Replacing Face-to-Face Tutorials by Synchronous Online Technologies: Challenges and pedagogical implications

dc.creator	Kwok Chi Ng
dc.date	2007-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:22:26Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:22:26Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b802d7657a77490690c3f6a2e530408b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20673
dc.description	This paper reports on a study which investigates the implementation of a synchronous e-learning system (Interwise) for online tutorials on an information technology related course offered by the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK). It examines a set of interview data related to students’ and tutors’ views on the use of the system. Issues concerning students’ participation in online tutorials, opportunities for interaction in using the system, and tutors’ roles in real-time conferences are discussed. The findings suggest that both the students and tutors are positive about the use of Interwise for online tutorials in general. Some students, however, indicate dissatisfaction with the one-way communication and teacher-control functionalities of the system. The results also indicate that the tutors are concerned about the workload involved in using Interwise in terms of managing the functionalities of the system and the different learning tasks. Implications are then drawn for supporting synchronous online learning both in the OUHK and a wider academic context.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/335/764
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2007)
dc.subject	synchronous e-learning system
dc.subject	interaction
dc.subject	online tutors’ roles
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	Hong Kong
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Replacing Face-to-Face Tutorials by Synchronous Online Technologies: Challenges and pedagogical implications
dc.type	article