Developing Support Networks

Abstract

Teaching online, as you have read in other chapters, is a collaborative effort, even though when you are teaching, you may feel “home alone” when you work online. When you are sitting in front of a computer screen, intellectually you may realize that you are connected to networks of learners, administrators, other teachers, and members of other support networks. However, those people often seem remote when you are working at home around midnight. You and your institution need to develop a series of support networks so that any learner or teacher working online at any time knows that she or he is not alone.