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Five Roles I Play in Online Courses Donohue
February 23, 2007
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Scot Headley, an online teacher at George Fox University, describes the roles he plays as an online instructor in an online article in Innovate. The key to successful teaching and learning is relationships, according to Healdey, who has taught graduate courses online for seven years to teachers and administrators in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools.
The five roles he describes are:
- Space planner
- Pacesetter
- Host
- Connector
- Mirror
His five roles of an online instructor illustrate his approach to appropriate and strategic use of interactivity. The article ends with a discussion of implications for eTeachers and eLearners.
To read Headley’s article go to http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=78
The Innovate web site is online at http://www.innovateonline.info
Submitted by Chip Donohue
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Displaying 1 CommentDenver, CO, United States
From my limited experience (4 years) of teaching online I have found that one of the roles in a relationships to NOT take if you want efficacious and competent e-learners is to be the “Enabler”. Some students who are right out of high school have and are taking a college class (let alone an on-line class) for the first time, have one foot in the door of high school and the other foot in college. They have the impression that they will be spoon-fed and that online learning is easier than face-to-face and takes less time. Which we know is not the case. If we are to truly bridge the digital divide between both new and non-traditional students who are e-learners, we are best to balance the amount of appropriate guidance for success in online learning environment and "hand-holding" we do with students. With that being said, it is a goal I struggle with in each online class I teach.
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