Exploring the Concept of the Digital Educator during COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Schalk, Ana; McAvinia, Claire; Rooney, Pauline
Titel	Exploring the Concept of the Digital Educator during COVID-19
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 38 (2022) 2, S.129-141 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McAvinia, Claire)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-3098 (Discontinued)
Schlagwörter	Professional Identity; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Technology; Online Courses; Faculty Development; COVID-19; Pandemics; Technological Literacy; School Closing; Foreign Countries; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Unterrichtsmedien; Online course; Online-Kurs; Technisches Wissen; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Ausland; Irland
Abstract	In this paper, we explore academic identity, specifically the identity of the educator in higher education and academics' conceptualisations of the digital educator. We suggest that the concept of a digital educator is not only about technology, tools and uses. The context for this exploration is academics' participation in an online professional development module, Digital Education, and the "pivot online" (Weller, 2020a) during campus closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Through qualitative research, we explored participants' sense of teaching identity, whether they had or have a concept of being a digital educator and the extent to which these identities might have shifted while the campus closure continued. We present analysis of their accounts and reflect on the implications of this analysis, particularly in relation to organisational digital capacity defined as "the skills, competencies, attitudes, infrastructure, and resources that enable people to work, live and learn in a world that is increasingly digital world" (National Forum, 2018, p. iv). We consider how higher education institutions will cope with the complex challenges facing us and suggest ways in which the implications of this research could better enable institutions to navigate change and build organisational digital capacity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01