Numerical Basis of the Model
These tables provide the numerical basis for the graphical model of the impact of course delivery on faculty workload. Except for the number of students, numbers represent hours per week in a 17-week teaching semester.

  Web Courses
  Maintenance
 E-Mail, etc.
 Total
Number
of
Students
  
 .5 hr/  
student  
 .25 hr/  
student  
 .5 hr  
 .25 hr
0      0 0      0      0     0   
10      2.67 5      2.5      7.7     5.2   
20      2.67 10      5.0      12.7     7.7   
30      2.67 15      7.5      17.7     10.2   
32      2.67 16      8.0      18.7     10.7   
40      2.67 20      10.0      22.7     12.7   
50      2.67 25      12.5      27.7     15.2   
60      2.67 30      15.0      32.7     17.7   
70      2.67 35      17.5      37.7     20.2   
80      2.67 40      20.0      42.7     22.7   
90      2.67 45      22.5      47.7     25.2   
100      2.67 50      25.0      52.7     27.7   
A full load in a web, 3-credit course is 32 students if the faculty member has grading help and is allowed 4 teaching credits for the course: 3 credits for delivery and 1 credit for maintenance.

  Lecture Courses
     Assessment
  
      Write Exam
 Grade Exam
 Total
Number
of
 Students 
  Prep 
  Delivery 
  Essay 
  Multiple 
 Choice 
  Essay 
  Multiple 
 Choice 
  Essay 
  Multiple 
 Choice 
0       0  0 0   0 0.00   0.00 0.00   0.00
10       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 1.18   0.04 6.92   7.59
20       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 2.35   0.08 8.10   7.63
30       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 3.53   0.12 9.28   7.67
40       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 4.71   0.16 10.45   7.71
50       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 5.88   0.20 11.63   7.75
60       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 7.06   0.24 12.81   7.79
70       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 8.24   0.27 13.98   7.83
80       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 9.41   0.31 15.16   7.87
90       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 10.59   0.35 16.34   7.91
100       2.67  3 0.078   1.882 11.76   0.39 17.51   7.94
Assume 4 essay tests per semester (3+exam) which take 20 min each to write and .5 hr per student to grade; assume 17 teaching weeks per semester.
Assume 4 multiple choice tests per semester (3+exam) which take 8 hours each to write and 1 min per student to grade.
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Last Updated on 23-Oct-1999