Here is a practical, 'how to' book written for new online web instructors. It will also be helpful to course designers, trainers, administrators, or anyone interested in the potential of online learning and training by providing an excellent introduction to the online education arena. With direct and clear content, this book emphasizes that web-based learning should be active and engaging for students while supporting them in their learning journey. Special Features: Resources for curriculum planning, An inventory of stimulating activities, New engaging, practical classroom projects, Explains how to model 'best practices' in shaping the learning environment or supplementing teaching with the web, Provides teaching strategies for online courses to create dynamic, realistic, and visual learning models for 21st century web-based education, Includes different forms of assessment and accompanying rubrics to help the instructor adapt their current curriculum to a new and exciting way of learning online, Details how to translate instructor presence online, taking the real world personality and transposing it effectively online using dialogue and web methods for meaningful relationship development between teacher and student, Coming from a constructivist point of view, this book looks at the social aspects of learning and the development of community and collaboration that is vital for success in the online education system. The format provided will easily fit into any course design while utilizing a variety of current resources and tools.
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Drawn largely from the successful and effective Pepperdine OMAET program, Fisher provides real world case studies and scenarios to help illustrate the models and theories presented. Includes tools for course interaction and engagement, recommendations for web page design, accessibility and usability, communication and facilitation techniques, best practices checklist, and constructivist theory. (Sarah Bordac )
A clear vision and blueprint for designing rewarding Web-based learning experiences. Dr. Fisher provides an invaluable trove of resources for the online instructor, covering everything from design, content, and pedagogy, to the all-important development of community and effective use of synchronous learning tools...Moreover, the author explains how to design a virtual learning environments where the quality of social relationships formed can exceed those created in the traditional classroom experience...Teachers and trainers alike will benefit from Dr. Fisher's expertise in Web-based course development and recognize why she is rapidly becoming an internationally sought out and renowned expert in Web-based learning design and delivery. (Derek E. Baird )
While most books on this topic offer little more than advice on creative ways to post existing course content to the Web or a learning management system and then slap on an assessable online discussion, Fisher introduces you to an entirely new course model for online education, one that has been field-tested and proven overwhelmingly effective. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about creating positive learning outcomes online. (Patrick Douglas Crispen )
Mercedes Fisher will make you stop and think about possibilities-guidance, intuitiveness, understanding and trust in the process. I recommend this book and hope that it will inspire you and others to make a difference. (Ana Guenthner )
The challenge of continued professional development for teachers and corporate trainers today lies not only in finding fresh ideas, but the time to examine and prove them out with others facing similar challenges. Dr. Fisher walks us through the art and science of creating an environment where learning is facilitated online by bringing professionals from around the world together in collaboration. She takes the trendiness out of online learning and replaces it with grounding in solid constructivist theory. (Kathy Milhauser )
[Fisher] wonderfully illustrates the reasons why this model and others like it are so successful. Through a comprehensive blueprint, she takes the reader through all phases of creating a rich online learning environment. The model has benefited the school district I work at in countless ways. For anyone who has ever been curious about learning online, I highly recommend this book. (Randy Hollenkamp )
A major challenge for Web-based learning designers today is to find new and out of the ordinary ways to take curriculum that has been taught in the classroom and transform it into engaging and effective online courses. Professor Fisher has drawn from her vast wealth of knowledge and experience along with the latest research and shares with her readers "how to" successfully maximize technology?s tools to allow the learner to be actively involved in the learning process while constructing their own understanding to produce the highest level of learning possible. (Mary Anne Campo )
This resource just may help you create the best learning environment of your life ? online and on the web. Grab your laptop, plug in your wireless card, and take the plunge. Open to any page and you will be sparked to create your online course today. (Chad MacDonald )
As an online instructor I am calmer and increasingly confident knowing I have this text to guide and mentor me through the designing and implementation of my online learning curriculum. (Billie Jempty )
A clear, concise guide for educators, students and corporate world personnel tasked with providing web based courses and training. This book will become an indispensable text for higher-level educational institutions with courses in Educational Technology and Curriculum Design. If you are in any way involved with Web Course Design or Online Teaching, get this book and keep it at arms length. You won't be sorry you did. (Larry Ballinger )
The impact of the Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web book experience hit me globally as I teach online from Japan. This book has helped me, and in the near future will be touching the lives of my students. (Gayle Pellicano )
Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web helped me understand the complexities of learning and what techniques/approaches I could implement in my organization. As a manager, who is dedicated to staff development, I found the online learning philosophies extremely meaningful and applicable to the business world. I now have a better understanding of the needs of adult learners. (Darlene Thomas )
Dr. Fisher has provided the reader with an insightful analysis of the learning process that students (we are all students) go through in the on-line learning environment. She has reminded us that we do not learn in a vacuum, but education is collaboration of many learners who challenge and stimulate each other to a greater depth of understanding. (Bill Lund )
Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web provides a practical guide to teaching and learning in an online environment. The strategies build on educational theory with a social-learning, constructivist foundation. The book describes how to translate course content to a web-based environment and how to design easily readable computer screens using various software packages. It also describes how to create and nurture a community of practice to assist students. The book describes how to develop proficiencies students need to demonstrate and then design curriculum that fosters these skills. The appendices provide resources for the book’s readers as well as examples of communications between instructors and students. The book is an efficient, practical guide that can be adapted to fit instructor needs. I found it informative, interesting, and engaging. I think others will also find it helpful. (Education Review )
A clear vision and blueprint for designing rewarding Web-based learning experiences. Dr. Fisher provides an invaluable trove of resources for the online instructor, covering everything from design, content, and pedagogy, to the all-important development of community and effective use of synchronous learning tools...Moreover, the author explains how to design a virtual learning environments where the quality of social relationships formed can exceed those created in the traditional classroom experience...Teachers and trainers alike will benefit from Dr. Fisher's expertise in Web-based course development and recognize why she is rapidly becoming an internationally sought out and renowned expert in Web-based learning design and delivery. (Derek E. Baird )
While most books on this topic offer little more than advice on creative ways to post existing course content to the Web or a learning management system and then slap on an assessable online discussion, Fisher introduces you to an entirely new course model for online education, one that has been field-tested and proven overwhelmingly effective. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about creating positive learning outcomes online. (Patrick Douglas Crispen )
Mercedes Fisher will make you stop and think about possibilities-guidance, intuitiveness, understanding and trust in the process. I recommend this book and hope that it will inspire you and others to make a difference. (Ana Guenthner )
The challenge of continued professional development for teachers and corporate trainers today lies not only in finding fresh ideas, but the time to examine and prove them out with others facing similar challenges. Dr. Fisher walks us through the art and science of creating an environment where learning is facilitated online by bringing professionals from around the world together in collaboration. She takes the trendiness out of online learning and replaces it with grounding in solid constructivist theory. (Kathy Milhauser )
[Fisher] wonderfully illustrates the reasons why this model and others like it are so successful. Through a comprehensive blueprint, she takes the reader through all phases of creating a rich online learning environment. The model has benefited the school district I work at in countless ways. For anyone who has ever been curious about learning online, I highly recommend this book. (Randy Hollenkamp )
A major challenge for Web-based learning designers today is to find new and out of the ordinary ways to take curriculum that has been taught in the classroom and transform it into engaging and effective online courses. Professor Fisher has drawn from her vast wealth of knowledge and experience along with the latest research and shares with her readers "how to" successfully maximize technology?s tools to allow the learner to be actively involved in the learning process while constructing their own understanding to produce the highest level of learning possible. (Mary Anne Campo )
This resource just may help you create the best learning environment of your life ? online and on the web. Grab your laptop, plug in your wireless card, and take the plunge. Open to any page and you will be sparked to create your online course today. (Chad MacDonald )
As an online instructor I am calmer and increasingly confident knowing I have this text to guide and mentor me through the designing and implementation of my online learning curriculum. (Billie Jempty )
A clear, concise guide for educators, students and corporate world personnel tasked with providing web based courses and training. This book will become an indispensable text for higher-level educational institutions with courses in Educational Technology and Curriculum Design. If you are in any way involved with Web Course Design or Online Teaching, get this book and keep it at arms length. You won't be sorry you did. (Larry Ballinger )
The impact of the Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web book experience hit me globally as I teach online from Japan. This book has helped me, and in the near future will be touching the lives of my students. (Gayle Pellicano )
Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web helped me understand the complexities of learning and what techniques/approaches I could implement in my organization. As a manager, who is dedicated to staff development, I found the online learning philosophies extremely meaningful and applicable to the business world. I now have a better understanding of the needs of adult learners. (Darlene Thomas )
Dr. Fisher has provided the reader with an insightful analysis of the learning process that students (we are all students) go through in the on-line learning environment. She has reminded us that we do not learn in a vacuum, but education is collaboration of many learners who challenge and stimulate each other to a greater depth of understanding. (Bill Lund )
Designing Courses and Teaching on the Web provides a practical guide to teaching and learning in an online environment. The strategies build on educational theory with a social-learning, constructivist foundation. The book describes how to translate course content to a web-based environment and how to design easily readable computer screens using various software packages. It also describes how to create and nurture a community of practice to assist students. The book describes how to develop proficiencies students need to demonstrate and then design curriculum that fosters these skills. The appendices provide resources for the book’s readers as well as examples of communications between instructors and students. The book is an efficient, practical guide that can be adapted to fit instructor needs. I found it informative, interesting, and engaging. I think others will also find it helpful. (Education Review )
About the Author
Mercedes Fisher is director of the Online Master of Arts Program in Educational Technology at Pepperdine University and an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology.
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Anyone thinking of starting an online course or already maintaining one will find this book quite useful. The background information provided for the teacher is complete and detailed. The activities recommended are quality assignments. I will be sure to use this book often as a supplement to my online curriculum! Found lots of insightful reviews before purchasing here on the publisher's site .......
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I recommend this book for any classroom. Web, hybrid, or traditional can all benfit from this approach.
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