Dedication, Humbleness, and Audacity: Advice from Pathfinder Faculty to Colleagues New to Online Distance Education
ARTICLE
Luis Roberto de Camargo Ribeiro, Marcia Rozenfeld Gomes de Oliveira, Daniel Mill
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning Volume 1, ISSN 1027-5207
Abstract
This article examines distance education (DE) in the context to which is most frequently applied, i.e., higher education, and from the perspective of some of its most important actors, i.e., teachers. This study, of a qualitative nature, was conducted at a public university in Brazil. Data were collected by means of unstructured interviews, observations, and a questionnaire with close- and open-ended questions. Since DE is a relatively novel educational modality in Brazilian public higher education, this study asked pathfinder faculty to give advice to upcoming colleagues, most of them experienced in face-to-face higher education, but new to DE. Cooperation, commitment, organization, and above all courage and humility to learn and openness to new experiences, are, according to this research, attitudes essential to novice DE teachers. (Contains 1 figure.)
Citation
Ribeiro, L.R.d.C., de Oliveira, M.R.G. & Mill, D. (2011). Dedication, Humbleness, and Audacity: Advice from Pathfinder Faculty to Colleagues New to Online Distance Education. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 1,. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/52112/.
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Keywords
- College Faculty
- Colleges
- Conventional Instruction
- distance education
- educational technology
- electronic learning
- Foreign Countries
- higher education
- information technology
- Interviews
- Knowledge Base for Teaching
- Partnerships in Education
- Public Colleges
- Questionnaires
- teacher education
- Teacher Education Programs
- teaching methods
- tutors
- Virtual Classrooms
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