What Does It Take to Teach Online?

Authors

  • Mirjam Hauck The Open University
  • Ursula Stickler The Open University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v23i3.463-475

Keywords:

online pedagogy, blended learning

Abstract

This article presents a range of views on the tasks and challenges of online pedagogy.

Author Biographies

  • Mirjam Hauck, The Open University

    Mirjam Hauck is a Senior Lecturer and Head of German in the Department of Languages at the Open University in the UK, where she has been involved in investigations of multimodal virtual learning spaces for language learning and teaching for almost a decade. She has also been responsible for the introduction of online language tuition and tutor training in the German section. Her current research and publications focus on the role of metacognitive knowledge and strategies in the context of electronic literacy.

  • Ursula Stickler, The Open University

    Dr. Ursula Stickler joined the Department of Languages at the Open University, UK, as a Lecturer in German in 2002. She has published widely in the areas of autonomous language learning, especially tandem learning and language advising, technology-enhanced language learning, and online teaching skills. She is involved in the training of online tutors at the Open University.

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Published

2013-01-14

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2006)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Hauck, M., & Stickler, U. (2013). What Does It Take to Teach Online?. CALICO Journal, 23(3), 463-475. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v23i3.463-475