Whether you're just thinking about teaching online, a first-time online course facilitator, or you are an experienced distance educator, 'Going the Distance will help you sharpen your online teaching skills, develop and deliver more richly-structured distance education courses.The revised edition contains updated and expanded sections on blogging, distance education blogs, technology, distance learning conferences, awards and fellowships, and course development. From technological preparation to course design to planning and virtual classroom techniques, this book offers model materials, practical suggestions and successful strategies.Going the Distance 'provides adjuncts who teach in distance education programs with the contents of a first-rate teaching workshop for a fraction of the price. Read Less