Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction (Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning)
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0787966673 / Publisher: Jossey-Bass, January 2004
This book consists of two parts. Part one provides a basic framework with which to organize activities so that engagement is introduced into the online environment and learned by community members in phases. Part two presents activities that can be used to promote engagement among online learners on a phase-by-phase basis.
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Engaging the Online Learners includes an innovative framework—the Phases of Engagement—that helps instructors become more involved as knowledge generators and cofacilitators of a course. The book also provides specific ideas for tested activities (collected from experienced online instructors across the nation) that can go a long way to improving online learning. Engaging the Online Learner offers the tools and information needed to: Convert classroom activities to an online environment and use online activities in a classroom-based courseAssess the learning that occurs as a result of collaborative activitiesPhase-in activities that promote engagement among online learnersHelp online learners use online toolsBuild peer interaction through peer partnerships and team activitiesCreate authentic activitiesImplement games and simulations
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