Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles

Teaching in virtual environments demands mastery of several teaching competencies. Although the most accepted ones are pedagogical, in order to successfully teach online it becomes necessary to acquire and develop some other competencies, sometimes referred to as peripheral roles (Denis et al., 200...

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Autores principales:	Mercedes González-Sanmamed, Pablo-César Muñoz-Carril, Albert Sangra
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2014
Materias:	online teaching professional development peripheral roles online learning environments teaching competences Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ae783da9911e48168e4eb550c12f23072021-12-02T19:20:54ZLevel of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.17711492-3831https://doaj.org/article/ae783da9911e48168e4eb550c12f23072014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1771https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Teaching in virtual environments demands mastery of several teaching competencies. Although the most accepted ones are pedagogical, in order to successfully teach online it becomes necessary to acquire and develop some other competencies, sometimes referred to as peripheral roles (Denis et al., 2004). The aim of this study is to analyse perceptions on the level of proficiency that online teachers have regarding these peripheral roles (social, evaluator, manager, technologist, advisor/counsellor, personal, and researcher), and their professional development needs required to improve their online teaching competencies. A questionnaire was specifically created and validated by experts, and data was gathered from 166 university teachers. The findings show that teachers highlight the importance of the peripheral roles for quality teaching, and thus, professional development programmes should be based on a balance between central and peripheral roles to better train online teachers and increase the quality of their teaching. Mercedes González-SanmamedPablo-César Muñoz-CarrilAlbert SangraAthabasca University Pressarticleonline teachingprofessional developmentperipheral rolesonline learning environmentsteaching competencesSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 15, Iss 6 (2014)
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description	Teaching in virtual environments demands mastery of several teaching competencies. Although the most accepted ones are pedagogical, in order to successfully teach online it becomes necessary to acquire and develop some other competencies, sometimes referred to as peripheral roles (Denis et al., 2004). The aim of this study is to analyse perceptions on the level of proficiency that online teachers have regarding these peripheral roles (social, evaluator, manager, technologist, advisor/counsellor, personal, and researcher), and their professional development needs required to improve their online teaching competencies. A questionnaire was specifically created and validated by experts, and data was gathered from 166 university teachers. The findings show that teachers highlight the importance of the peripheral roles for quality teaching, and thus, professional development programmes should be based on a balance between central and peripheral roles to better train online teachers and increase the quality of their teaching.
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title	Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
title_short	Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
title_full	Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
title_fullStr	Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
title_full_unstemmed	Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
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publisher	Athabasca University Press
publishDate	2014
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Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles

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