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Thrive Online A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator

Thrive Online A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator

Research shows that online education when designed and facilitated well is as effective as traditional campus-based instruction. Despite the evidence many faculty perceive online education as inferior to traditional instruction—and are often quite vocal in their skepticism. Simultaneously however more and more students are seeking online courses and degree programs. Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator is an invitation for the rising tide of online educators who are relatively new to teaching online and also for those more experienced instructors who are increasingly frustrated by the dominant bias against online education. Readers will find:• An approach that empowers online educators to thrive professionally using a set of specific agentic behaviors• Strategies for approaching conversations about online learning in new ways that inform the skeptics and critics• Strategies that celebrate the additional skills and proficiencies developed by successful online educators• Guidance for educators who want to feel natural and fluent in the online learning environment• Guidance for enhancing the user-centered nature of online spaces to create student-centered learning environments• Encouragement for online educators to pursue leadership opportunitiesThe internet is changing how people communicate and learn. Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator offers guidance inspiration and strategies required to adapt and lead higher education through this change. This book is for higher education instructors who are seeking community a sense of belonging and the professional respect they deserve. Thriving is not a reaction to our environment but rather a state of being we can create intentionally for ourselves. The time has come to change the conversation about online education. Add your voice – join the community and #ThriveOnline. | Thrive Online A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator

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Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence Positive and Negative Aspects of Online Social Interaction

Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence Positive and Negative Aspects of Online Social Interaction

This book provides an in-depth insight into what is currently known and relatively unknown about youths’ online peer engagement. It delivers state-of-the-art current reviews of the literature in the field with a strong coverage of methodological issues in studying online friendships and an emphasis on moving towards a new less dichotomic view of online peer interaction in adolescence. With a focus on what spending time with online-exclusive peers entails – in terms of both potential positive as well as negative consequences for friendship quality intimacy and well-being – this book offers a more nuanced commentary on youths’ online peer engagement. Including coverage of the evolution of online friendships cyberbullying cyberdating sexting online abuse smartphones social networks as well as their impact on adolescent social interaction online Van Zalk and Monks consider implications for future research directions and practical applications. Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence is important reading for undergraduate and master students studying social and developmental psychology education relationships and health as well as advanced researchers and academics working in these fields. | Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence Positive and Negative Aspects of Online Social Interaction

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Teaching Online A Practical Guide

Teaching Online A Practical Guide

Teaching Online: A Practical Guide is an accessible introductory and comprehensive guide for anyone who teaches online. The fourth edition of this bestselling resource has been fully revised maintains its reader-friendly tone and offers exceptional practical advice new teaching examples faculty interviews and an updated resource section. New to this edition: entire new chapter on MOOCs (massive open online courses); expanded information on teaching with mobile devices using open educational resources and learning analytics; additional interviews with faculty case studies and examples; spotlight on new tools and categories of tools especially multimedia. Focusing on the hows and whys of implementation rather than theory the fourth edition of Teaching Online is a must-have resource for anyone teaching online or thinking about teaching online. | Teaching Online A Practical Guide

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Online Supervision A Handbook for Practitioners

Online Supervision A Handbook for Practitioners

As online therapy becomes more mainstream the importance of using a means of supervision which parallels this is increasingly being recognised by practitioners and the professional bodies. Very little has been written about this newly developing way of working so this book is timely. Online Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners covers a wide range of issues from the practical aspects of how supervision happens through research legal and ethical issues to specific therapeutic settings and issues. Existing models of supervision are considered in the context of the online setting and new models which have been developed specifically for supervising online are explored. All chapters are authored by experienced online therapists and supervisors who bring their considerable knowledge from their practice to illuminate this growing area of the profession. In many chapters anonymised case examples illustrate the text alongside reflective activities which readers can choose to undertake. While the book aims to develop the practice of online supervision of online therapists it is recognised that there are circumstances which mean that some practitioners may choose to engage in online supervision of their face-to-face work. This is recognised and guidelines for offering and engaging in online supervision are discussed. Many practitioners begin to offer online supervision without specialised training and the final chapter centres on a discussion about the value and necessity of undertaking preparation for working in a new medium. Online Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners will be highly readable and accessible to both experienced practitioners and newcomers to this field. | Online Supervision A Handbook for Practitioners

