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Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers' Experiences

Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers' Experiences

Daniel Reynaud, Emanuela Reynaud, Peter Kilgour
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522509684|ISBN10: 1522509682|EISBN13: 9781522509691
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch006
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Reynaud, Daniel, et al. "Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers' Experiences." Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience, edited by Maria Northcote and Kevin P. Gosselin, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 111-131. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch006

APA

Reynaud, D., Reynaud, E., & Kilgour, P. (2017). Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers' Experiences. In M. Northcote & K. Gosselin (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience (pp. 111-131). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch006

Chicago

Reynaud, Daniel, Emanuela Reynaud, and Peter Kilgour. "Beginning the Process of Humanizing Online Learning: Two Teachers' Experiences." In Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience, edited by Maria Northcote and Kevin P. Gosselin, 111-131. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter considers two autoethnographic case studies of two teachers as they report on their journey towards making online learning more authentic, personal and humanized. One teacher is a secondary school technology and applied science teacher, and the other, a tertiary history and literature lecturer. In both cases, an initial reticence and even fear transitions into a journey of discovery into the online format. The importance of technical support, pedagogical support and administrative enthusiasm are seen as vital to a healthy transition to an online learning environment that maximizes its technological advantages. A link is drawn between humanizing the transition for teachers and humanizing the experience for students.

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