Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience

Online discussion in a forum plays a crucial role in the delivery of distance-learning materials. We should not use the learning management system as depository of contents, but as a platform for active exchange of ideas and collective reflections In order to generate new knowledge. This paper looks...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chan, Chang Tik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: INTI University College 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/1/2007_2.pdf
_version_ 1848766461869293568
author Chan, Chang Tik
author_facet Chan, Chang Tik
author_sort Chan, Chang Tik
building INTI Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Online discussion in a forum plays a crucial role in the delivery of distance-learning materials. We should not use the learning management system as depository of contents, but as a platform for active exchange of ideas and collective reflections In order to generate new knowledge. This paper looks into online training of lecturers using” e-tivities” to promote online discussions. The training lasted ten weeks and the participants learned the key skills needed to host online discussions and function as e-instructors. This paper also deals with the various aspects of content development for distance-learning modules and the problems encountered.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:51:31Z
format Article
id intimal-375
institution INTI International University
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:51:31Z
publishDate 2007
publisher INTI University College
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling intimal-3752018-10-30T05:45:55Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/ Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience Chan, Chang Tik HF Commerce HF5601 Accounting P Philology. Linguistics Online discussion in a forum plays a crucial role in the delivery of distance-learning materials. We should not use the learning management system as depository of contents, but as a platform for active exchange of ideas and collective reflections In order to generate new knowledge. This paper looks into online training of lecturers using” e-tivities” to promote online discussions. The training lasted ten weeks and the participants learned the key skills needed to host online discussions and function as e-instructors. This paper also deals with the various aspects of content development for distance-learning modules and the problems encountered. INTI University College 2007 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/1/2007_2.pdf Chan, Chang Tik (2007) Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience. INTI Journal, 2 (2). pp. 17-26. ISSN 1675-0284
spellingShingle HF Commerce
HF5601 Accounting
P Philology. Linguistics
Chan, Chang Tik
Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title_full Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title_fullStr Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title_full_unstemmed Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title_short Getting Ready to Teach Online: A Malaysian Experience
title_sort getting ready to teach online: a malaysian experience
topic HF Commerce
HF5601 Accounting
P Philology. Linguistics
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/
http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/375/1/2007_2.pdf