Preparing Educators to Teach in a Digital Age

Authors

  • Mohsen Keshavarz Department of Medical Sciences Education Development, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran
  • Andrea Ghoneim Digital Teaching Services, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wirtschafts Universität Wien

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v22i1.4910

Keywords:

educational technology, massive open online courses, MOOCs, open educational resources, OER, media-supported learning, digital teaching skills

Abstract

This article describes the practical implementation of parts of Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning by A.W. Bates (2015) in a course for educators in Austria and the development of medical education for universities in Iran. With the publication of the second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age in 2019, the authors show the impact of the book in training educators and developers of educational content. This note from the field emphasizes the benefits of making informed decisions about educational technologies using Bates’ (2015) SECTIONS model and of learning about massive open online courses (MOOCs) and how to work with them using his book.

Author Biographies

Mohsen Keshavarz, Department of Medical Sciences Education Development, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

Mohsen Keshavarz, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences

Dr. Mohsen Keshavarz has a Ph.D. in Virtual Education Planning. Currently, he is a faculty member and the Director of the Virtual Education Center of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences now. From 2013 to 2020, he was the director of the Department of Medical Sciences Education Development of Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences (EDC) for seven years. He also is an affiliated professor at the faculty of Virtual, Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. He applies innovations of distance learning in a medical education context and uses international experiences to foster virtual education at the national level. His research interests include online and virtual learning, blended learning, telemedicine, new educational technologies, e-health, and multiple literacies in online environments. He has published several articles on virtual education in the Distance Learning Journal. Distance Learning is an official publication of the United States Distance Learning Association. He has currently a continuous collaboration with Distance Learning journal and the Quarterly Review of Distance Education on the subjects of distance education.

 

Andrea Ghoneim, Digital Teaching Services, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wirtschafts Universität Wien

Andrea Ghoneim, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wirtschafts Universität Wien

Andrea Ghoneim wrote her doctoral dissertation on literature media on the World Wide Web. After using her media skills in various learning settings at Egyptian and Austrian universities, she worked as a researcher at the Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies at Danube University, Krems, Austria from 2013 to 2019. Currently, she is on the staff of Digital Teaching Services at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Wirtschafts Universität Wien. Her research interests include blended learning, instructional design, and media use for collaboration and communication as well as digital competencies.

https://mahara.org/user/andreaghoneim

 

 

 

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Published

2021-03-11

How to Cite

Keshavarz, M., & Ghoneim, A. (2021). Preparing Educators to Teach in a Digital Age. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 22(1), 221–242. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v22i1.4910

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Notes From the Field