Online Teaching At Its Best
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Bring pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environments Online Teaching at Its Best: A Merger of Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research is the scholarly resource for online learning that faculty, instructional designers, and administrators have long been awaiting. Over 70 percent of degree-granting institutions offer online classes, and while technical resources abound, the courses often fall short of integrating the best practices in online pedagogy, even if they comply with online course design standards. Typically these standards omit the best practices in teaching and learning and the principles from cognitive science, leaving students struggling to keep the pace, understand the material, and fulfill their true potential as learners. This book fills the gap, providing evidence-based practices for online teaching, online course design, and online student motivation integrated with pedagogical and cognitive science to help you build the distance learning courses and programs your students deserve. As more and more students opt for distance learning, it's up to designers and instructors to rethink traditional methods and learn to work more effectively within the online learning environment, and up to administrators to provide the needed leadership. Online Teaching at Its Best provides practical, real-world advice grounded in educational science to help online instructors, instructional designers, and administrators deliver an exceptional learning experience. Adopt new pedagogical techniques designed specifically for online learning environments Ensure strong course alignment and effective student learning for online classes Increase student retention, build necessary support structures, and train faculty more effectively Integrate research-based course design and cognitive psychology into graduate or undergraduate programs Distance is no barrier to a great education; what do stand in the way are inadequate online course design and implementation and deficient faculty training and support—all of which administrators can mitigate. Online Teaching at Its Best will help you ensure that your online classes measure up to the rigor and quality of excellence in teaching and assessment, build in the personal touch for developing a learning community and equip your students to succeed in the next challenge. Review: Great book! - Really helpful book! Helped me get my courses online and choose good assignments to facilitate interaction. Students told me that my course was the most organized one they have. Review: Informative and concise - Very informative and concise. Helps compartmentalize a lot of online learning specifics. Great book
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 111 Reviews |
P**N
Great book!
Really helpful book! Helped me get my courses online and choose good assignments to facilitate interaction. Students told me that my course was the most organized one they have.
D**L
Informative and concise
Very informative and concise. Helps compartmentalize a lot of online learning specifics. Great book
K**K
Great Resource
This book was a great resource to help as we move to more classes online.
N**E
excellent tool
Purchased for an online class I was in to learn how to teach online classes.
F**Y
Harmonious marriage of best practices for both online teaching and instructional design
Nilson and Goodson present a much-needed resource that combines research and best practices for teaching and instructional design. Highly practical, yet with a firm foundation in research and theory, this book addresses a gap in the current offerings on online teaching. A valuable contribution to our growing knowledge about how to teach online effectively.
K**Y
Not Nilson's Best Work
I purchased this book to assist in online teaching during college campus closures due to COVID. There are many books on online teaching available, and I specifically chose this one based on Linda Nilson's previous work on self-regulated learning and specifications grading. However, this is a book I would not recommend to colleagues. The entire premise of the book feels forced, as if it were a push to publish "something" about online teaching right now, without actually digging into the concerns of online faculty. For example, the book is over 200 pages, while less than one page is devoted to academic dishonesty (in the age of Chegg). The lack of attention to this critical issue is concerning. Much of what is written in this book is already provided to online faculty through a university's center for teaching and learning. A better read would be Small Teaching Online - since the author Flower Darby is a seasoned online instructor and gives excellent recommendations which faculty can implement TODAY.
W**E
Wish I had more information
This book is for the beginner online teacher learner. Not for the experienced online teacher. I thought there were some parts of the book that I could use, but there aren't any really. I'm going to be returning it.
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