Selection of teaching strategies in virtual universities‎

Author(s):

Mohammad AttaranMajid Aliasgari Farhad Seraji

Conference:

ECER 2008

Network:

16. ICT in Education and Training

Format:

Paper

Session Information

16 SES 03A, Network 16 Session 3A

Paper Session

Time:

2008-09-10

14:00-15:30

Room:

B4 415

Chair:

Karl Steffens

Contribution

The present research is aimed to study and identify the role of the teacher and ‎specify principles of selecting teaching methods in virtual university’s curriculum. ‎Teaching is the process of interaction between the instructor and the learner that is ‎aimed to learn. Throughout this process, in some situations the control is in the ‎hands of the instructor and in other situations in the hands of the learner. According ‎to the level of control of the instructor and learner on this process, different teaching ‎methods are shaped.‎ In this research a qualitative methodology has been applied to identify the role of the ‎teacher in virtual university. For this, initially twenty experts and authors in the filed of ‎instruction and learning in virtual environments were identified and their opinion has ‎been analyzed. The results reveal that a virtual instructor is not provider of ‎information, but he must assist the students in construction and production of ‎knowledge. Therefore in the activity-based environment of virtual university the ‎instructor bears the responsibility to guide, direct, moderate discussions, facilitate the ‎content and consult. Based on the role of the teacher, teaching strategies in this ‎environment are selected based on principles such as: increase of interaction ‎between teacher and student, increase of collaboration among students, ‎encouragement of active learning, providing the possibility of quick feedback, ‎reinforcement of cognitive flexibility and stress on knowing the learning methods.‎ Keywords: e-instructor, teaching strategies, virtual university, knowledge ‎construction, teaching

Method

qualitative methodology interview

Expected Outcomes

The results reveal that a virtual instructor is not provider of information, but he must ‎assist the students in construction and production of knowledge. Therefore in the ‎activity-based environment of virtual university the instructor bears the responsibility ‎to guide, direct, moderate discussions, facilitate the content and consult. Based on ‎the role of the teacher, teaching strategies in this environment are selected based on ‎principles such as: increase of interaction between teacher and student, increase of ‎collaboration among students, encouragement of active learning, providing the ‎possibility of quick feedback, reinforcement of cognitive flexibility and stress on ‎knowing the learning methods.‎

References

Attaran, Mohammad(2006); IT Based elementary science education; Mehrabe Ghalm Publication Attaran, Mohammad (2007);Virtual University:re-reading Existing Narrations;Quarterly Journal of Research and Planning in Higher Education Ayati, Mohsen; Kiamanesh; Alireza; Attaran, Mohammad(2007); A Model for It Based teacher training curriculum; Journal of curriculum studies (J.C.S.) Ayati, Mohsen; Attaran, Mohammad, Kiamanesh, Alireza(2006); the theoretical framework for teacher training curricula in the age of information and communication technology: A philosophical and psyco-socal approach and other references which i will add

Author Information

Mohammad Attaran

Tarbiat Moallem University

Foundations of Education

Tehran

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Majid Aliasgari

Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Farhad Seraji

Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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