Expanded teacher-facilitator model distributing instructional components between online instructor and on-site facilitator

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

The article proposes an expanded teacher-facilitator model in which the four components of the online instructor role identified by Berge — pedagogical, social, organizational, and technical — are distributed between the online instructor and the on-site facilitator. The instructor teaches the course and follows the curriculum, while the social, organizational, and technical components are jointly managed through regular communication. This creates "a truly hybrid learning environment" linking the local classroom more closely with the online environment.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Each school must appoint an on-site facilitator to be present when students take the class each day
• Facilitators need basic web-based training before the course starts

Constraints

• The extent to which facilitators took responsibility for social, organizational, and technical areas depended on their own personal characteristics

Target Learners

• Rural high school students in small schools

Learning Goals

• Access to advanced courses such as AP English through online distance education

Claims

• Facilitator Intervention Lower Dropout Cohort1 [+M]
• Control Facilitators Role Ambiguity [+M]

Related Designs

Examples

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Key Sources

• de la Varre, C., Keane, J., & Irvin, M. J. (2010). Enhancing online distance education in small rural US schools: A hybrid, learner-centered model. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 15(4).

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id	expanded-teacher-facilitator-hybrid-model
title	Expanded teacher-facilitator model distributing instructional components between online instructor and on-site facilitator
description	The article proposes an expanded teacher-facilitator model in which the four components of the online instructor role identified by Berge — pedagogical, social, organizational, and technical — are distributed between...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
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sources	1 — de-la-varre-2010

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