Understanding higher education instructors’ roles in online courses during emergency remote teaching

• In Event: DDL- Best Practices for Online Instructor Roles

Short Description

Emergency remote teaching (ERT) allows higher education institutions to continue teaching and learning during the pandemic but also engenders novel challenges for online instructors to fulfill their roles of meeting students’ needs. This qualitative case study tapped into higher education instructors’ experience with ERT and their needs for fulfilling their roles. This study established knowledge bases about strategies and resources supplementing online instructors’ roles during ERT and provided insights into maintaining high-quality online education.

Authors

• Contributor: Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Lucas Vasconcelos, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Fatih Ari, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Ismahan Arslan-Ari, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Michael M Grant, University of South Carolina

• Contributor: Yingxiao Qian, University of South Carolina