Lessons from the virtual classroom
Subtitle: the realities of online teaching
By: Rena M. Paloff, Keith Pratt
Contributors: Pratt, Keith, 1947-
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781118123737
Subjects: Distance education; Web-based instruction
Description: Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt, the most trusted online teaching experts, have completely updated and revised this classic to reflect changes in technology and advances in online teaching made in the last decade, in order to meet today's online learning challenges. The book continues to offer helpful suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective tools, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the special needs of online students, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community. Filled with numerous examples from actual online courses and insights from teachers and students, new topics include the open source movement, Web 2.0, Google groups, and topics for the K-12 sector. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Revised edition of: Lessons from the cyberspace classroom, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.