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Our
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Our latest book
Building Online Learning
Communities further explores the development of
virtual classroom environments that foster a sense of community
and empower students to take charge of their learning to successfully
achieve learning outcomes. This is the second edition of the groundbreaking
book by Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt and has been completely updated
and expanded to include the most current information on effective
online course development and delivery. A practical, hands-on
guide, this resource is filled with illustrative case studies,
vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online
courses. The authors offer proven strategies for handling challenges
that include engaging students in the formation of an online learning
community, establishing a sense of presence online, maximizing
participation, developing effective courses that include collaboration
and reflection, and assessing student performance.
Our earlier books
Collaborating Online provides practical guidance for faculty seeking to help their students work together in creative ways, move out of the box of traditional papers and projects, and deepen the learning experience through their work with one another. Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt draw on their extensive knowledge and experience to show how collaboration brings students together to support the learning of each member of the group while promoting creativity and critical thinking. Collaborating Online is the second 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. Table of contents and excerpt The Virtual Student is an essential resource for online educators working with students in higher education and training settings. The authors offer an overview of the key issues of student online learning and provide a practical guide to working with online students. The book covers a broad range of topics including learning styles, multicultural issues, evaluation, retention, and the challenging problems of plagiarism and cheating. Click
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Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching Click
on image to view table of contents, and excerpt A comprehensive reference for faculty to use to hone their skills as online instructors and for students to use to become more effective online learners. Filled with numerous examples from actual online courses and insights from teachers and students, Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom covers the entire online teaching process. This essential guide offers helpful suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective courseware, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the needs of the online student, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community.
We are proud to announce the July 2002 release of a Portuguese translation of their first book, Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace. The book was translated and published in Brazil. To celebrate the release of the book, Rena and Keith were invited by Wilson Azevedo, the Director of the AssociaH@o Brasileira de EducaH@o a Dist>ncia (Brazilian Distance Education Association) to participate in a weeklong, asynchronous event. Participants from all over North and South America gathered virtually to network with one another and to ask questions of Rena and Keith about designing effective online courses and creating and facilitating online learning communities. A conferencing system, which allowed both Portuguese and English translations of the questions and answers, was used and active discussion ensued. Rena and Keith are now awaiting receipt of Brazilian World Cup Soccer jerseys as their “honorarium” for this event. A Korean translation of Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace is also in progress. Our first book Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom Click
image to view table of contents Read Customer Reviews / Order Book We are proud to announce that our book has won the University Continuing Education Association's 1999 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in Continuing Higher Education. The award is given to the book from 1999 which "best exemplifies originality and a superior quality of prose, concerns higher learning in American colleges and universities, and is important to the theory or practice of continuing education." "A must read for anyone involved
in or considering involvement in online, networked learning. Based
on solid experience, the authors address the key issue of how
to build and sustain learning communities in a networked environment--a
subject too often ignored or slighted." "This book's practical approach
and illustrative models will appeal to those seeking concrete
guidance in every aspect of online course development. Palloff
and Pratt present a thorough overview of the online course process,
including course selection, design, and evaluation, and many of
the technical issues that affect the entire process." "Colleges and universities
are rushing into distance learning like lemmings, often without
giving it serious thought. They should read this book if they
truly want to realize its potential." Written for faculty, instructors, and trainers in any distance learning environment, Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace shows how to create a virtual classroom environment that helps students excel academically, while fostering a sense of community. This practical, hands-on guide is filled with illustrative case studies, vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online courses. The authors offer proven strategies for handling challenges that include:
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systems and over five years To order, call Jossey-Bass Publishers toll-free: 800-956-7739 Copyright ©2006 Crossroads Consulting Group. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior permission.
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Our newest book
Building Online Learning Communities further explores the development
of virtual classroom environments that foster a sense of community
and empower students to take charge of their learning to successfully
achieve learning outcomes. This is the second edition of the groundbreaking
book by Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt and has been completely updated
and expanded to include the most current information on effective
online course development and delivery. A practical, hands-on
guide, this resource is filled with illustrative case studies,
vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online
courses. The authors offer proven strategies for handling challenges
that include engaging students in the formation of an online learning
community, establishing a sense of presence online, maximizing
participation, developing effective courses that include collaboration
and reflection, and assessing student performance. Our fourth book
Provides practical guidance for faculty seeking to help their students work together in creative ways, move out of the box of traditional papers and projects, and deepen the learning experience through their work with one another. Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt draw on their extensive knowledge and experience to show how collaboration brings students together to support the learning of each member of the group while promoting creativity and critical thinking. Collaborating Online is the second 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. Our
third book The Virtual Student is an essential resource for online educators working with students in higher education and training settings. The authors offer an overview of the key issues of student online learning and provide a practical guide to working with online students. The book covers a broad range of topics including learning styles, multicultural issues, evaluation, retention, and the challenging problems of plagiarism and cheating. Our second book
A
comprehensive reference for faculty to use to hone their
skills as online instructors and for students to use to
become more effective online learners. Filled with
numerous examples from actual online courses and insights
from teachers and students, Lessons from the Cyberspace
Classroom covers the entire online teaching process. This
essential guide offers helpful suggestions for dealing
with such critical issues as evaluating effective
courseware, working with online classroom dynamics,
addressing the needs of the online student, making the
transition to online teaching, and promoting the
development of the learning community. Our first book
Read Customer Reviews / Order Book We are proud to announce that our first book has won the University Continuing Education Association's 1999 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in Continuing Higher Education. The award is given to the book from 1999 which "best exemplifies originality and a superior quality of prose, concerns higher learning in American colleges and universities, and is important to the theory or practice of continuing education." Written for faculty, instructors, and trainers in any distance learning environment, Building Learning communities in Cyberspace shows how to create a virtual classroom environment that helps students excel academically, while fostering a sense of community. This practical, hands-on guide is filled with illustrative case studies, vignettes, and examples from a wide variety of successful online courses. |
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