Quarterly Review of Distance Education : Journal Issue, Volume 15, Issue 3

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simonson, Michael.

Contributor:

Schlosser, Charles.

Series:

Quarterly Review of Distance Education : Journal

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Distance education--United States.

Local Subjects:

Distance education--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte : Information Age Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plaintext description.

Contents:

""Front Cover ""; ""Statement of Purpose""; ""Contents ""; ""Quarterly Review of Distance Education Editors and Editorial Board""; ""Editors""; ""Assistant Editor""; ""Editorial Assistant""; ""Department Editors""; ""International""; ""Lya Visser, Learning Development Institute""; ""Lucy Green, Georgia Southern University""; ""Editorial Board""; ""Welcome to the Special Issue""; ""Anthony A. Piña""; ""Guest Editor""; ""Facilitating Online Discussions at a Manic Pace""; ""A New Strategy for an Old Problem""; ""John H. Curry Jonene Cook""

""Morehead State University Oklahoma State University""""For novice and experienced instructors alike, facilitating online discussions can seem like a daunting prospect. Many ask themselves how to do so in an effective and meaningful way that actually adds to the course experience rather than seeming like ...""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Role of Instructors""; ""The Role of Students""; ""Facilitating Online Discussions""; ""THE MANIC DISCUSSION STRATEGY""; ""ENGL 0123: Basic Composition""; ""ENGL 1213: English Composition II""; ""EDUC 685: Principles of Distance Education Delivery""

""A MANIC Example""""HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE MANIC STRATEGY""; ""Other Things to Look Out For""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Increase Online Student Retention With Universal Design For Learning""; ""Thomas J. Tobin""; ""Northeastern Illinois University""; ""Adopting Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in order to create online course content allows higher education faculty members to reach out, not only to learners with disabilities, but also to learners who are increasingly using mobile devi...""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""Why Isn�t This Article About Accommodating Student Disabilities?""""FIVE STRATEGIES FOR INCORPORATING UDL INTO YOUR ONLINE COURSES""; ""Start With Text""; ""Create Alternatives""; ""Let �em Do It Their Way""; ""Go Step by Step""; ""Set Content Free""; ""NEXT TWENTIES""; ""What You Can Do in the Next 20 Minutes""; ""What You Can Do in the Next 20 Days""; ""What You Can Do in the Next 20 Months""; ""PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Figure 1""; ""Figure 2""; ""Figure 3""; ""Figure 4""; ""Figure 5""; ""Figure 6""; ""Assessing Online Faculty""

""More Than Student Surveys and Design Rubrics""""Anthony A. Piña and Larry Bohn""; ""Sullivan University System""; ""As online education continues to grow, so do the number of online courses being taught by those who did not develop the courses. However, the most popular rubrics for evaluating the quality of online courses tend to focus upon the course�s design, ...""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Online Course Quality""; ""Limitations of Quality Rubrics""; ""Class Observation/Indicators of Online Quality""; ""METHOD""; ""Participants""; ""Instrumentation""; ""Data Analysis""; ""RESULTS""

""Assessment Methods Used by Institutions""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781623969028

1623969026