Transforming distance learning

"Distance doesn't matter; it's only the first step that's difficult.” Marquise du Deffand

Entries Tagged as 'e-tutor development'

Developing an effective professional learning community

August 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So… I’m in the middle of an exciting project that aims to bring together the two teams for the ICM and EPS programmes. It’s going to be based around an online area where all the tutors, administrators and other staff involved in the programme are invited to join in a fortnightly discussion related to teaching [...]

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Tags: e-learning · e-tutor development · professional learning communities

Building a team of e-tutors

June 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m attending a course on leadership and team-building on Tuesday. Before then I want to reflect on my own fledgling team of part-time distance learning e-tutors, and where we are now in terms of our effectiveness as a team.
The blurb I’ve been given on the ‘characteristics of effective teams’ lists them as having:

Clear objectives
Good decision-making [...]

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Tags: e-learning · e-tutor development