Finding your online voice : stories told by experienced online educators / edited by J. Michael Spector.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spector, J. Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction.

Distance education.

Physical Description:

xxi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

Summary:

Finding Your Online Voice offers a thought-provoking discussion of innovative approaches to technology-based distance education. Editor J. Michael Spector focuses on how highly experienced teachers conceptualize and organize online classes. Best practices and guidelines for effective online teaching as well as a set of. instructor skills specific to online learning environments are featured in the volume. Distinguished researchers recount stories from a richly detailed, personal viewpoint on topics such as: teaching orientations ana philosophies, approaches to learning and instruction, orientation to and uses of technology, models and methods of technology-based teaching, and, reflections and self-assessments. This work is appropriate for professors, students, and professional practitioners working in the areas of distance education and educational technology. It is intended as a primary resource in courses on technology integration.

Contents:

Foreword / Donald P. Ely

Competencies for online teachers / J. Michael Spector

The contributing student : philosophy, technology, and strategy / Betty Collis and Jef Moonen

Online learning : for better or for worse? : a reflective view / Jan Visser

How scenario-based learning can engender reflective practice in distance education / Som Naidu ... [et al.]

Motivate and manage : key activities of online instructors / Zane L. Berge

Pursuing interaction / Deborah K. LaPointe

Online teaching experiences in higher education : obstacles and opportunities / Lya Visser

Finding a fulfilling voice through interactions / Barbara L. Grabowski

Interaction : the power and promise of active online learning / Wilhelmina C. Savenye

Using elaborations of online presence to foster critical thinking and reflection / Roderick C. Sims and Bethany Bovard

A chorus of online voices : reflections on the future of online instruction / Vanessa P. Dennen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805862196

9780805862195

0805862285

9780805862287

1410616061

9781410616067

OCLC:

71329784

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