.7 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Tuition
Table 6.8 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 6.9 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 6.10 How would you evaluate the overall quality of education delivered in online classes at your university vs. pre-COVID classes in person classes? Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 7.1 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes?
Table 7.2 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by University Rank
Table 7.3 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Work Title
Table 7.4 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 7.5 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Country
Table 7.6 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 7.7 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Tuition
Table 7.8 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 7.9 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 7.10 How would you evaluate the overall quality of the online classes taught by you vs. your pre-COVID classes? Broken out by Age of Respondent
When do you expect that a vaccine, herd immunity or other factor will lead to dramatically increased use of in-person classes at your university?
Table 8.1 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic?
Table 8.2 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by University Rank
Table 8.3 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Work Title
Table 8.4 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 8.5 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Country
Table 8.6 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 8.7 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Tuition
Table 8.8 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 8.9 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 8.10 About how much have your online teaching skills improved over the course of the pandemic? Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 9.1 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID?
Table 9.2 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by University Rank
Table 9.3 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Work Title
Table 9.4 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Academic Department
Table 9.5 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Country
Table 9.6 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 9.7 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Tuition
Table 9.8 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 9.9 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 9.10 Personally how much would you like to make use of online education post COVID? Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 10 Time needed to prepare an initial online course to be taught for the first time (in hours)
Table 10.1.1 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time
Table 10.1.2 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by University Rank
Table 10.1.3 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Work Title
Table 10.1.4 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Academic Department
Table 10.1.5 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Country
Table 10.1.6 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 10.1.7 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Tuition
Table 10.1.8 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 10.1.9 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 10.1.10 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the first time Broken out by Age of Respondent
Table 11 Time needed in hours to prepare an online course the second time
Table 11.1.1 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester
Table 11.1.2 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by University Rank
Table 11.1.3 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Work Title
Table 11.1.4 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Academic Department
Table 11.1.5 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Country
Table 11.1.6 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Is your college public or private?
Table 11.1.7 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Tuition
Table 11.1.8 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Current University Operating Mode
Table 11.1.9 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Gender of Respondent
Table 11.1.10 Time needed in hours to prepare the course the second time in a new semester Broken out by Age of Respondent
Samples
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Sources / Contributors
- Australian National University
- Brown University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Columbia University
- Curtin University
- Drexel University
- Emory University
- Florida Atlantic University
- 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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