Five Roles I Play in Online Courses Donohue

02/23/2007

Five Roles I Play in Online Courses Donohue

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
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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