Going the Distance: Towards a new professionalism for full-time distance education faculty at the University of the Philippines

Authors

  • Patricia Arinto University of the Philippines Open University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v8i3.409

Keywords:

Distance education faculty, academic professionalism, DE faculty development

Abstract

Several constraints influence the formation of a professional identity by full-time distance education faculty at the University of the Philippines. One of these is the marginalisation of distance education (DE) in the academy as a consequence of DE’s identification with low status disciplines, as well as with developments in higher education that are undermining traditional academic identities. There are also constraints arising from the social organisation of distance education itself. The paper offers a (re)conceptualisation of academic professionalism for distance education faculty that is more responsive to the challenges that they face, and more empowering for themselves and the academic and other communities of which they are a part.

Author Biography

Patricia Arinto, University of the Philippines Open University

Prof. Patricia Arinto is with the Faculty of Education, University of the Philippines Open University. She can be reached via email at: pbarinto@upou.net

Published

2007-12-05

How to Cite

Arinto, P. (2007). Going the Distance: Towards a new professionalism for full-time distance education faculty at the University of the Philippines. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v8i3.409

Issue

Section

Research Articles