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Recommended Citation: O’Neil, T D. How Distance Education Has Changed Teaching and the Role of the Instructor. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §2542. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(48). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

How Distance Education Has Changed Teaching and the Role of the Instructor

Refereed

9 pages

Therese DonGiovanni O’Neil    [a1] [a2]
Computer Science Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania    [u1] [u2]
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic have gone cyber. If only the schoolteachers of the 1800’s and early 1900’s could see the classroom of 2007, what would they say? The classroom has evolved from the one room schoolhouse to a virtual classroom. With this change come changes in the role of the educator. This paper delves into how the evolution of distance education has changed teaching and the role of the teacher from a disseminator of information to a facilitator of learning. It will discuss the professional development needed to prepare the teacher for teaching in the online learning environment. It also explores the use of social software (Blogs, Wikis RSS feeds and Podcasts) in the distance education environment. Finally, the paper will discuss current practices used to train future educators for teaching at a distance.

Keywords: distance education, teaching online, andragogy, pedagogy

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