Factors That Deter Faculty from Participation in Distance Education

TLDR

Technological change is a constant that increasingly integrates into all aspects of life, requiring continuous adaptation and enabling global online interactions across cultural boundaries. The demand for tech skills has driven a rise in adult enrollment in higher education to acquire these skills for better‑paying technology jobs. Citation: Green (1999) and Gayle (1999).

Abstract

Technological change is what many have said is the only constant in our work today (Kubala, 2000). As technology changes, our need to adapt to these changes increases. Information technology is not just contained within the world wide web, computers or the Internet – it is integrated into all aspects of our lives (Green, 1999; Gayle, et. al, 1999). Technology has now linked lives together more intimately than we could have ever imagined. People are now working and interacting online with each other from around the world, even when they may not be familiar with each other’s cultural backgrounds (Ehrmann, 1999). The pressing need for workers with these skills has fueled an increasing enrollment of adult students across the country who are returning to college to update their skills and knowledge base in order to secure higher paying jobs that are technology based (Drucker, 1994).