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The Impact of Web Conferencing Training on Peer Tutors' Attitudes toward Distance Education
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Dvorak, Johanna; Roessger, Kevin – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012
This study investigated the attitudes of peer tutors who received web conferencing training in preparation for synchronous online tutoring. A quasi-experimental design was employed to evaluate changes in peer tutors' attitudes toward distance learning following participation in an online tutor training program. Peer tutors were found to have: (a)…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Distance Education, Tutors, Quasiexperimental Design
Training of Distance Education Tutors at Wawasan Open University: One Semester Later
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Ng, Wai-Kong; Kong, Sow-Lai – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008
With a revised protocol for interviewing new tutors, Wawasan Open University (WOU) has continued its tutor training program for the second semester of operations. Having experienced working with the first cohort of tutors for semester 1, year 2007 it is evident that we have more confidence and appreciation for tutor training to support WOU's…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Tutor Training, Interviews
Training of Distance Education Tutors at Wawasan Open University
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Ng, Wai-Kong – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Tutor training for distance education is still necessary and through a face-to-face mode despite advances in digital delivery mechanism. A questionnaire records the before, during, and after training perceptions and feedback of tutors on the training conducted over 1 day. Tutors become aware of the uniqueness of the course materials and the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Tutor Training, Measures (Individuals)