Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom
Realities of Online Teaching
Published on 12. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7879-5519-9 (ISBN)
Description
Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt have written a comprehensive reference for faculty to use to hone their skills as online instructors and for students to use to become more effective online learners. Filled with numerous examples from actual online courses and insights from teachers and students, "Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom" covers the entire online teaching process. This essential guide offers helpful suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective courseware, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the needs of the online student, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-5519-9 (9780787955199)
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Persons
RENA M. PALLOFF, Ph.D., and Keith Pratt, Ph.D., are the managing partners of Crossroads Consulting Group, working with educational and training organizations in developing and implementing distance learning programs. They are the authors of the Frandson Award--winning book Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom (Jossey--Bass, 1999). KEITH PRATT
Content
RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR AN ONLINE WORLD. Online Learning in the New Millennium. Helping Teachers to Teach Online. Administrative Issues and Concerns. The Tools of Online Teaching. TEACHING AND LEARNING IN CYBERSPACE. Transforming Courses for the Online Classroom. Teaching Courses Developed by Others. Working with the Virtual Student. Online Classroom Dynamics. Lessons Learned in the Cyberspace Classroom. Resource A: A Comparison of Syllabi for Online and Face--to--Face Delivery. Resource B: Systems Theories Course in CourseInfo and eCollege. Resource C: Additional Online Resources.