Introduction

Welcome to the eTutoring course!


In this course, you will learn about facilitating learning and supporting learners in online learning environment.

 

Course overview

 

The course covers topics related to tutoring online learners including 1) online learning communities, 2) synchronous and asynchronous interaction, 3) eTutor’s role, tasks and skills, 4) self-directed learning, 5) possible problems and conflicts, 6) providing constructive feedback, 7) communication tools, 8) assessment, etc.

 

Objectives

Objective 1: Identify e-tutor’s role, tasks and skills

Objective 2: Provide constructive feedback to learners to improve their work

Objective 3: Create and tutor virtual/online and collaborative learning community

Objective 4: Use diverse communication technologies to support learners

 

The course structure

 

The course consists of four weeks: 2 weeks for the theoretical introduction of eTutroring concepts, practices and other related important information, and two weeks for practice. The course was designed in weekly format with busy learners who may avail about five learning hours per week. 

 

The workload

You will need to spend 20 hours to complete this course: 10 hours for navigating through the course content and different quizzes and 10 hours of practice with peers in the forum discussion. You may spend about five hours on each week content and activities.

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