Reducing Information and Communications Overload in Management Online Education

National Institute for Staff Organizational Development. 33rd International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence

Reducing Information and Communications Overload in Management Online Education ROOM 9B, LEVEL 3 • EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Cutting-edge technologies have been used in the management program to enhance discussions and classroom interactions. Some of these technologies have created information overload in online courses. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is being used to reduce unnecessary methods that could overwhelm learners and distract them from course content.

Jose Lepervanche, Professor, Supervision and Management, Florida State College at Jacksonville

April 2011. Surviving Information Overload

Reducing Information and Communications Overload in Management Online Education

Cutting-edge technologies have been used in the BAS in Supervision and Management program to enhance online discussions and classroom interaction based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). On the other hand, some of these technologies have also created information and communication overload in online courses. Students have returned to basic discussions where content quality has more value than the delivery method or the technology involved. They are SURVIVING information overload. The TAM model is being used to filter all new technologies implemented in management online courses, to reduce unnecessary methods that could overwhelm learners and distract them from the course content. (Presentation during International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, April 2011).