Fluency in Distance Learning (PB)

Fluency in Distance Learning offers a practical, hands-on, workshop style approach tocreating an effective distance learning course. Full of specific ideas and strategies, theauthors guide you through the process from beginning to end. Specific instructions areprovided for setting up a course home page, developing interactive content, and utilizing avariety of multimedia resources. Chapters are focused on the following topics:Introduction: Insights into Distance LearningChapter 1: KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Effective Distance LearningInstructorsChapter 2: Active Learning in Online CoursesChapter 3: Multimedia in Online Teaching: Creating Dynamic ContentChapter 4: Communication is KeyChapter 5: Assessment doesn’t have to be a four letter word: TEST!Chapter 6: Organizing and Designing Course PagesFluency in Distance Learning distinguishes itself from other publications on distancelearning with its straightforward, practical workshop format. Specific strategiesand examples of effective distance learning course materials help instructors tobuild a quality distance learning course quickly and effectively regardless of thelearning management system being used. A companion website contains multimediafiles and interactive exercises to enhance the reader’s learning and understanding ofdistance learning pedagogy and content development for online courses. In addition,all the necessary media files for trainers to deliver a series of professional developmentworkshops on distance learning, are also available.Potential audiences include:Instructors in need of a textbook for a course focused on distance learning pedagogy;Instructors in need of a textbook for distance learning certification courses;Instructors desiring to transform traditional instructional materials to an effectivedistance learning delivery format;Administrators with a need to provide professional development training to distancelearning faculty;Professional development staff who provide training in distance learning pedagogy, content development, and facilitationstrategies.Instructional designers with responsibility of working with faculty to develop online course(s)