E-Tutor
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Christian Rapp
- Project team : Jennifer Erlemann, Samuel Jost, Jakob Ott
- Project budget : CHF 10'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : EU and other international programmes , SNSF
- Project partner : Mugla Sitki Kocman University, KROK University, Distance Education Center University of Ankara
- Contact person : Christian Rapp
Description
e-Tutor is an open educational resource created for the
professional development of faculty members on teaching online.
Originally developed by Ankara University’s Distance Learning
Centre in Turkey, e-Tutor was adapted to English, Russian and
Ukrainian under the framework of a project funded by the Swiss
National Science Foundation (SNSF) as an Open Educational Resource
published under Creative Commons Licence. The program is currently
being implemented on full scale by Ankara and Mugla universities in
Turkey, and certified more than 600 educators.
e-Tutor is comprised of 14 modules, each covering a different
aspect of teaching online relevant to must-have competencies of
online instructors. Each module uses a wide range of materials in
order to ensure engagement of learners: handouts, narrated
presentations, narrated videos, audios, interactive activities,
e-portfolio artefacts and other resources on the Web. Please click
here to get detailed information on the modules
e-Tutor is based on two main concepts:
(1) Online tutors as online learners – We think it is a useful
experience to be an online-learner prior to becoming an online
tutor. Taking part in e-Tutor as a learner provides potential
online tutors with the opportunity to experience ‘the other side of
the screen’ before conducting it for their fellow colleagues or
their students.
(2) A hands-on approach in assessment; Participants are expected to
create their own e-course as a project, i.e. preparing syllabus,
designing the course, preparing course materials, and integrating
them into an LMS. By the end of the program, the participants will
be ready and confident for starting their own online classes with a
sound course design and instructional materials, which have already
been checked, feedback provided, and improved accordingly
throughout the program.
e-Tutor responds to both individual and institutional needs for
professional development. Any teacher or faculty member with
teaching experience will benefit from e-Tutor in adapting
conventional F2F teaching materials and methods into an online
environment after spending a short time with the program.
Institutions, on the other hand, may use e-Tutor as a program to
train their trainers, who will in turn train other teachers or
faculty members of the institution for teaching online.