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Patricia Manning

Four Roles of an Online Teacher


Social Director, Program Manager, Technician, Instructor
List the Four Roles of an Online Teacher from Your Weakest to Strongest

What Skills Do I Need to Gain or Strengthen?

How I Will Gain The Skills?

Technician

Social Director

Mastering Web 2.0 tools Mastering administering online assessments The ability to troubleshoot technical issues Building an effective online community Balancing academic postings with social postings The ability to learn when to intervene in discussions in order to keep discussion continuing in a positive direction Competence using Web 2.0 tools to deliver instruction Competence using online assessments Strengthen time management skills Strengthen providing consistent and effective feedback.

Allow time to learn new tools Watch tutorials Practice using Web 2.0 Communicate and learn from my peers who are pros Learn from peers who have been successful Evaluate Discussion Posts. Obtain feedback from students and adjust as needed

Program Manager Instructor

Allow time to learn Research, implement and evaluate assessments in order to gain knowledge and competence The more I work with communicating online with students the more

Synthesizing students comments

comfortable and knowledgeable I believe I will become

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