Master Online Teacher Competencies eLearning Conference 2007
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Master Online Teacher Competencies
eLearning Conference 2007Virgil E. Varvel Jr.
Quality – What Is It?• Student
• Services• Library• Tutor• Accessibility• Sport & Fitness• Counseling• Advising
• Outcomes• Satisfaction• Enrollments, Retention, and Degree Time• Total Numbers• Alumni Programs
Quality – What Is It?• Institutional
• Library• Size• Reference Services
• Students• Total Enrollments• Retention and Transfers• Time to Completion
• Degree Programs• Number• Type• Total Courses• Transferability• Course Quality
• Endowments• Alumni Support• Technology Infrastructure• Physical Infrastructure & Campus Facilities• Sports Success
Quality – What Is It?• Faculty
• Support Services• Library• Instructional Design• Accessibility• Publishing• Equipment
• Pay• Research• Awards• Grants• Publications• Total Number• Full-time v. Adjunct
Quality – Instructional Level• What makes one course better
than another?• Student outcomes, support,
satisfaction, etc.• But these depend on…
• Support services overall which affect all courses at one institution versus another.
• Course quality or rubric alignment• Instructor quality or competency
What is a competency?a competent individual is:
one who effectively and efficiently accomplishes a task [instructs] in a given context [digital distance education] using appropriate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities that have adjusted and developed with time and needs.
Why a competency document?• Functionally characterize those
with competence.• Speaks to the quality of the
program, its instructors, and any courses offered.
• Help lay out professional development plans.
• Help define the goals in the program aimed at developing the competencies.
What issues are involved in implementation?
• Goal setting or requirement setting?
• Administrative support of competency model development, implementation, and support.
• Incentives for competency development.
• Importance of historical context of the individual.
What issues are involved in competencies?
• How will the competencies be organized, chosen, updated, etc.?
• Which competencies and how many competencies are needed for the given context?
• What are core competencies?• How will the competencies be
evaluated?
Competencies
Administrative Roles (Systems, Ethical and Legal Issues)
• Institutional Context• Intellectual Property Issues and
Regulations• Student Issues and Management• Additional Legal and Ethical
Issues• Instructor Selection and
Evaluation• Support Mechanisms
Personal Roles (Personal Qualities and Characteristics)
• Content Knowledge• Teaching Commitment• Communication Ability• Time Management• Patience• Relative Objectivity
Technological Roles (Technology Knowledge and
Abilities) • Access• Technical Proficiencies• Technical Assistance
Instructional Design Roles (Instructional Design Processes, Knowledge,
and Abilities) • Syllabus and Introductory
Materials• Materials Selection, Modification,
and Evaluation• Variability and Flexibility of
Content and Activities• Rational Planning of Activities
Pedagogical Roles (Teaching Processes, Knowledge,
and Abilities) • Education and Learning Theory• Cognitive Presence• Instructional Processes /
Pedagogy / Presence (5 pages of sub-competencies)
Assessment Roles (Assessing Student Learning and
Abilities) • Purposeful Assessment• Select, Construct, and Utilize
Assessment Strategies• Varied, Authentic Assessment• Feedback Provisions• Utilize Appropriate Technologies• Academic Honesty Issues
Addressed• Privacy Issues Addressed
Social Processes and Presence (Social
Roles) • Community of Learners• Community of Practice• Cultural Competency• Conflict Management• Social Presence• Socializing Agent