Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction

This is the first title in Jossey-Bass' Online Teaching & Learning series. This series helps higher education professionals improve the practice of online teaching and learning by providing concise, practical resources focused on particular areas or issues they might confront.

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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 course * Assess the learning that occurs as a result of collaborative activities * Phase-in activities that promote engagement among online learners * Help online learners use online tools * Build peer interaction through peer partnerships and team activities * Create authentic activities * Implement games and simulations Engaging the Online Learner is the first title in the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning.
This series helps higher education professionals improve the practice of online teaching and learning by providing concise, practical resources focused on particular areas or issues they might confront in this new learning environment.