Full Description
Effective Online Teaching is an essential resource that offers a clear understanding of how cognition and learning theory applies to online learning. This much-needed resource provides specific strategies for incorporating this knowledge into effective learner-centered teaching that gets results. The book includes strategies on motivation, tailored instruction, interaction, collaboration, monitoring and communication, time and information management, student concerns, and legal and ethical issues.
Designed as a text for online instructors, the chapters can be used for self-directed learning or in a formal training setting in concert with the companion Training Manual and CD.
"Tina Stavredes has done something sorely needed in the online teaching world —she has successfully combined solid theory and research with the practical application of instructor training. Both the book and the training manual are a 'must' for any online education organization. Bravo!"—Dr. Darcy W. Hardy, assistant vice provost for Technology Education Initiatives, University of Texas at San Antonio, and chair emerita, United States Distance Learning Association
"Drawing from years of experience and solidly grounded in an understanding of the adult learner and learning, Stavredes offers dozens of helpful instructor strategies, activities, and resources to support adult learners' success in an online environment. Effective Online Teaching and its accompanying training manual is a 'must-have' set for online instructors in higher education, corporate, and government settings."—Sharan B. Merriam, professor emeritus of adult education, University of Georgia, and coauthor, Learning in Adulthood
"An eminently practical book that provides clear and unpretentious explanations of the learning theories that are essential knowledge for every online teacher, together with equally uncluttered and easy-to-follow guidance about how to apply this knowledge to achieve excellent teaching."—Michael Grahame Moore, Distinguished Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, and editor, The American Journal of Distance Education
Contents
Exhibits and Figures ix
Preface xv
About the Author xxi
PART 1 Profile of the Online Learner 1
1 Characteristics of the Online Learner 3
2 Key Learning Attributes of Adults 13
3 Challenges That Affect Learners' Persistence 21
PART 2 Foundations of Cognition and Learning 31
4 Learning Theory 33
5 Understanding Cognition and Learning 43
6 Motivation Theory 59
PART 3 Cognitive Strategies to Support Learners' Thinking 73
7 Procedural Scaffolding 75
8 Metacognitive Scaffolding 87
9 Conceptual Scaffolding 95
10 Strategic Scaffolding 101
PART 4 Developing Cognitive, Social, and Teaching Presence Online 105
11 Developing Cognitive Presence Through Active Learning Strategies 107
12 Establishing Social Presence Through Learner-to-Learner Collaborative Strategies 131
13 Establishing Instructor Presence Through Instructor-to-Learner Interaction Strategies 151
14 Communication Tools to Support Cognitive, Social, and Teaching Presence 167
PART 5 Strategies for Managing Your Online Course 183
15 Strategies for Managing Your Online Teaching Activities 185
16 Strategies for Managing Behavioral Issues 205
17 Strategies for Managing Ethical and Legal Issues 223
18 Developing an Online Teaching Philosophy 241
References 245
Index 251
