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An examination of the role of the e-tutor

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posted on 2010-07-16, 00:00 authored by Annegret Goold, Jo Coldwell-NeilsonJo Coldwell-Neilson, Annemieke Craig
As online learning environments continue to evolve, both teachers and students need to adapt to make the most of opportunities afforded by these environments for teaching and learning. The focus of this paper is on the changing role undertaken by tutors in online learning environments. We present a brief review of the current perspectives on the roles and responsibilities suggested for the e-tutor for effective teaching, and then report on a study where roles of e-tutors in a large wholly online unit were examined. The study supports the view that although the role of the e-tutor is similar to that of the face to face tutor in some respects, there are sufficient differences to make e-tutoring challenging to those who have not undertaken such online activities previously. Ongoing professional development is required to meet the changing demands of the technological environment, as well as the changing needs of
students.

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Journal

Australasian journal of educational technology

Volume

26

Issue

5

Pagination

704 - 716

Publisher

ASCILITE

Location

Wollongong, N.S.W.

ISSN

1449-3098

eISSN

1449-5554

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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