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Teaching Language Online A Guide for Designing Developing and Delivering Online Blended and Flipped Language Courses

Teaching Language Online A Guide for Designing Developing and Delivering Online Blended and Flipped Language Courses

Practical and accessible this book comprehensively covers everything you need to know to design develop and deliver successful online blended and flipped language courses. Grounded in the principles of instructional design and communicative language teaching this book serves as a compendium of best practices research and strategies for creating learner-centered online language instruction that builds students’ proficiency within meaningful cultural contexts. This book addresses important topics such as finding and optimizing online resources and materials learner engagement teacher and student satisfaction and connectedness professional development and online language assessment. Teaching Language Online features: A step-by-step guide aligned with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages: Learning Teaching and Assessment and the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards Research-based best practices and tools to implement effective communicative language teaching (CLT) online Strategies and practices that apply equally to world languages and ESL/EFL contexts Key takeaway summaries discussion questions and suggestions for further reading in every chapter Free downloadable eResources with further readings and more materials available at www. routledge. com/ 9781138387003 As the demand for language courses in online or blended formats grows K-16 instructors urgently need resources to effectively transition their teaching online. Designed to help world language instructors professors and K-12 language educators regardless of their level of experience with online learning this book walks through the steps to move from the traditional classroom format to effective successful online teaching environments. | Teaching Language Online A Guide for Designing Developing and Delivering Online Blended and Flipped Language Courses

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Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

In Online Education: Global Questions Local Answers 24 college educators focus on the most important questions to be addressed by all scholar-teachers and administrators committed to developing high-quality online education programs. We describe these questions as global because they transcend the particular situations of individual institutions. They are questions that everyone involved in online education needs to address: What are the issues to consider when first developing and then sustaining an online education program? How do we create interactive pedagogically sound online courses and classroom communities? How should we monitor and assess the quality of online courses and programs? And how should recent developments and innovations in online education cause us to reexamine our roles and responsibilities as educators in technical communication?While these global questions affect all of us in one way or another they demand different local answers such as those presented by the contributors to this text. Readers will need to consider which of these local answers might apply to their own situations and how these answers might need to be adapted to reflect the particular needs of their own institutions. | Online Education Global Questions Local Answers

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Advances in Online Therapy Emergence of a New Paradigm

Advances in Online Therapy Emergence of a New Paradigm

Advances in Online Therapy is the definitive presentation on online psychological intervention which takes research and experiences of online therapy a step further by applying them to therapy in a post-pandemic world. This book addresses most of the main approaches and schools of individual couple and family psychotherapy that are prevalent in the therapeutic field nowadays and explores how each of them adjust to online therapy. The reader will explore the main challenges and obstacles unique for each approach and how leading experts of those approaches overcome these challenges. The book also offers a relatively unique collection of the most practiced therapeutic approaches. In addition the reader will explore specific issues that anyone who meets clients online should be aware of like who is suitable for online counseling and who should be excluded how to overcome resistance to online meetings how to create online therapeutic alliance enhancing online presence and more. This book develops further the ideas and areas explored in the authors’ previous book Theory and Practice of Online Therapy. Advances in Online Therapy aims to help mental health professionals and graduate students responsibly explore and expand their own ‘online comfort zone’. | Advances in Online Therapy Emergence of a New Paradigm

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Online Education Foundations Planning and Pedagogy

Online Education Foundations Planning and Pedagogy

Online Education is a comprehensive exploration of blended and fully online teaching platforms addressing history theory research planning and practice. As colleges universities and schools around the world adopt large-scale technologies and traditional class models shift into seamless digitally interactive environments critical insights are needed into the implications for administration and pedagogy. Written by a major contributor to the field this book contextualizes online education in the past and present before analyzing its fundamental changes to instruction program integration social interaction content construction networked media policy and more. A provocative concluding chapter speculates on the future of education as the sector becomes increasingly dependent on learning technologies. | Online Education Foundations Planning and Pedagogy

