Can I read How to be a Great Online Teacher on EtoBox?

How to be a Great Online Teacher by Lehmann, Kay Johnson, 1957- is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is How to be a Great Online Teacher about?

<p>Online teaching is a relatively new but rapidly growing field that requires a new set of teaching skills. How to be a Great Online Teacher is designed to supplement and extend training that is already being offered. Positive, warm, proactive instructor communication is crucial in creating an environment where participants feel valued and safe in developing themselves as online learners. The qualities that describe good teachers: caring, supportive, structured etc. are all especially important in the online world. How those attributes are communicated online is the difference. Since instructor communication skills are crucial to the success of a course or program it would follow that these skills are purposefully taught and instructors supported as they develop these skills. Unfortunately, most instructor training programs feature the tools of online learning, not the teaching and communication skills. The developers of these tool-based training programs probably assume, albeit wrongly, that communication and teaching skills can be transferred directly and easily from the face-to-face environment to the online environment. This is not always the case. While there are similarities

Author

Lehmann, Kay Johnson, 1957-

Publisher

Lanham, Md.: ScarecrowEducation

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781578861125

Subjects

Education, Computer Science, Technology