Effective Online Teaching (PDF)

Effective Online Teaching is an essential resource that offers a
clear understanding of how cognition and learning theory applies to
online learning. This much-needed resource provides specific
strategies for incorporating this knowledge into effective
learner-centered teaching that gets results. The book includes
strategies on motivation, tailored instruction, interaction,
collaboration, monitoring and communication, time and information
management, student concerns, and legal and ethical issues.

Designed as a text for online instructors, the chapters can be
used for self-directed learning or in a formal training setting in
concert with the companion Training Manual and CD.

"Tina Stavredes has done something sorely needed in the online
teaching world --she has successfully combined solid theory and
research with the practical application of instructor training.
Both the book and the training manual are a 'must' for any online
education organization. Bravo!"--Dr. Darcy W. Hardy, assistant
vice provost for Technology Education Initiatives, University of
Texas at San Antonio, and chair emerita, United States Distance
Learning Association

"Drawing from years of experience and solidly grounded in an
understanding of the adult learner and learning, Stavredes offers
dozens of helpful instructor strategies, activities, and resources
to support adult learners' success in an online environment.
Effective Online Teaching and its accompanying training manual is a
'must-have' set for online instructors in higher education,
corporate, and government settings."--Sharan B. Merriam,
professor emeritus of adult education, University of Georgia, and
coauthor, Learning in Adulthood

"An eminently practical book that provides clear and
unpretentious explanations of the learning theories that are
essential knowledge for every online teacher, together with equally
uncluttered and easy-to-follow guidance about how to apply this
knowledge to achieve excellent teaching."--Michael Grahame
Moore, Distinguished Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State
University, and editor, The American Journal of Distance
Education