Open AccessTaking over someone else's design: Implications for the tutor's role in networked learning
Author(s) -
Mireia Asensio,
Janice Whatley,
Chris Jones
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
alt-j/alt-j. association for learning technology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-1629
pISSN - 0968-7769
DOI - 10.1080/0968776010090307
Subject(s) - tutor , networked learning , experiential learning , mathematics education , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , educational technology
The experience of taking over an already designed Web‐based course helps us to investigate the claims in the literature about the role that tutors have more generally in networked learning. This paper addresses this issue through a case study and brings together the tutor's experience and her reflective diary, as well as the interview data from a JISC/CALT phenomenographic study of tutors’ and students’ experiences. This particular case study raises issues about the tutors’ role, teaching activity, design and the value of content resources and knowledge representation. Finally the paper reflects on the implications for the tutor in this situation and provides suggestions for future practice