Small Teaching Online - by Flower Darby & James M Lang (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"BUILDS OFF OUR PREVIOUS SUCCESS: Small Teaching (9781118944493, February 2016) has sold 27,498 units life-to-date. We are building off of our success with that title to address the specific challenges that online instructors face in higher education. Author James Lang is partnering with eLearning expert Flower Darby to write and promote the book. RAPIDLY GROWING SEGMENT OF STUDENT POPULATION: According to the Online Learning Consortium, in 2016, 5.8 million students were enrolled in at least one online course. This represents a 263% increase over the last decade. Two-thirds of these 5.8 million students take online courses through public institutions. ONLINE LEARNING IS PREFERRED BY TODAY'S LEARNER: The Online Learning Consortium study also shows that 90% of today's student believes online learning is as good as or better than the traditional classroom experience. INCREASED ENGAGEMENT WITH EDTECH: A survey of university Chief Information Officers shows that 96% believe adaptive technology has potential to improve student outcomes, while 87% believe technology provides a richer experience for students. Students agree, except that 4 out of 5 would also say universities should be doing more with technology-based learning experiences. This book will help higher education instructors do that"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Find out how to apply learning science in online classes</b></p> <p>The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course. This book offers small teaching strategies that will positively impact the online classroom.</p> <p>This book outlines practical and feasible applications of theoretical principles to help your online students learn. It includes current best practices around educational technologies, strategies to build community and collaboration, and minor changes you can make in your online teaching practice, small but impactful adjustments that result in significant learning gains.</p> <ul> <li>Explains how you can support your online students</li> <li>Helps your students find success in this non-traditional learning environment</li> <li>Covers online and blended learning</li> <li>Addresses specific challenges that online instructors face in higher education</li> </ul> <p><i>Small Teaching Online</i> presents research-based teaching techniques from an online instructional design expert and the bestselling author of <i>Small Teaching</i>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Increasingly, students are moving away from traditional on-campus classes and opting for online classes. To serve all their students, faculty must be prepared to teach effectively in both the physical classroom and online learning environments. <i>Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes</i> presents practical strategies based on the premise that the everyday decisions we make, when grounded in research, can have an outsized impact on student learning. <p><i>Small Teaching Online</i> explores the unique challenges of online instruction and shares the small teaching strategies that have proven to have a powerful effect on online classroom engagement and learning. The authors provide an approach that applies to face-to-face and hybrid courses as well as fully online courses. The book includes helpful techniques for engaging students in online learning environments and offers practical suggestions you can use immediately. <p>Intended as a down-to-earth resource for busy faculty, the book is filled with recommendations that are easy to implement. Discover how you can help your students stay present and engaged so they can learn. How you can motivate your students to persist and succeed. How you can inspire and motivate yourself to bring your best teaching to your online classes and the online components of your in-person and hybrid classes too. <p><i>Small Teaching</i> <i>Online</i> is a must-have book that presents research-based teaching techniques from an expert in online teaching and instructional design and the bestselling author of <i>Small Teaching</i>.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>FLOWER DARBY</b> is a Senior Instructional Designer and adjunct faculty member at Northern Arizona University, where she's taught for 23 years. She also teaches online classes for Estrella Mountain Community College. Learn more about the Small Teaching approach at www.smallteaching.com. <p><b>JAMES M. LANG</b> is a Professor of English and the Director of the D'Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College. He writes a monthly column on teaching and learning for <i>The Chronicle of Higher Education</i>. He is the author of <i>Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning.</i>
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