What is an Online Trainer? How to be?

 At a time when distance education has increased and the concept of teaching has been moved to digital, we decided to compile some of the questions about online teaching.

 

The online instructor teaches in his field of expertise by taking part in distance education platforms. So how do you become an online trainer, which is a branch of teaching as a career opportunity? Let's look for an answer to this question.

 

How to Become an Online Trainer?

The online teaching profession is under the umbrella of teaching. The trainer can work in major distance education institutions as well as in online education platforms. It is necessary to fulfill certain conditions for teaching alone and its extension, distance teaching profession.

 

First of all, in order to become a trainer, you need to take a field training that will prove that you are an expert. In addition, you are expected to gain experience that will highlight your knowledge in the field. For example, to teach about social media and digital marketing, you must have a professional work background in related fields.

 

Publishing studies in these fields and being on the agenda with professional works are also one of the most important conditions for becoming a trainer. Another important condition for becoming an online instructor is familiarity with distance education. Since the lessons will be given via distance education , sometimes there will be a situation to be connected from the home computer. In the same way, knowing how the institution or site will teach through online education, one should not be unfamiliar with the use of distance education.

 

Another issue related to the online teaching profession is that the trainer candidate who will give the lecture does not remain a bystander to the training process. Because the person who will manage the course process is the instructor and institutions will want to work with people who take the initiative. Therefore, it is necessary to accept to fulfill the requirements of the training process for teaching, no matter how professional work background and field education.

 

Although the recruitment requirements of each institution are different, we can generally give the following answers to the question of how to become an online trainer:

 

Having training or professional experience in their field,

Familiarity with concepts and uses related to online education,

Being ready to give lectures at the time and conditions requested by the institution,

Oral and written communication skills

References about work history and experience

Although it is not compulsory in every institution to be an online instructor, it is necessary to prepare for the field under the training of the instructor in order to be ready to be an instructor professionally. Online trainer; He should know how to teach effectively, how to convey information to trainees in a style and how to interact with people in general. In addition, the trainer will need to prepare up-to-date training programs as he will constantly follow his field and provide information transfer. If you want to apply to become an instructor, you can browse the pages of universities, municipalities, distance education platforms and sites that contain the conditions for teaching.

 

How to Apply for Instructor?

If you trust your professional experience and knowledge in the field, you can contribute to your field by training people other than yourself. In order to work as an online instructor, you will first need to contact the institution and submit your application.

 

You can log in to the institution's website and fill out the form for teaching. Usually you will be asked for a CV and references address first. You can complete the first stage by filling out the CV and the form with the correct information.

 

While some distance education institutions are open to application, others can expand their staff by finding their own trainers. However, if you have experience in the teaching profession and do not have any obstacles in fulfilling online teaching, you can apply to certain platforms.

 

At the same time, you can apply to online training sites to start your own teaching path without being affiliated with an institution. Only when applying to online sites, you should choose the field you will teach and be able to provide assurance that you can meet the necessary conditions for the online infrastructure of the course.

 

What are the Professional Qualifications of an Online Trainer?

Gaining experience in your professional field or reading a lot will not make you an instructor. The teaching profession, just like teaching, is about being familiar with the educational process. You don't necessarily have to be an instructor before - which is a very important advantage - but it is not easy to teach and manage the course by communicating with students.

 

One of the indispensable professional definitions of teaching is to activate the training and development work in the process. Unlike a teacher, an instructor can go beyond the current curriculum and share developments in the field with students. He transfers the latest developments, current information and discussions in the field to the trainee and tries to achieve a development result.

 

The instructor strives for student development throughout the course process. This effort means that the transferred knowledge has a counterpart in the student. It aims to create a personal development with its curriculum, course contents and student-oriented approach. The way the trainer communicates during the course is also decisive for the efficiency of the course and indeed for its professional development.

 

No one wants to encounter a trainer who has lost enthusiasm and low energy. Except for some humanitarian situations, it is important for the course that the instructor is sincere and smiling.

 

What are the Professional Qualifications of an Online Trainer?

 

In addition, the instructor goes to the lesson knowing how to use his communication skills. At certain moments, he hands the microphone to the student and plans an interaction-oriented lecture flow. We can summarize the indispensable professional qualities of the teaching profession as follows:

 

Follows current issues related to the field.

Plans lessons with different resources and reviews.

Prepares a student-oriented curriculum.

He is familiar with technological uses and diversifies his presentations with technological methods.

Provides active participation in the course process by having written and verbal communication skills.

Plans preparations for students' needs by presenting reliable sources.

On Which Subjects Can I Provide Online Training?

Online training has become one of the most popular e-learning methods in recent years. Trainings covering many subjects and competencies pile up in front of you with a short internet search. Today, online trainings, which are given for the enthusiasm and need of learning in terms of time and cost, are selected according to a certain preference criteria.

 

For example, one of the most trained fields in Turkey is diction . Around the world, language learning and business-oriented trainings are very popular.

 

The online teaching part of the job depends entirely on your professional experience in the field and the current position of your field. Up-to-date topics and development-oriented areas often attract attention. Considering that you will be teaching in Turkey, you are lucky if you have serious professional experience in foreign language, communication skills, social media, advertising and marketing. Many education platforms have turned to these areas and they are very eager to find the right person.

 

Again, software, vocational certificates and computer training are among the most popular areas where you can give education in our country. But do not forget that you have to meet the conditions of teaching that are valid for all the fields we have mentioned. Moreover, the process you teach will be a source of reference and experience for you.

 

We answered the question of how to become an online trainer. If you already trust your experience in your field, you can contact distance education platforms.