Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China

This study aims to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors working in the e-learning environments where the tutors are experiencing the changes brought by reforming traditional TV and broadcasting university to open universities. The mixed methods, DACUM, non-participatory obse...

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Autores principales:	Shuang Li, Jingjing Zhang, Chen Yu, Li Chen
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	tutor roles tutor competencies e-learning Open University Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a6dda653ec9a4ae2b7e34f779b0a7e5a2021-12-02T19:20:54ZRethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China10.19173/irrodl.v18i2.27521492-3831https://doaj.org/article/a6dda653ec9a4ae2b7e34f779b0a7e5a2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2752https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This study aims to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors working in the e-learning environments where the tutors are experiencing the changes brought by reforming traditional TV and broadcasting university to open universities. The mixed methods, DACUM, non-participatory observation, and questionnaires were used to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors. The findings suggested that the priority of the roles and competencies has significantly changed accompanied to the shift of pedagogy from cognitive behaviorist to social-constructivist and connectivist. Changes in the roles of the instructional designer and instructor were highlighted. Significant differences in perceptions of the importance of the roles and competencies corresponding to learning management and technology use also merit further attention. Shuang LiJingjing ZhangChen YuLi ChenAthabasca University Pressarticletutor rolestutor competenciese-learningOpen UniversitySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 2 (2017)
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spellingShingle	tutor roles tutor competencies e-learning Open University Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Shuang Li Jingjing Zhang Chen Yu Li Chen Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
description	This study aims to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors working in the e-learning environments where the tutors are experiencing the changes brought by reforming traditional TV and broadcasting university to open universities. The mixed methods, DACUM, non-participatory observation, and questionnaires were used to identify the priority of the roles and competencies of tutors. The findings suggested that the priority of the roles and competencies has significantly changed accompanied to the shift of pedagogy from cognitive behaviorist to social-constructivist and connectivist. Changes in the roles of the instructional designer and instructor were highlighted. Significant differences in perceptions of the importance of the roles and competencies corresponding to learning management and technology use also merit further attention.
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title	Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
title_short	Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
title_full	Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
title_fullStr	Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
title_full_unstemmed	Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China
title_sort	rethinking distance tutoring in e-learning environments: a study of the priority of roles and competencies of open university tutors in china
publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2017
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Rethinking Distance Tutoring in e-Learning Environments: A Study of the Priority of Roles and Competencies of Open University Tutors in China

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