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to Crossroads Consulting Group!
Education today is at a crossroads. Institutions choosing the path to distance learning must be prepared to tackle new issues and concerns and to develop new approaches and new skills in order to create an empowering learning process, one of the desired outcomes of distance learning. In addition, as organizations move to the use of distributed teams, there will be increasing need to develop new and more effective facilitation and management skills. Crossroads Consulting Group has been working with groups, organizations, and academic institutions who are interested in entering the distance learning arena or who are interested in improving the effectiveness of their existing distance learning program. We are experienced facilitators of distance learning programs, who understand the needs of managers, faculty, and learners and have developed an effective framework leading to successful course outcome. In addition, we have worked successfully with distributed teams around issues of team development, conflict resolution, and effective facilitation. You are visitor number 67736
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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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