Educators must continue their professional development throughout their careers in order to keep their knowledge up to date, learn new skills, become acquainted with new ideas, and receive mentoring and support. Given the dynamic nature of the challenges they will face, this is especially important. Teachers, like the students they teach, are always learning something new.
A more specific list of skillset for online educators is shown below:
Course planning and organization
Verbal and nonverbal presentation skills
Collaborative teamwork
Questioning strategies
Subject matter expertise
Involving students and coordinating their activities at field sites
Knowledge of basic learning theory
Knowledge of the distance learning field
Design of study guides
Graphic design and visual thinking
Learn more from this page: Online Teaching Competencies