Summer Institute Faculty Evaluations for 2002 through 2004 show that, overall, faculty have been very satisfied. Faculty indicated that test scores show that online students learn as much, if not more, than on-campus students.

Half of the faculty indicated that they are submitting proposals to conferences, are writing journal articles, or are engaged in collaborative projects with other Institute faculty. They also said that the collegial interaction and group learning were the best parts of their Institute experiences. Additionally, faculty have indicated that they plan to integrate skills acquired during the Summer Institute into their on-campus courses.

Faculty strongly recommended that required online learning orientations be provided to students. Currently, faculty answer questions that arise with respect to the use of technologies - something that should be handled by a help desk that has not been created. However, Mazoue did say that 90 percent of students in these courses have already used Blackboard in their face-to-face classes and don’t need any training.

Faculty also recommended that more lead time be provided for preparing their online courses and more discussion be generated on teaching methods, collaborative learning and identifying the typical traits of online learners.

Overall, Summer Institute faculty enjoyed the collegiality, the group activities, the interactive and hands-on learning, and the experimentation with new technologies.