we’re going to look a little bit more about teaching and learning in a new environment. And in particular, look at the role of a teacher and the learner in online learning. As a teacher, it’s important to be aware of the differences between online and face-to-face contexts, and to train properly for those so you can offer the best support possible. Just as in face-to-face teaching, the teacher needs to have a teaching, social, and cognitive presence. This includes some of the following elements. Firstly, and most importantly, you need to build a positive learning environment and welcome the students to the course.

Skip to 0 minutes and 44 secondsInitially, it’s likely that you’re going to need to help with a number of technical issues, so the students are able to access the platform. So they can maintain their motivation and access all of the materials that they need to start learning. You need to be welcoming, and help the students to interact with each other. This is sometimes called online socialisation. As with face-to-face learning, synchronous, getting to know your activities, help the students to familiarise themselves with the etiquette of how to communicate with each other. It’s also a nice way to help them feel their way into the course, and learn the basics of how to communicate online through the forums and through the discussions.

Skip to 1 minute and 22 secondsOne thing that it’s important to be aware of when you’re an online tutor is that you’re not always going to have control in the same way that you would in a face-to-face environment. Also, it might be the situation that you don’t know exactly all the things that your learners are learning and studying. So really it’s about ceding a certain amount of control in terms of the class, and how much and what your learners learn. Ultimately, much of this is common sense. And most of us interact these days in online environments, so we’re aware of something called netiquette, and how to interact with each other correctly.

Skip to 1 minute and 58 secondsAt the end of the day, teaching online is very different from teaching in a face-to-face environment. However, the main thing to bear in mind when you’re a teacher, both online and face-to-face, is that the pedagogy is important. And at the heart of everything, is the learner and what they’re learning.

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