Online learning: perceptions of secondary teachers in northern Utah

Smith, Matthew Alan (2022) Online learning: perceptions of secondary teachers in northern Utah. Doctoral thesis, Northern Arizona University.

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Abstract

In the beginning months of 2020, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was causing a worldwide pandemic, affecting individuals, families, communities, and nations. Many lives were drastically affected when governments decided to shut down to prevent the spreading of this virus. Teachers and students had to quickly adapt to learning online or in blended delivery formats. Schools and districts did their best to accommodate students who didn't have the necessary access to computers and the Internet. Many students faced the dilemma of finishing up the school year without lucid communication with their teacher, the ability to access assignments and assessments, and the school's crucial social connections. Few researchers have examined the perceptions that teachers have of online learning. Some researchers who have studied teachers’ perceptions of online learning have focused on helping administrators in their role to facilitate better an online program (Gaytan, 2015; Huss, 2007). Other studies have included teachers’ perceptions of online learning and students’ perceptions in the same research (Gaytan, 2015; Journell, 2010). There is also a lack of online learning research at the secondary level in general (Brown, 2016), but especially of the online learning perceptions of secondary teachers. As online learning is rapidly advancing in both secondary and post-secondary education environments, there is a need to include the perspectives of secondary teachers in the online learning discussion. Doing so will provide school districts with a greater context of current issues facing teachers in online classrooms and provide more significant insights and solutions to those issues.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Publisher’s Statement:	© Copyright is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Cline Library, Northern Arizona University. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
Keywords:	Online Learning; Secondary Teachers; Teacher Perceptions; Teacher Perspectives; Utah
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
NAU Depositing Author Academic Status:	Student
Department/Unit:	Graduate College > Theses and Dissertations College of Education > Educational Leadership
Date Deposited:	31 May 2023 17:45
Last Modified:	31 May 2023 17:45
URI:	https://openknowledge.nau.edu/id/eprint/5932

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