Online Learning: Strategies for K-12 Teachers

Wayne Journell

doi:10.5771/9781475801422

Summary

As online learning continues to become more prominent in K-12 education, it will be important that teachers are knowledgeable about both the potential of online learning and the challenges associated with moving curricula online. This book, written by a former secondary online teacher who now teaches online instructional methods to practicing K-12 teachers, addresses those challenges and offers practical, research-based approaches to creating successful online learning experiences. Both novice and experienced K-12 teachers will benefit from the author’s strategies for creating engaging, learner-centered instruction in an online format. This book is unique from other practitioner-oriented books on online learning in that it focuses exclusively on adolescents’ experiences with online instruction.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2013
Copyright Year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0140-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0142-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 121
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Foreword No access
1. Online Learning in Secondary Education: Proceeding With Caution No access
2. Why Secondary Teachers Should Consider Online Instruction No access
3. My Motivation for Writing This Book No access
4. Structure of the Book No access
5. Note No access
1. A (Brief) History of Distance Learning in the United States No access
2. Online Learning in American Higher Education No access
3. Who Takes Online Courses in Higher Education, and How Have They Fared? No access
4. Where Did K–12 Online Learning Come From? No access
5. What We Currently Know About K–12 Online Learning No access
6. What Can We Learn From Research on K–12 Online Education? No access
7. Summary No access
8. Notes No access
1. Making the Move Online No access
2. How to Choose Which Courses Are Best Suited for Online Learning No access
3. Providing Students With Choices and Helping Ensure Their Success No access
4. Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Communication No access
5. Choosing a Learning Management System No access
6. Additional Infrastructure Issues Related to Online Courses No access
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8. Notes No access
1. How to Create a Solid Course Structure No access
2. Establishing Effective Instructional Design in Online Courses No access
3. Summary No access
4. Note No access
1. How to Maximize the Power of the Internet No access
2. Tips for Creating Reliable and Accessible Assessments No access
3. Creating a Course Calendar for Assignments No access
4. Effective Online Assessments No access
5. Tips for Staying Organized While Grading No access
6. Providing Feedback Online No access
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8. Notes No access
1. Teacher and Student Perceptions of Social Interaction Online No access
2. Strategies for Building Classroom Community No access
3. Fostering Relationships between Teachers and Students No access
4. Summary No access
5. Note No access
1. A Case Study of Asynchronous Communication in a K–12 Online Course No access
2. Factors Leading to Unproductive Discussions No access
3. Lessons Learned No access
4. Summary No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Importance of Online Professional Development No access
2. Creating Online Learning for All No access
3. Addressing Technological Inequities No access
4. Final Thoughts No access
5. Note No access
References No access Pages 115 - 121