Online Teaching Effectiveness: A Tale of Two Instructors

Upon completion of a graduate level course at the Open University of Israel, one instructor received very high student ratings while the other received very low ratings. We utilized this exceptional situation to perform ad hoc analyses of their course forums. The objective of this study was to map t...

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Autores principales: Paul Gorsky, Ina Blau
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1284c005cffd4a7e82e8efc5187b635d2021-12-02T17:16:07ZOnline Teaching Effectiveness: A Tale of Two Instructors10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.7121492-3831https://doaj.org/article/1284c005cffd4a7e82e8efc5187b635d2009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/712https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Upon completion of a graduate level course at the Open University of Israel, one instructor received very high student ratings while the other received very low ratings. We utilized this exceptional situation to perform ad hoc analyses of their course forums. The objective of this study was to map the dialogic behavior that occurred and to create suggestions for best practice and for worst practice in terms of active and passive participation, instructor response time, and the extent of teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence.Paul GorskyIna BlauAthabasca University PressarticleEffective online teachingrole of online instructorcommunity of inquiry modelvirtual learning communitydialogic behaviorbest practiceSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2009)
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topic Effective online teaching
role of online instructor
community of inquiry model
virtual learning community
dialogic behavior
best practice
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle Effective online teaching
role of online instructor
community of inquiry model
virtual learning community
dialogic behavior
best practice
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Paul Gorsky
Ina Blau
Online Teaching Effectiveness: A Tale of Two Instructors
description Upon completion of a graduate level course at the Open University of Israel, one instructor received very high student ratings while the other received very low ratings. We utilized this exceptional situation to perform ad hoc analyses of their course forums. The objective of this study was to map the dialogic behavior that occurred and to create suggestions for best practice and for worst practice in terms of active and passive participation, instructor response time, and the extent of teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence.
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Ina Blau
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