Excellence in college teaching and learning : classroom and online instruction
George Henderson (Author), Susan Smith-Nash (Author)
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
eBook, English, 2007
Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, Springfield, 2007
1 online resource (291 pages)
9780398085261, 0398085269
654029438
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
English
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