The role of the trainer in online courses

• Autor(es): Dias, Ana Augusta
• Data: 2001
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11364
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Assunto(s): e-tutors and e-trainers; Learning, teaching and interactivity; Students needs; e-trainers tasks; Institutional suport; Active learning
• Tipo de Documento: Documento de conferência
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

This article describes the main challenges faced by teachers and trainers when guiding or "tutoring" online courses. The focus is on their emerging role as e-tutors or e-trainers. The challenges are related with the processes of orientation, guidance and monitoring e-learners within an e-course.