Moving from Traditional to Online Instruction: Considerations for Improving Trainer and Instructor Performance

This paper is the product of perspectives of three online instructors. The authors, one of whom is an experienced online instructor and two others, who are new to online learning, discuss the implementation and delivery of online courses. More specifically, the paper takes the perspective of a new online instructor. Based on the delivery of three terms of simultaneous distance courses (taught by the authors), and the observations, conversations, and continuous improvement efforts related to those courses, the authors attempt to identify considerations that will help new online instructors improve performance and avoid potential problems.