Bridging international boundaries: integrating and mentoring teaching roles in an online environment
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Reushle, Shirley, McDonald, Jacquelin and Lowe, Wendy. 2003. "Bridging international boundaries: integrating and mentoring teaching roles in an online environment." Crisp, Geoffrey (ed.) 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2003). Adelaide, Australia 07 - 10 Dec 2003 Wollongong, Australia.
| Paper/Presentation Title | Bridging international boundaries: integrating and mentoring teaching roles in an online environment |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | Reushle, Shirley (Author), McDonald, Jacquelin (Author) and Lowe, Wendy (Author) |
| Editors | Crisp, Geoffrey |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2003) |
| Journal Citation | 2, pp. 442-448 |
| Number of Pages | 7 |
| Year | 2003 |
| Place of Publication | Wollongong, Australia |
| ISBN | 097517021X |
| Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/adelaide03/docs/pdf/442.pdf |
| Conference/Event | 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2003) |
| Event Details | 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2003) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 07 to end of 10 Dec 2003 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
| Abstract | In many educational institutions worldwide, online student numbers have grown steadily and changing student expectations have emerged. One impact has been that staff workloads have increased and diversified. Researchers and online teaching practitioners at USQ have acknowledged that high quality online teaching is time and labour intensive. A critical principle of USQ online pedagogy is that the 'human' touch must be created and maintained throughout the learning experience and students should feel they are members of a facilitated, interactive learning community. To maintain a high quality level of interaction as student numbers have increased, there has been a need to draw on additional educators to teach the online courses. The Department of Further Education and Training within the Faculty of Education at USQ has had to look beyond the finite pool of on-campus staff and integrate tutors from both national and international arenas with on-site educators. This paper reflects on the experiences in the Department in terms of employing external online tutors, the organisational and administrative structures that have been put in place, and the mentoring, modelling and evaluative processes that have been engaged to ensure a strong working partnership between the organisation, course leader, and the online tutors. The paper refers to documentation that has been developed including a 'Tutor Manual' and provides some recommendations when considering the implementation of similar systems and processes. |
| Keywords | mentoring; online learning; international tutors; tertiary environment; peer-learning partnership |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
| 390403. Educational administration, management and leadership | |
| 350503. Human resources management | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
| Learning and Teaching Support Unit | |
| George Brown College, Canada |
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