The role of the online teacher in supporting student learning: A case study
Craig, Annemieke, Coldwell, Jo and Goold, Annegret 2009, The role of the online teacher in supporting student learning: A case study, in E-Learn 2009 : Proceedings of the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, AACE, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 1181-1187.
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The role of the online teacher in supporting student learning: A case study
As teaching and learning environments for many tertiary courses move to online delivery, it is important to ensure effective student learning is still taking place. This paper presents a review of the current literature on the roles of the teacher and e-tutor in e-learning environments. The research presented here is a case study of a wholly online course in which the role of the etutors was examined. This was achieved through analysis of their online interactions with students from two separate offerings of the course. The study found that in this environment the main role undertaken by all e-tutors was a managerial one. Differences were also noted between the roles undertaken by casual e-tutors and faculty staff.