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Excellence in College Teaching and Learning [electronic resource] : Classroom and Online Instruction
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henderson, George.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teachers--In-service training.
- College teaching.
- Education, Higher--Web-based instruction.
- Effective teaching.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- College teaching--In-service training.
- College teachers--Web-based instruction.
- College teachers.
- Education, Higher.
- Local Subjects:
- College teachers--In-service training.
- College teaching.
- Education, Higher--Web-based instruction.
- Effective teaching.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must continually update their Internet skills; and whether courses are taught on campus or online, they should not be academic fluff or pedagogical gimmicks. Throughout the book the authors punctuate sentences and paragraphs with metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and
- Contents:
- EXCELLENCE IN COLLEGE TEACHING AND LEARNING; CONTENTS; Part I: TEACHING CLASSROOM COURSES; Chapter 1 LECTURES; Chapter 2 COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES; Chapter 3 CLASSROOM GROUP DYNAMICS; Part II: TEACHING ONLINE COURSES; Chapter 4 E-LEARNING TO THE MAXIMUM; Chapter 5 VIRTUAL LEARNING BASICS; Chapter 6 SITUATED LEARNING: CYBERSPACE GROUP DYNAMICS; Chapter 7 THE BIG PICTURE; Appendices HELPFUL HANDOUTS FOR STUDENTS AND ANALYSIS OF TWO EXERCISES; Appendix A KEY FACTORS TO SUCCESS IN ONLINE COURSES; Appendix B CONDUCTING ONLINE RESEARCH; Appendix C AUDIENCE ANALYSIS
- Appendix D WHY DO KIDS KILL?Appendix E GETTING THE MOST FROM VIDEO; Appendix F GETTING THE MOST FROM PODCASTS; Appendix H DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS, NATIVES, OR GEEKS ANALYSIS; Appendix I E-LEARNING BELIEFS AND BEHAVIORS = ATTITUDE ANALYSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-398-08526-9
- OCLC:
- 654029438
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