Exploring burnout among university online instructors: An initial investigation

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Hogan, R Lance ^a   McKnight, Mark A ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructor burnout; Online instruction; University instruction

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; E-LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; INSTRUCTOR BURNOUT; ONLINE INSTRUCTION; UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTION;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 34248655408     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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