Transforming online teaching practice: Critical analysis of the literature on the roles and competencies of online teachers

Distance Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 421-439

  Baran, Evrim ^a   Correia, Ana Paula ^b   Thompson, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competencies; online teacher roles; online teaching; transformative learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860706715     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2011.610293     Document Type: Review

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