Synopses & Reviews
B> For anyone preparing to teach online, The Online Teaching Guide is a one-of-a-kind resource for developing and implementing a successful online course. From the basics of online teaching to techniques, tools, and methods for effective online communication, The Online Teaching Guide addresses the breadth of conceptual and practical issues related to the online classroom. In each chapter, The Online Teaching Guide's contributing authors -- faculty members at the University of Phoenix Online Campus -- offer a wealth of useful strategies to sharpen your instructional skills. Each author focuses on the interpersonal aspect of online teaching and learning, providing a deep understanding of various instructional methods and techniques. Learn how to keep a classroom interpersonal, how to communicate effectively with students, how to facilitate groups and discussions, and how to give and get feedback in the online class, helping to overcome the challenges that confront all online instructors. By increasing understanding of how to use technology as a dynamic teaching tool, readers will achieve success in the online classroom, enhancing their teaching experience, and students' learning experience, in the fast-changing world of online communication. This book is intended as a practical introduction for instructors, beginning or otherwise, who want useful ideas and techniques that will help them teach more effectively in the online classroom.
Table of Contents
Preface. -- About the authors and contributors. -- Face to face in the online classroom : keeping it interpersonal and human / Ken White. -- Taming the lions and tigers and bears : the WRITE WAY to communicate online / Chad Lewis. -- Talking the talk : humor and other forms of online communication / Arlene Hiss. -- The story of one learner: a student's perspective on online teaching / Lorraine Priest. -- Reshaping teaching and learning : the role of liberal arts in online education / Bill Pepicello and Elizabeth Tice. -- The elements of effective online teaching : overcoming the barriers to success / Anita Bischoff. -- Managing time : developing effective online organization / Marilyn Simon. -- Cooking up a successful class: adapting courses for the online world / Shelia Porter. -- Getting ready : the syllabus and other online indispensables / Marilyn Fullmer-Umari. -- Online Facilitation : individual and group possibilities / Patricia Addesso. -- Keeping it fun and relevant : using active online learning / Al Badger. -- Dealing with challenging situations : communicating through online conflict / Ken White. -- One day left to live : teaching the online quantitative course / Jim Farrar. -- Making sense of it all : giving and getting online course feedback / Fred Schwartz and Ken White. -- Epilogue : the human promise / Bob Weight and Terri Bishop.