Charting the Role of the Online Teacher In Higher Education: Winds of Change (original) (raw)

Five Roles I Play in Online Teaching: Revisited

2018

In 2005, I published an article entitled Five Roles I Play in Online Courses (Headley, 2005). Those roles were space planner, pace setter, host, connector, and mirror. After more than a dozen years, I have revisited those roles and reflected on what it means to be an effective teacher after a twenty-year span of online teaching. What continues to be crucial, in my view, is the role of relationships between the faculty member and students, and among students in the online environment. This paper explores the changes in our technological and educational context in the last 12 years, and whether there is a continuing need for these five roles for online teachers

Development for the Online Teacher: An Authentic Approach

2005

Abstract While telecommunications and telematics have been available in schools and universities for decades, the speed of adoption of the Internet into general use has been unprecedented. This has placed a great deal of pressure on university teachers to re-evaluate their roles in the light of new teaching and learning opportunities. The Internet has opened up possibilities beyond the simple acquisition of information, and has created teaching and learning challenges that many teachers feel ill-equipped to meet.

Teaching online is different: Critical perspectives from the literature

Openteach, 2019

Teaching online is different. In this report we attempt to explain why. This report arises from the #Openteach: Professional Development for Open Online Educators project, which is funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. In this project we plan to uncover and promote the keys to effective online teaching practice, while recognising that effective teaching is an art, craft and science. We aim to harness this knowledge to support the professional learning of online educators. Ultimately we want to support online students to learn online by helping and inspiring their educators. This report was developed to help lay a foundation for the project through a critical analysis of relevant literature.

Challenges and Issues of Teaching Online

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, 2009

Teaching and learning in the 21st century not only utilizes various technologies, but also takes place any time and any place. During the last decade, higher education institutions equipped many of their classrooms with the latest computer hardware and software ...

Teaching Online: Challenges and Questions

Asian Review of Social Sciences

This is a short research article based on the challenges and questions arising due to online education of government school students. It has been written in the light of online learning during the temporary shutdown of the schools in the unexpected situation of COVID-19. Data collection for this study was done during April and May, 2020. An interview schedule was prepared and seven government school teachers from Delhi participated, voluntarily. These teachers were concerned for the classes till high school. Interviews were based on the online teaching experience of teachers from disciplines of English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, and Social Sciences. With this piece the researchers tried to examine two main areas. Firstly, the methods and their impact used to teach different disciplines. Secondly, the student - teacher relationship during online learning.

Reflections on the Teaching & Learning Online Approach: A Contemporary Challenge? Or a Threat?

European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 2014

An academic starting work in a new environment is challenging. In addition recent technological developments and advancements mean we are all having to change our lifestyles, our habits and even our behaviour. Behaviourism where different behaviours are adopted according to the circumstances is the approach I try to adopt in my teaching which is mainly on postgraduate courses. I adopt the same approach for my everyday life. However, it is hard to say identify what types of behaviour I will develop as technological advancement influence my behaviour in both my personal and professional life. What I do know is that my behaviour will have to change and I recognise a need for equilibrium between my online and offline personality.