RT Journal Article
T1 Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles
A1 González Sanmamed, Mercedes
A1 Muñoz Carril, Pablo César
A1 Sangrà, Albert
K1 Online teaching
K1 Professional development
K1 Peripherical roles
K1 Online learning environments
K1 Teaching competences
AB Teaching in virtual environments demands mastery of several teaching competencies. Although the most accepted ones are pedagogical, in order to successfully teach online it becomes necessary to acquire and develop some other competencies, sometimes referred to as peripheral roles (Denis et al., 2004). The aim of this study is to analyse perceptions on the level of proficiency that online teachers have regarding these peripheral roles (social, evaluator, manager, technologist, advisor/counsellor, personal, and researcher), and their professional development needs required to improve their online teaching competencies. A questionnaire was specifically created and validated by experts, and data was gathered from 166 university teachers. The findings show that teachers highlight the importance of the peripheral roles for quality teaching, and thus, professional development programmes should be based on a balance between central and peripheral roles to better train online teachers and increase the quality of their teaching
PB Athabasca University Press
SN 1492-3831
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18956
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18956
LA eng
NO González-Sanmamed, M., Muñoz-Carril, P.-C., & Sangra, A. (2014). Level of proficiency and professional development needs in peripheral online teaching roles. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.1771
DS Minerva
RD 4 may 2026