Detailed Characterisation of Online Teaching Which Optimises Student Support

This chapter illustrates and substantiates the four pedagogical elements of the model developed and tested in the previous chapter. The illustrations came from five different online and blended subjects and degrees taught or led by the authors. The facets of the pedagogical elements are illustrated by interview quotations from students who studied or were enrolled in the different subjects and degrees, and student discussion board posts. The linking explanatory text provides a detailed description and explanation of how each pedagogical element was enacted in practice, so that other teachers will be able to use the chapter to provide a model for their own teaching. The detailed qualitative illustrations provide substantiation for the quantitative SEM model developed and tested in the previous chapter. As the majority of data comes from student feedback, there is also substantiation of the concept that online teachers can support the retention and success of their students within a virtual online environment.