Distance Education Insights from Eight Case Studies in TESOL Teacher Preparation
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 2000 ISBN 978-1-880094-37-2
Abstract
This paper presents vignettes from eight case studies in which distance education was employed in the preparation of ESOL (English to speakers of other languages) teachers in various locales around the world. The teacher educators involved in these cases employed a variety of communications media and information systems, and they worked with both pre-service and in-service teachers. The course objectives varied widely also. Nevertheless, out of the diversity in these cases emerge a number of lessons of great value to all professionals involved in teacher education at a distance. Foremost among these lessons is the fact that quality distance education involves considerably more than simply offering a traditional classroom course at a distance via modern technology. Success in distance education calls for an understanding of a number of complex, interrelated factors. It also requires overcoming a variety of instructional/learning challenges that do not normally occur in traditional classroom settings.
Citation
Henrichsen, L. (2000). Distance Education Insights from Eight Case Studies in TESOL Teacher Preparation. In D. Willis, J. Price & J. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2000--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 245-247). Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/15561.
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