This thesis focuses on the importance of the role of the teacher as a telecoach in online learning processes. This training is described in detail in the empirical part of this thesis. Yet, not only the content of the training is described but also coaching within the training, since that is the subject of my research project. I did my utmost to be a good coach for my pupils. I have experienced that many students benefit enormously from good coaching by their teachers.
Most students greatly appreciate a personal approach, the 'human touch'.
Personal attention for and help with their study problems is likely to increase their motivation and often their results. Unfortunately quite a few teachers do not endorse this view or simply aren't capable of providing good supervision or coaching or don't consider it to be important. Both roles have an impact on my view of telecoaching. Telecoaching is a relatively new field of expertise. This means that we only have limited experiences and evaluations of these experiences of telelearners.