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This article examines the pedagogical role of the teacher in online education. Specifically, thetransition from in-class room instruction to online instruction is a complex one involvingspecialized training in the technical aspects of delivering quality educational materials (orenvironments) to the students, and specialized training in how to foster knowledge acquisitionwithin this new environment. The article focuses on the pedagogical training that an onlineinstructor needs to become an effective teacher. One important finding of the study concludes thatteachers exposed to the course significantly changed their attitudes toward online instructionseeing it as more participatory, and interactive than face-to-face instruction. Another majorfinding is that after the course, teachers saw the online medium as more of an extension of theirfaculty work. That is, faculty were more willing to use the online medium as an extension of theirduties.

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