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A Phenomenology Study on Dental Faculty Preparedness for Using Technology in Face-to-Face, Hybrid Courses, and Online Course to Reach Digital Native Learners

<p> The exponential growth of online and hybrid education is most pressing and rapidly changing, increasing the need for faculty development programs for the traditional and online educator (Herman, 2012; Quinn &amp; Kennedy-Clark, 2015). The students of today are referred to as the digital native student (DNS; Akcayir, Dundar, &amp; Akcayir, 2016). Teaching faculty at dental schools are from the baby boomer and traditionalists&rsquo; generation (ADEA Snapshot, 2017). Additionally, there are many institutions where the teaching faculty are trained in a specific trade or skill and do not understand the need for a teaching pedagogy related to the DNS needs (Behar-Horenstein, Garvan, Catalanotto, Yu, &amp; Xiaoying, 2016).</p><p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10745305
Date23 March 2018
CreatorsLiberman, Leila Helene
PublisherNorthcentral University
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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