Transforming Online Teaching Practice: Critical Analysis of the Literature on the Roles and Competencies of Online Teachers

Evrim Baran; Ana-Paula Correia; Ann Thompson

Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 3 (2011) pp. 421–439

Understanding what is lacking in the online teaching literature is critical to helping researchers and practitioners develop programs and support mechanisms for online teachers in higher education. This review formulates a critique of the standards- ...

Learn to use and use to learn: Technology in virtual collaboration experience

Elena Karpova; Ana-Paula Correia; Evrim Baran

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 12, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 45–52

This study examined how global learning teams utilized technology in a virtual collaboration to solve complex problems. The study offers an in-depth explanation of why and how the learning teams used technology to support computer-mediated...

Language: English

Student-Led Facilitation Strategies in Online Discussions

Evrim Baran; Ana-Paula Correia

Distance Education Vol. 30, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 339–361

This study explored student-led facilitation strategies used to overcome the challenges of instructor-dominated facilitation, enhance the sense of learning community, and encourage student participation in online discussions. It presents a series of ...

Spanning Boundaries: The Case of an Intercultural E-Consulting Experience

Ana-Paula Correia; Evrim Baran; Kursat Cagiltay

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2009 (April 2009)

The purpose of this case study is to understand ways to plan, organize and facilitate experiences in which experts who are geographically dispersed act as effective consultants. Graduate students enrolled in an advanced course in instructional...

A Professional Development Framework for Online Teaching

Evrim Baran; Ana-Paula Correia

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 58, No. 5 (September 2014) pp. 95–101

The quality of online programs in higher education is strongly correlated with how the professional development approaches respond to the needs of online teachers. These approaches are critical in helping online teachers adopt online pedagogical...