Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt have written 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.
Author(s): Rena M. Palloff, Keith Pratt
Edition: 1
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 224
Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
List of Figures, Tables, and Exhibits......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
About the Authors......Page 20
PART ONE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR AN ONLINE WORLD......Page 22
1 Online Learning in the New Millennium......Page 24
2 The Art of Online Teaching......Page 41
3 Administrative Issues and Concerns......Page 58
4 The Tools of Online Teaching......Page 70
PART TWO: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN CYBERSPACE......Page 86
5 Transforming Courses for the Online Classroom......Page 88
6 Teaching Courses Developed by Others......Page 114
7 Working with the Virtual Student......Page 128
8 Online Classroom Dynamics......Page 146
9 Lessons Learned in the Cyberspace Classroom......Page 173
Resource A: A Comparison of Syllabi for Online and Face-to-Face Delivery......Page 186
Resource B: Systems Theories Course in CourseInfo and eCollege......Page 198
Resource C: Additional Online Resources......Page 214
References......Page 218
Index......Page 222
