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  • Sime & Themelis 2020 Distance Education 41-1 (post print version)

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Educators' perspectives on transmedia identity management: Redefining tele-teacher presence

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>27/02/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>Distance Education
Issue number1
Volume41
Number of pages16
Pages (from-to)70-85
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date25/02/20
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Visual media and virtual reality are now a common features of distance education environments. This has boosted research into questions surrounding visual media and technologies for educators' professional development and teaching practice. This research explored educators' views on identity and teaching presence in visual media in distance education. We interviewed 18 experienced educators and categorized their views on identity and visual media. The findings suggest that digital identity can be seen through the lens of networks with others, and that transmedia identity management, which we define as the ability to create and manage multiple identities across different technology platforms, is a key competence for online educators as a means of building trust within online learning communities. As a result, we modified the theory of tele-proximity (Themelis, 2013, 2014; Themeli & Bougia, 2016) by refining its concept of tele-teacher presence to include transmedia identity management. The implications for practice are that the professional development of online educators should include knowledge and competence in tele-teacher presence and especially transmedia identity management.

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This is an post-print of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Distance Education on 25/02/2020, available online:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01587919.2020.1727292