RIS ID
3759
Abstract
An evaluation of a distributed learning environment (DLE) of a regional NSW university provided the context to examine the changing role of tutors in new learning environments. It examines how the tutors started to form a community of practice in the first year of operation. The distance from the main campus made communication difficult for the tutors, lecturers and students and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), at times, added to the challenge. This paper identifies ways that the tutor role changes in a DLE and how the development of a community of practice can support this change.
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Publication Details
This article was originally published as: Lefoe, G, Hedberg, J and Gunn, C, The changing role of tutors: forming a community of practice in a distributed learning environment, Proceedings International Conference on Computers in Education, 3-6 December 2002, vol 1, 729-733. Copyright IEEE 2002.