Measuring Instructor Self-Efficacy when Migrating Face-to-Face Courses Online

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank all faculty who took their time to respond to the surveyThis study measures instructors’ online teaching self-efficacy with an aim to capture their immediate and initial perception of migrating their teaching online and identify potential instructional needs and support. The authors sent a survey to all instructors in our institution four days prior to the first day of classes in spring 2020 and received 73 responses (60% response rate). The number of years of experience with online tools was low (88%). Instructors reported high confidence in their ability to teach online (82%); realization of the effort to create quality online experiences (90%); belief that teaching online would be different (90%); recognition of having to modify their assessment (77%); ability of adjusting teaching efficiently with unexpected events (82%); knowledge of where to seek teaching and technology guidance (86% & 89%); and confidence in developing a similar rapport with students (71%). Respondents were split in their beliefs about offering similar active learning opportunities. This study supplements research on instructors’ perception of online teaching as a well-planned and intentional event, offering implications over the immediate and long-term support to be offered to instructors regarding migrating courses online both in times of crisis and when such opportunities arise.Yanyue Yuan - yy37@nyu.eduJace Hargis - jace.hargis@gmail.comYanyue Yuan - PhD, Assistant Arts Professor, Arts and Sciences, NYU Shanghai. Dr. Yanyue Yuan is currently Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, she worked as Rutherford Curatorial Researcher at the London Science Museum, Adjunct Assistant Professor at ShanghaiTech University, and Assistant Research Professor at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge and a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford.Jace Hargis - Professor, Director, Center for Teaching & Learning. 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