Open AccessPreparing Educators to Teach in a Digital Age
Author(s) -
Mohsen Keshavarz,
Andrea Ghoneim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international review of research in open and distance learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.436
H-Index - 68
ISSN - 1492-3831
DOI - 10.19173/irrodl.v22i1.4910
Subject(s) - bates , open educational resources , electronic learning , educational technology , mathematics education , computer science , electronic publishing , teaching method , work (physics) , distance education , pedagogy , multimedia , sociology , library science , psychology , world wide web , the internet , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering
This article describes the practical implementation of parts of Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning by A.W. Bates (2015) in a course for educators in Austria and the development of medical education for universities in Iran. With the publication of the second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age in 2019, the authors show the impact of the book in training educators and developers of educational content. This note from the field emphasizes the benefits of making informed decisions about educational technologies using Bates’ (2015) SECTIONS model and of learning about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and how to work with them using his book.