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Designing Effective Online Courses: Exploring the Relationships Amongst Online Teaching Self-efficacy, Professional Development, Online Teaching Experience, and Reported Implementation of Effective Higher Education Online Course Design PracticesHow best to prepare and support higher education faculty to design and teach effective online courses is a topic of great significance to higher education institutional leaders and faculty developers. This study explored how hours of professional development along with online teaching and learning experiences were related to online teaching self-efficacy and the extent to which participants reported implementation of effective online course design practices. Using a non-experimental quantitative correlational explanatory research study design, data were collected using a questionnaire. Participants included 104 online faculty from a large public higher education system located in the upper Midwest that includes both community colleges and universities. The findings suggested that both online teaching self-efficacy and self-reported ratings of implementation of effective online course design practices were higher when individuals have completed at least 20 hours of professional development meant to prepare them to teach online, have experience as an online instructor and/or online learner, and have participated in a peer review of their online course. The findings offer insights into how those with varying levels of online teaching self-efficacy rate their online course design practices and suggest that faculty may not accurately self-assess their course design abilities. The results and implications for those who are planning for and providing professional development meant to prepare faculty to teach online are discussed.
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Utilització d'una eina online per a la realització de tutories remotes: una experiència pràctica Using an online tool for distance tutorial sessions: a hands-on experience Utilización de una herramienta online para la realización de tutorías remotas: una experiencia prácticaElluminate Live! és un producte comercial dissenyat específicament per a la impartició de classes virtuals i la vídeo conferència entre múltiples usuaris. En aquest article, vam analitzar el seu ús en el context de la realització de tutories remotes en l'assignatura Informàtica, de primer curs de la titulació de Llicenciatura en Matemàtiques en la Universitat de València. A més de constituir una alternativa viable com complement a les tutories presencials, l'ús de l'eina proporciona una sèrie d'avantatges pel que fa a aquestes. Entre elles destaca la possibilitat de supervisar el treball de diversos alumnes de forma simultània, de realitzar explicacions a grups i de facilitar el treball cooperatiu.<br>Elluminate Live! is a commercial product specifically designed to teach virtual classes and for multipoint video conferencing. In this article, we analyze its usage to perform remote tutorial sessions in the module Computer Science taught in the first year of the Mathematics degree at the University of Valencia. This tool not only constitutes a feasible alternative as a complement to face-to-face sessions but also provides a series of advantages. In particular, it facilitates cooperative work and allows the lecturer to both supervise the work of several students simultaneously and to give explanations for the entire group.<br>La plataforma Elluminate Live! es un producto comercial diseñado específicamente para la impartición de clases virtuales y la video conferencia entre múltiples usuarios. En este artículo, analizamos su uso en el contexto de la realización de tutorías remotas en la asignatura “Informática”, de primer curso de la titulación de Licenciatura en Matemáticas en la Universidad de Valencia. Además de constituir una alternativa viable como complemento a las tutorías presenciales, el uso de la herramienta proporciona una serie de ventajas con respecto a éstas. Entre ellas destaca la posibilidad de supervisar el trabajo de varios alumnos de forma simultánea, de realizar explicaciones a grupos y de facilitar el trabajo cooperativo.