Online Teacher Oversees Students From A Distance

Online Teacher Oversees Students From A Distance

After leaving her job as a college professor to become an office director for Buena Vista University Le Mars, Kaylyn Pick didn't expect to teach again. But Pick returned to the classroom just a few years later, only this time around, the classroom is her computer and she never actually sees her students.

BVU has offered online courses for quite some time, but only started its full online degree program about five years ago. Several majors are available to students, in a variety of fields, and around 50 classes are offered each term. Picks teaches Conflict Management, The Interviewing Process, and Dramatic Literature.

Most of Picks online students are nontraditional learners. Many adults who may already have jobs or families choose to pursue an online degree, either to advance their career or change fields. At the beginning of each term, Pick asks students to introduce themselves via message board, but she learns more about their personalities by reading written assignments.

Pick says that although she is the instructor, online courses are student driven. Generally, the main appeal of online courses is that they allow students to work from a home computer based on a time schedule that is most convenient for them, unlike classes in a ground school which require attendance and assignment completion according to a strict schedule. And one of the main advantages of online education applies to teachers as well as studentsliving on campus is not required. BVU employs about 100 teachers from 31 different states.

Picks enjoys being a teacher, because "with teaching, you gain so much more from your students than you will provide for them." She finds it interesting to engage with students, even in an online classroom because "you do all the regular classroom activities, but in a written rather than verbal format."

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