Fluency in Distance Learning

Celeste Fenton|Brenda Watkins
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9781617350009
01 April 2010
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9781617350016
01 April 2010
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  • Description
  • Contents

Fluency in Distance Learning offers a practical, hands-on, workshop style approach to creating an effective distance learning course. Full of specific ideas and strategies, the authors guide you through the process from beginning to end. Specific instructions are provided for setting up a course home page, developing interactive content, and utilizing a variety of multimedia resources.

Fluency in Distance Learning distinguishes itself from other publications on distance learning with its straightforward, practical workshop format. Specific strategies and examples of effective distance learning course materials help instructors to build a quality distance learning course quickly and effectively regardless of the learning management system being used. A companion website contains multimedia files and interactive exercises to enhance the reader’s learning and understanding of distance learning pedagogy and content development for online courses. In addition, all the necessary media files for trainers to deliver a series of professional development workshops on distance learning, are also available.

Introduction: Insights into Distance Learning.

  • Chapter 1. KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Effective Distance Learning Instructors.
  • Chapter 2. Active Learning in Online Courses.
  • Chapter 3. Multimedia in Online Teaching: Creating Dynamic Content.
  • Chapter 4. Communication is Key.
  • Chapter 5. Assessment doesn't have to be a four letter word: TEST!
  • Chapter 6. Organizing and Designing Course Pages.
  • References.