Impact of Training on Faculty and Administrators in an Interactive Television Environment

This study measured the importance of training for higher education faculty and administrators in adapting to and implementing distance education courses in an interactive television (ITV) environment. The quasi-experimental study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design with Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) used to analyze the data. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) from the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) (Hall, George, & Rutherford, 1986) provided the framework for the quantitative component of this study. Significant differences occurred in four of the seven stages of concern between the classroom and laboratory group and the control group, signifying the importance of training.