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>Online tutoring
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>A four-week intensive introduction to supporting student learning in
>online environments, starting February 2004.
>
>The online tutoring course has been designed for teachers and trainers who
>are just starting to use technologies in their teaching. We’ve called the
>course online tutoring to reflect its emphasis on the skills of
>facilitating communication, interaction and learning in individuals and
>groups of learners.
>
>This short course aims to:
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>• Support the development of your pedagogical and social skills
>needed to tutor online
>• Help you to exploit the potential of the Internet and
>particularly, of virtual learning environments, in designing your
>teaching, learning and assessment
>• Help you reflect on and continue to monitor and develop your
>teaching practicet
>
>By the end of this course you should be able to:
>
>• Explain the characteristics of online communication and use
>strategies for communicating effectively in the online environment
>• Be receptive to the social cues from individuals and groups in the
>online environment
>• Discuss the application of key educational concepts to designing
>online learning environments
>• Explain the benefits of using online groups for learning, and use
>strategies for building and moderating online discussions
>• Access and use a repertoire of online activities including
>generating online activities from familiar offline tasks
>
>There is really no other way to learn the skills required of the online
>tutor than in the online environment. The course is structured around four
>main onlinelearning activities, each taking about a week.You will be
>supported through these scheduled activities by selected key readings,
>specially developed course resources, a personal tutor and guest experts.
>The course tutors are all experienced professional developers and skilled
>online tutors, bringing with them experience from both the education and
>commercial sectors.
>
>The course costs £195
>
>Further details from
>http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/3_courses/external/tutoring.html
>
>To register a place, please contact Fiona Smith by email on
>[log in to unmask] on +44 1865 485902
>
>Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford Brookes University
>Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1HX
>Tel: +44 1865 485910 Fax: +44 1865 485937 Email: [log in to unmask]
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