1. Introduction: Online Tutoring
Dr. Mohammad Daud Khattak
Regional Director,
AIOU Regional Campus, Peshawar

2. Contents Concept and definition Types of e-tutoring
limitations and Advantages
Core competencies of e-tutors
Planning online lessons
Online students management
Challenges of e-tutoring
Future of online tutoring
4/19/2017

3. Generations of distance education
First
Correspondence education before 60
Use of print material
2nd
Distance education mid 60s
Use of print material + audio taps
3rd
Distance education mid 70s
Use of print material+A/V taps + broadcast

4. Generations of distance learning
4th
e-learning mid 90s
Use digital contents
5th
m-learning most recent
Use digital content

5. Learning environments
Face-to-face teaching (F2F)
Traditional distance learning (TDL)
Online learning (e-learning and m-learning)
Others
Academic person
Academic process
Academic environment

6. What is tutoring? Teaching is formal academic process
Tutoring is a supplemented effort
Tutoring is the process of moderation and facilitation to achieve learning
Tutoring is the process of guidance in a specific course/subject
Tutoring
Tutor

7. What is a Tutor?
Generally a tutor is an academic person who has responsibility of moderation or guidance of the learners through tutoring in the distance learning environment
Tutors engaged in TDL referred to as tutors
Tutors engaged in online learning referred to as e-tutors
e-tutors

8. Commonalities in all forms of teachers
Tutor
e-Tutor

9. Commonalities in all forms of teachers
Instruct/guide/coach the learners
Manage the learners
Asses academic activities of learners
Keep record of learners and activities
Give advice to learners
Many more

10. Commonalities in tutors and e-tutors

11. Commonalities in tutors and e-tutors
Use of ODL environment
Use of especially designed course material
Use of ODL methodologies for delivery of course material
Use of ODL methodologies in learners assessment
Many more

12. Commonalities in teachers and e-tutors

13. Commonalities in teachers and e-tutors
May have real time interaction with learners
Feedback from learners at real time
Synchronous discussion
Many more

14. Why e-tutors? Yes e-tutoring is an emerging pedagogy
Online teaching is different from F2F and TDL
One can not assume that all skills/pedagogy of F2F and TDL will be appropriate in Cyberspace Teaching
Online Environment

15. What is an online environment?

16. What is an online environment?

17. What is e-learning?

18. Learning through online environment
What is e-learning?
Learning through online environment

19. Essential elements of e-learning
e-contents/digital content Digital communication
Interface e-Tutor

20. Types of e-tutoring
e-Writing Lab allows learners to submit draft papers, the tutor respond a feedback within a specified time frame
Live Tutoring allows learners to meet with a tutor in one-on-one or more tutoring sessions via a fully interactive online environment
e-Questions allows learners to send a specific question for an e-tutor, who will respond within specified time frame 

21. Limitations of e-tutors
Students must have basic IT knowledge
Good broadband is required for video based interaction
Time difference especially for international e-tutor and/or students
Complex calculations may difficult to explain
Graphical explanations may difficult – it is much more time consuming to create a graph in e.g. Excel than to sketch on paper
Many more

22. Advantages of e-tutors
Uniform tuition is provided to masses
Uniform quality course material is provided
Free of cost course material
No geographic limitations
e-tutors do not travel for taking a session
e-tutors may not miss a session, if traveling
e-tutors can track record of learners using LMS
e-tutors can assess learners online
Many more

23. Core competencies of e-tutors
General competencies
Appropriate use of current technology
Understand the Change role of e-tutor
Aware of digital educational resources
Development of own digital resources
Awareness about online ethical issues

24. Core competencies of e-tutors …
Specific competencies
Planning and management
Plan how e-tutoring will be employed
Establish the technical facilities necessary to support e-tutoring
Provide administrative support
Provide learners with technical and subject matter expertise
Initiate activities that will facilitate learning

25. Core competencies of e-tutors …
Specific competencies …
Communicating with learners
Establish relationships with online learners
Communicate appropriately with online learners
Competent enough in text chatting
Competent enough using audio/video devices
Good understanding of official website

26. Core competencies of e-tutors …
Specific competencies …
Integrating ICT tools
Use Web pages for communication with and between learners
Use for communication
Use bulletin boards and discussion forums for communication with and between learners
Use text, audio and video conferencing for communication with and between learners
Use of MS office for additional support

27. Core competencies of e-tutors …
Specific competencies …
Reflecting on student and tutor experiences
Editing of e-documents
Assess learners' performance
Evaluate and continuously improve e-tutoring support

28. Planning online lessons
Study the curriculum of course unit carefully
Search and collect available digital resources
Filter and select appropriate digital resources
Upload the digital material
Ensure available online during pre-defined time
Strictly follow the defined type of e-tutoring
Don’t forget activities of drill and practice
Always include feedback of the learners

29. Online students management
Prior students orientation to use LMS
Circulate online ethical guidelines
Carefully divide students week time for a given course into manageable segments i.e
Readings say 3 hours
Assignments say 3 hours
Discussions say 2 hours 
Define deadlines carefully i.e 12:00 pm
Assignment#1 submission deadline is May 21, 2014 till 12:00 mid night

30. Online students management
Declare clear directions and be consistent i.e
If assignments are required to be submitted via a certain process, then collect all with same process or highly publicize exceptions
Timely respond to students questions
Generate discussion forums frequently
Encourage and engage students to use discussion forum

31. e-tutors challenges Technological issues
Cope with the new technologies
Bandwidth issues
Technology dependency
Digital learning resources
Filtering of the appropriate digital resources
Development of own digital resources
Compatibility of digital resources
Production quality of digital resources
Content richness, depth, and breadth

32. e-tutors challenges … Expensiveness
initial cost of e-learning service is expensive
high initial production cost of online materials
update of digital content may expensive
tutors must be confident that extra cost is balance with benefits of delivering a course
significant time needs to be invested in course set-up and in ongoing maintenance i.e checking links, update e-content etc.

33. e-tutors challenges … Dependencies on others
may be dependent for help i.e search of course materials, software not working, technology failure
Accommodate the disabilities
students with visual or physical impairments may be difficult to accommodate
Most of the time stay online
Difficult online text chatting for languages like Urdu and Arabic

34. e-tutors challenges … Many more Indirect issues faced by e-tutors
Lack of students online exposure
Not enough or poor online information by online administers
Website or LMS interface is not good
Students accounts issues
Many more

35. Future of e-tutors Global perspective
e-learning is rapidly growing around the world
MOOC-Massive Open Online Courses are the hottest trend right now in e-learning
Micro-Learning or mini bytes of learning content trend gaining growing popularity i.e Five minute videos, one page documents, focused lessons, small chunks of information, and other flexible activities that may be easily incorporated in a busy daily life
The importance and recognition of informal learning through social media

36. Future of e-tutors Localized perspective
inability of standard education systems to address unique needs of each student
lack of teaching staff at schools
outdated school infrastructural facilities
increasing trend of Internet
growing demand of new technologies

37. Thanks to All
4/19/2017