A Case Study of Online Teaching in a Higher Vocational College in China during Covid-19

Abstract

This paper is based on a researcher’s exploration into a teachers’ implementation of teaching students English writing online in a higher vocational college in China during Covid-19, which aims to find the role of teacher to facilitate the efficient online teaching. It adopts a qualitative research design with the samples including one teacher, 34 students and a sample class. The research instrumentals include the researcher’s online classroom observation in the sample class and the semi-structured interview of the teacher and all the students after the sample class. All the data are collected for content analysis and triangulation. A theoretical framework of Community of Inquiry (CoI) is applied in the content analysis of the data within the context. A conclusion is drawn by the result and discussion that a leader and helper role of teacher who provides scaffolding in class and consultation after class with the modern educational ideal and information technology helps to promote the effective online teaching.