Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community
“Collaborating Onlineeloquently explains the central role that community and collaboration play in fostering student engagement online. Palloff and Pratt also offer faculty a rich collection of practical strategies—ideas that are straightforward to implement. It is the best book I have read to date on the topic.”--Gail Matthews-DeNatale, senior instructional designer, Academic Technology, Simmons College“This book was an aha! experience for me. After all these years, Ifinallygained a blueprint for assessing collaborative learning effectively and fairly. I also kept nodding in agreement as I read the book: Palloff and Pratt present numerous practical examples of what an online classroom should be like.”--Karen Hodges, vice president for learning, NorthWest Arkansas Community College“Palloff and Pratt, the distinguished online learning authorities, have done it again with their latest book,Collaborating Online. This is must-reading for all faculty, instructional designers, and academic administrators interested in improving student retention and success in online courses.”--Jack A. Chambers, director, program development for instructional technology, Florida Community College at Jacksonville