Moving from Face-to-Face to Online Teaching

Teaching Philosophy: Moving from Face-to-Face to Online Classrooms

This article explores the similarities and differences between Canadian and Australian university teachers’ face-to-face and online teaching approaches and philosophies. It presents perspectives on teaching face-to-face and online in two comparable Canadian and Australian universities, both of which offer instruction in these two modes. The key research question was to determine if moving from ...

The Effectiveness of Three Methods of Teaching Medline to Medical Students: Online, Face to Face and Combined Educational Methods

Introduction: In order to enhance e-learning, the first online educational course for teaching Medline, was established in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of online, face to face and combined educational methods presented for medical students. Methods: In an experimental study, Medline was taught to 40 medical students by three meth...

From face-to-face teaching to online distance education classes: some challenges and surprises

Many educators in higher education are now delivering their courses online. For some however this move was initially a reluctant one as it was difficult to perceive how their face-to-face classes could be successfully transported into the online medium. This paper describes the journey of one academic who took on the challenge of developing a knowledge building online distance education communi...

A Connectivist Perspective of the Transition from Face-to-Face to Online Teaching in Higher Education

Existing research shows a slow transition to online education by many university teaching staff. A mixed methods approach is used to survey teacher educators in three jurisdictions in the UK who have made the transition to online teaching, followed by focus group and individual interviews to triangulate the data. The eight tenets of connectivism are used as a lens for analysis. Findings reveal ...

Moving face-to-face communication to Web-based systems