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Train the Trainer: A Competency-Based Model for Teaching in Virtual Environments

Train the Trainer: A Competency-Based Model for Teaching in Virtual Environments
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Author(s): Mary Rose Grant (Saint Louis University, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 23
Source title: Virtual Environments for Corporate Education: Employee Learning and Solutions
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): William Ritke-Jones (Cybermations Consulting Group, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-619-3.ch008

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Abstract

This chapter describes an online competency-based model for teaching adult learners in virtual environments. This model, informed by prior studies for online teaching, expands emergent themes within best practices and identifies competencies for course design, delivery and management of adult-centered online learning environments. The use of part-time instructors, in academic and corporate settings, to facilitate learning in virtual environments requires formal processes to develop web-based teaching skills that meet the needs and expectations of a multigenerational mix of online adult-learners. The competency-based model uses a generative approach to developing instructors as adult learners and builds on adult and constructivist learning theories. The model provides opportunities to improve web-based teaching skills and encourage behaviors that influence student engagement, retention and learning. This chapter guides the reader through a step-by-step process of understanding competencies needed to facilitate virtual learning with suggestions for implementation and practice in corporate settings.

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