{"id":5562,"date":"2025-06-10T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/06\/10\/post2-observe-what-role-teachers-play-now\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:28:12","slug":"post2-observe-what-role-teachers-play-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/06\/10\/post2-observe-what-role-teachers-play-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Post#2 Observe what role teachers play now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this week, I tried to get a better understanding of my subject and whether the role of the teacher is now really changing from lecturer to support staff. I think the best way to do this is to experience some lessons in real life and observe this shift from a student\u2019s perspective. Observe real-life examples of educator roles in distributed learning environments. Specifically, I would like to examine:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether teachers are still using lecture-based teaching methods.<\/li>\n<li>How well they engage learners through supportive strategies.<\/li>\n<li>The extent to which online platforms support teacher-learner interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I mainly observed two learning platforms, Coursera and Outschool. Coursera is a globally recognized online learning platform with a variety of course types ranging from programming and psychology to education, data analytics, and more. There are introductory courses as well as complete professional paths. Courses are mostly recorded, however, with quizzes, discussion forums, and assignments. Individual courses come with online quizzes or Zoom seminars. In my experience, I think the instructor is still acting as a mentor on this platform, which is closer to a traditional classroom model. The instructor still uses a lecture format. Learners on this platform need to be more self-directed or driven to learn the skills of inking or to earn a certificate. There is some interaction between the instructor and the student, but not a lot.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-115\" src=\"http:\/\/zihaoblog.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9304\/2025\/06\/6ec582f5-d781-4336-b079-95b6f0f611c0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"425\"><\/p>\n<p>Outschool is an online learning platform for students between the ages of 3 and 18, offering real-time interactive courses. Founded in the United States in 2015, it focuses specifically on small class sizes and personalized learning, with classes conducted via Zoom and an emphasis on active student engagement.<br \/>\nAll courses are Zoom-live and teacher-led; it emphasizes \u201cinterest-driven\u201d: students can choose courses based on their interests, with a high degree of autonomy; and it focuses on \u201cguided teaching\u201d: instead of one-way lectures, teachers usually guide students through questions, conversations, and tasks. Minecraft Coding is a class that uses a game as a vehicle, where everyone manipulates characters and learns introductory programming, breaking the class distance between teachers and students to a certain extent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-114\" src=\"http:\/\/zihaoblog.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9304\/2025\/06\/a75b9adf-0003-4808-84b4-bb5f65382b59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Short-term conclusions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From what I have observed so far, it is hard to say that the role of the teacher has completely shifted. Teachers still dominate the classroom as instructors, but it is clear that some platforms have begun to shift the role of the teacher from instructor to facilitator, and that these platforms tend to reach a younger audience that is more comfortable with this method of teaching and thus more interested in a particular area. I will continue this research in the rest term.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this week, I tried to get a better understanding of my subject and whether the role of the teacher is now really changing from lecturer to support staff. I think the best way to do this is to experience&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/06\/10\/post2-observe-what-role-teachers-play-now\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}