Προς μια Στρατηγική Προοπτική στην Ανάπτυξη του Εκπαιδευτικού Προσωπικού των Ανοικτών Πανεπιστημίων

Abstract

Courses and programs being delivered at a distance require a unique set of professional competencies. Tutors in distance learning have a complicated and different role than them in a conventional educational system. Τhis paper primarily aims to present staff development as a main change factor in open universities and secondarily the necessity and requirements of a strategy perspective on the educational staff development in Open Universities. We present the staff development design in The Open University of Great Britain as a case study from its early beginning until Strategy of human resources. Additionally, we present two pilot projects SOLACE project and SOS forum as best practices of educational staff development using collaborative online environments.