The document lists 10 reasons why a professor may not want to teach a distance learning class, including concerns that students may not learn as well, a preference for more direct interaction with students, worries about the time commitment required, lack of technical skills or knowledge about setting up an online class, intellectual property issues, fears of being replaced by technology, potential digital divide barriers for students, the inability to replicate discussions and interactions, and an overall feeling that the online format is not a good fit.

1. The Top Ten Reasons NOT to teach a Distance Learning Class Joseph Ugoretz Director of Technology and Learning Macaulay Honors College

2. “ Students don’t really learn in those classes”

3. “ I like to have more contact with my students. I need to see their faces and look in their eyes.”

4. “ Don’t those classes take a lot of time?”

5. “ I don’t know how to set up that kind of class.”

6. “ I’m not very good with computers.”

7. “ What about intellectual property? I don’t want my lectures to belong to someone else!”

8. “ I don’t want to be replaced by a machine!”

9. “ What about the digital divide? Most of our students don’t even have computers at home.”

10. “ My course depends on discussion and interaction, and of course you can’t have that online.”

11. “ I just don’t think it’s right for me.”