Continuous teacher training for effective virtual communication

Abstract

This essay is based on the assumption that “Teacher training in the realm of Virtual Communication has to be continuous and effective”. Nowadays, education professionals have to be proficient in effective communication, given that the field of education is open to constant changes that requires adapting to new technologies in order to guarantee teaching and learning outcomes. In this context, practitioners need to update their knowledge-base in a continuously dynamic manner. Teachers are hence the main protagonists of deep transformations in teaching methodologies, for which they require progressive training - in particular for implementing distance-learning spaces through technological platforms. These kinds of virtual spaces provide a venue for teaching innovations as well as for enhanced involvement of new generations of students. This entails transforming face-to-face classes into virtual formats by operating deep changes in teaching approaches, in order to allow students to take an active part in virtual learning formats.