| Description |
1 online resource (291 pages) |
| Contents |
Excellence In college teaching and learning -- contents -- Part I: Teaching classroom courses -- Chapter 1 lectures -- Chapter 2 Collaborative and cooperative activities -- Chapter 3 classroom group dynamics -- Part II: teaching online courses -- Chapter 4 E-learning to the maximum -- Chapter 5 Virtual learning basics -- Chapter 6 Situated learning: cyberspace group dynamics -- Chapter 7 The big picture -- Appendices Helpful handouts for students and analysis of two exercises -- Appendix A: Key factors to success in online courses -- Appendix B: Conducting online research -- Appendix C: Audience analysis -- Appendix D: Why do kids kill? -- Appendix E: Getting the most from video -- Appendix F: Getting the most from podcasts -- Appendix H: Digital immigrants, natives, or geeks analysis -- Appendix I: E-learning beliefs and behaviors = attitude analysis -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index |
| Summary |
This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must continually update their Internet skills; and whether courses are taught on campus or online, they should not be academic fluff or pedagogical gimmicks. Throughout the book the authors punctuate sentences and paragraphs with metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
College teaching.
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College teachers -- In-service training
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Education, Higher -- Web-based instruction
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Teacher effectiveness.
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Effective teaching.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College teachers -- In-service training
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College teaching
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Effective teaching
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Teacher effectiveness
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Education.
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Theory & Practice of Education.
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Social Sciences.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith-Nash, Susan, author
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| ISBN |
9780398085261 |
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0398085269 |
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