Effective Online Teaching: Foundations and Strategies for Student Success
Effective Online Teaching is an essential resource that offers aclear understanding of how cognition and learning theory applies toonline learning. This much-needed resource provides specificstrategies for incorporating this knowledge into effectivelearner-centered teaching that gets results. The book includesstrategies on motivation, tailored instruction, interaction,collaboration, monitoring and communication, time and informationmanagement, student concerns, and legal and ethical issues.
Designed as a text for online instructors, the chapters can beused for self-directed learning or in a formal training setting inconcert with the companion Training Manual and CD.
"Tina Stavredes has done something sorely needed in the onlineteaching world —she has successfully combined solid theory andresearch with the practical application of instructor training.Both the book and the training manual are a 'must' for any onlineeducation organization. Bravo!"—Dr. Darcy W. Hardy, assistantvice provost for Technology Education Initiatives, University ofTexas at San Antonio, and chair emerita, United States DistanceLearning Association
"Drawing from years of experience and solidly grounded in anunderstanding of the adult learner and learning, Stavredes offersdozens of helpful instructor strategies, activities, and resourcesto 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, andcoauthor, Learning in Adulthood
"An eminently practical book that provides clear andunpretentious explanations of the learning theories that areessential knowledge for every online teacher, together with equallyuncluttered and easy-to-follow guidance about how to apply thisknowledge to achieve excellent teaching."—Michael GrahameMoore, Distinguished Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania StateUniversity, and editor, The American Journal of DistanceEducation
