How Educators Learn to Teach Online: What Administrators Need to Know
Session Type
Thinking (Concurrent Session): 60-75 minutes
Session Description
Research shows most teachers teach as they were taught. However, distance educators lack a model or benchmark for online teaching because many of them have not taken online courses as students. Indeed, many studies on teaching online point to the importance of training for online instructors. Few studies go into specifics about exactly what that training should look like. The purpose of this presentation is to examine best practices in professional development for educators learning to teach online.
Session Focus
Professional Development
Session Audience
Faculty
Deans & Senior Administrators
Primary Presenter
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/06b38385b7095e9caed337d523b3459f.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Steve Schmidt, East Carolina University")
Steve Schmidt, East Carolina University
Brief Bio
Steven W. Schmidt, PhD, is a Professor of Adult Education and the Adult Education Program Coordinator in the College of Education at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. His major areas of research include workplace learning, cultural competence, and online teaching and learning. He is the 2014 president of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (www.aaace.org) and is author of the book “Case Studies and Activities in Adult Education and Human Resource Development”.
Presenter 2
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6fe72436862b80b1867b03e7e904a4df.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Dr. Elizabeth Hodge, Ph.D., East Carolina University")
Dr. Elizabeth Hodge, Ph.D., East Carolina University
Brief Bio
Presenter 3
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c64b2a89c8be42879c9b8d5f6fe6d62.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Dr. Christina M. Tschida, Ph.D., East Carolina University")