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The Necessity of Preparing Teacher Candidates to Teach Online CHAPTER 6

Communication
Medium from Online Tool
CoI Framework Example Skill Overview Pedagogical Challenge
Setting Climate Form-Making Online forms can be embedded Form tools require teacher
Tools into websites, documents, and candidates to consider ways
even video and can provide of developing formative
formative data to determine assessments that encourage and
engagement with lesson engage students.
material.

Teaching Presence Web Design Teacher candidates can set Control over the online
Options up an online learning space presentation of material requires
with a focus on readability and teacher candidates to structure
accessibility of materials. lessons that are accessible and
engaging.
Selecting Content Website Teacher candidates can gather Curating online resources
Creation Tools and manage the presentation of requires teacher candidates
varied resources. to review and select the most
appropriate materials.

As teacher candidates develop their skills at designing instruction for online
learning environments, perhaps by creating thematic online learning experiences,
short lessons, or whole units, they will learn how to use the affordances of learning
management systems to enable collaborative activities and develop increasingly
refined methods of interacting with learners. Learning to use these tools complies
with ISTE Standard 6. Facilitator:

Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achieve-
ment of the ISTE Standards for Students. Educators: 6b. Manage the use
of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual
environments, hands-on makerspaces, or in the field. (ISTE, 2017)
As colleges and schools of education infuse technology integration curriculum
throughout their programs, specifically curriculum related to online instruction,
it is important to note that teacher candidates are still in the process of developing
basic competencies in curricular design for face-to-face classrooms. Adopting
a pedagogical strategy in a classroom is clearly a novel activity for most teacher
candidates at this stage of their development. Thinking about pedagogical strategies
for online teaching can provide important opportunities to think deeply about
teaching in general. Teacher functions such as providing resources, scaffolding

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