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Online Teaching Courses are fast becoming a choice for teachers and professors alike. Online courses or Online Classes, are slowly replacing the more traditional methods of Classroom Training.
Q)Why is Online Teaching Courses gaining popularity?
A) With the popularity of online courses today, we seeing a far greater demand for teachers and professors able enough to facilitate these courses and guide the students. This form of teaching is poles apart from the more conventional Classroom teaching. Here the students and teachers are separated by various factors like distance, time zones, culture and ethnic and social backgrounds.
A teacher or a professor facilitating an online course has to move out of his regular practices as a Classroom Teacher and imbibe new traits and techniques to ensure that his facilitation benefits the students. Since he can connect with a student only virtually over the internet, it becomes pertinent on his part to ensure that the student understands the topic well and learns optimally from the course.
Q)What is the benefit of Online Teaching Course over the traditional Teaching Course?
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A) With universities across countries offering online study opportunities for practically all kinds of courses today, there is an increasing demand for teachers comfortable with Online Teaching. Teachers engaged pursuing a career in online teaching have some benefits over teachers involved in regular and traditional Classroom teaching. An online teacher can take up employment with a university in a place away from where he resides without having to worry about relocating. The working hours for an online teacher are mostly asynchronous and so they can choose their work hours to suit their other obligations. Moreover, an online teacher can interact with students from varied locations all across the globe. |
Universities offering Online Teaching Courses
There are following Universities that offer Various Online Teaching Courses
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Roosevelt University
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Colorado State University Global Campus
Colorado State University offers a Certificate in Online Teaching & Learning (Sloan Consortium) -
Boise State University
Boise State University offers a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching -
University of Phoenix Online
University of Phoenix offers both a Master of Arts in Education/Elementary Teacher Education program as well as a Master of Arts in Education/Secondary Teacher Education -
Western Governors University
Western Governors University provides a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (K-8) - Teacher Licensure -
Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Joseph’s University provides an Accelerated Teacher Certification (OATCERT).
These are some more courses which require hours time to complete:
| Universities | Courses Offered | Duration |
| Online Teacher Training Institute |
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| International TEFL Teacher Training |
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| University of Phoenix |
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| Kaplan University |
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Minimum qualifications required for enrolling into an Online Teaching Course
The qualifications required for online teachers are varied. At the high school level, online teachers must have a bachelor’s degree and a teaching license.
At the community college level, a master’s degree is the minimum requirement and at the university level, a doctorate is generally preferred.
Apart from this an online teacher needs to be familiar with the internet, be comfortable working on content management systems such as Blackboard and have an understanding of Instructional Design concepts.
Last Updated: Nov 23, 2011.
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