Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century

This paper determines which instructional roles and outputs are important in the 21st century from the perspective of students in asynchronous learning environments. This research work uses a literature review, in-depth interviews with experts, and a pilot study with students to define the instructo...

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Autores: Gomez del Rey, Pilar, Barbera, Elena, Fernández-Navarro, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/93096
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/93096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:asynchronous learning environments
higher education
instructors' roles
life skills
student's perceptions
entornos de aprendizaje asíncrono
educación superior
roles de los profesores
habilidades vitales
percepciones de los estudiantes
entorns d'aprenentatge asíncrons
educació superior
rols dels professors
habilitats vitals
percepcions de l'estudiant
College teachers
Professors universitaris
Profesores universitarios
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spelling Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st CenturyGomez del Rey, PilarBarbera, ElenaFernández-Navarro, Franciscoasynchronous learning environmentshigher educationinstructors' roleslife skillsstudent's perceptionsentornos de aprendizaje asíncronoeducación superiorroles de los profesoreshabilidades vitalespercepciones de los estudiantesentorns d'aprenentatge asíncronseducació superiorrols dels professorshabilitats vitalspercepcions de l'estudiantCollege teachersProfessors universitarisProfesores universitariosThis paper determines which instructional roles and outputs are important in the 21st century from the perspective of students in asynchronous learning environments. This research work uses a literature review, in-depth interviews with experts, and a pilot study with students to define the instructors' outputs. Following this, roles are determined by using a quantitative methodology (in a sample of 925 students). To our knowledge, the remaining research works on this topic identify the online instructors' roles by a qualitative analysis. The findings suggest that a new role, the life skill promoter, has emerged. Furthermore, analysis of the remaining roles (pedagogical, designer, social, technical and managerial) showed that: (i) online instructors are, first and foremost, pedagogues; (ii) the design of the particular online program influences the pedagogical and designer roles and; (iii) the managerial role has declined in importance over the years due to the development of more intuitive and transparent online scenarios from the beginning of the course onward.International Review of Research in Open and Distance LearningUniversidad Loyola AndalucíaUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)201920192017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10609/93096reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésInternational Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2017, 18(2)http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2891CC BY SAhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/930962026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
title Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
spellingShingle Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
Gomez del Rey, Pilar
asynchronous learning environments
higher education
instructors' roles
life skills
student's perceptions
entornos de aprendizaje asíncrono
educación superior
roles de los profesores
habilidades vitales
percepciones de los estudiantes
entorns d'aprenentatge asíncrons
educació superior
rols dels professors
habilitats vitals
percepcions de l'estudiant
College teachers
Professors universitaris
Profesores universitarios
title_short Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
title_full Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
title_fullStr Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
title_full_unstemmed Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
title_sort Student voices on the roles of instructors in asynchronous learning environments in the 21st Century
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gomez del Rey, Pilar
Barbera, Elena
Fernández-Navarro, Francisco
author Gomez del Rey, Pilar
author_facet Gomez del Rey, Pilar
Barbera, Elena
Fernández-Navarro, Francisco
author_role author
author2 Barbera, Elena
Fernández-Navarro, Francisco
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv asynchronous learning environments
higher education
instructors' roles
life skills
student's perceptions
entornos de aprendizaje asíncrono
educación superior
roles de los profesores
habilidades vitales
percepciones de los estudiantes
entorns d'aprenentatge asíncrons
educació superior
rols dels professors
habilitats vitals
percepcions de l'estudiant
College teachers
Professors universitaris
Profesores universitarios
topic asynchronous learning environments
higher education
instructors' roles
life skills
student's perceptions
entornos de aprendizaje asíncrono
educación superior
roles de los profesores
habilidades vitales
percepciones de los estudiantes
entorns d'aprenentatge asíncrons
educació superior
rols dels professors
habilitats vitals
percepcions de l'estudiant
College teachers
Professors universitaris
Profesores universitarios
description This paper determines which instructional roles and outputs are important in the 21st century from the perspective of students in asynchronous learning environments. This research work uses a literature review, in-depth interviews with experts, and a pilot study with students to define the instructors' outputs. Following this, roles are determined by using a quantitative methodology (in a sample of 925 students). To our knowledge, the remaining research works on this topic identify the online instructors' roles by a qualitative analysis. The findings suggest that a new role, the life skill promoter, has emerged. Furthermore, analysis of the remaining roles (pedagogical, designer, social, technical and managerial) showed that: (i) online instructors are, first and foremost, pedagogues; (ii) the design of the particular online program influences the pedagogical and designer roles and; (iii) the managerial role has declined in importance over the years due to the development of more intuitive and transparent online scenarios from the beginning of the course onward.
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