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Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication provides an instructive and practical guide to conducting research using methods in corpus linguistics in studies of various forms of online communication. Offering practical exercises and drawing on original data taken from online interactions this book: introduces the basics of corpus linguistics including what is involved in designing and building a corpus; reviews cutting-edge studies of online communication using corpus linguistics foregrounding different analytical components to facilitate studies in professional discourse online learning public understanding of health issues and dating apps; showcases both freely-available corpora and the innovative tools that students and researchers can access to carry out their own research. Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication supports researchers and students in generating high quality applied research and is essential reading for those studying and researching in this area. | Corpus Linguistics for Online Communication A Guide for Research

GBP 36.99
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Teaching and Learning History Online A Guide for College Instructors

Teaching and Learning History Online A Guide for College Instructors

Teaching and Learning History Online: A Guide for College Instructors offers everything a new online history instructor needs in one package including how to structure courses integrate multimedia and manage and grade discussions as well as advice for department chairs on curriculum management student advising and more. In today’s technological society online courses are quickly becoming the new normal in terms of collegiate instruction providing the ideal environment to flip the classroom and encourage students to hone critical thinking skills by engaging deeply with historical sources. While much of the attention in online teaching focuses on STEM business and education courses online history courses have also proven consistently popular. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic new history instructors are rushed into online teaching with little or no training or experience creating a need for a guide to ease the transition from classroom to online course development and teaching. A timely text this book aims to provide both new and experienced college history teachers the information they need to develop dynamic online courses. | Teaching and Learning History Online A Guide for College Instructors

GBP 28.99
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Online Gambling and Crime Causes Controls and Controversies

Online Gambling and Crime Causes Controls and Controversies

Offering the first empirically driven assessment of the development marketisation regulation and use of online gambling organisations and their products this book explores the relationship between online gambling and crime. It draws upon quantitative and qualitative data including textual and visual analyses of e-gambling advertising and the records of player-protection and standards organisations together with a virtual ethnography of online gambling subcultures to examine the ways in which gambling and crime have been approached in practice by gamers regulatory agencies and online gambling organisations. Building upon contemporary criminological theory it develops an understanding of online gambling as an arena in which risks and rewards are carefully constructed and through which players navigate employing their own agency to engage with the very real possibility of victimisation. With attention to the manner in which online gambling can be a source of criminal activity not only on the part of players but also criminal entrepreneurs and legitimate gambling businesses Online Gambling and Crime discusses developments in criminal law and regulatory frameworks evaluating past and present policy on online gambling. A rich examination of the prevalence incidence and experience of a range of criminal activities linked to gambling on the Internet this book will appeal to scholars and policy makers in the fields of sociology and criminology law the study of culture and subculture risk health studies and social policy. | Online Gambling and Crime Causes Controls and Controversies

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High-Impact Practices in Online Education Research and Best Practices

High-Impact Practices in Online Education Research and Best Practices

This volume offers the first comprehensive guide to how high-impact practices (HIPs) are being implemented in online environments and how they can be adjusted to meet the needs of online learners. This multi-disciplinary approach will assist faculty and administrators to effectively implement HIPs in distance education courses and online programs. With a chapter devoted to each of the eleven HIPs this collection offers guidance that takes into account the differences between e-learners and traditional on-campus students. A primary goal of High-Impact Practices Online is to share the ways in which HIPs may need to be amended to meet the needs of online learners. Through specific examples and practical suggestions in each chapter readers are introduced to concrete strategies for transitioning HIPs to the online environment that can be utilized across a range of disciplines and institution types. Each chapter of High-Impact Practices Online also references the most recent and relevant literature on each HIP so that readers are brought up to date on what makes online HIPs successful. The book provides guidance on how best to implement HIPs to increase retention and completion for online learners. | High-Impact Practices in Online Education Research and Best Practices

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Designing the Online Learning Experience Evidence-Based Principles and Strategies

Designing the Online Learning Experience Evidence-Based Principles and Strategies

This book provides instructors with a holistic way of thinking about learners learning and online course design. The distinctive strategies derived from an integrated framework for designing the online learning experience help create an experience that is more personalized engaging and meaningful for online learners. The focus of this book is on the learners and the design of their online learning experiences. The authors refer to learning design instead of instructional design – which focuses on instruction and places the instructor at the center stage of the process. Therefore the focus is on approaching a learner’s online course experience as a journey consisting of a combination of learning interactions with content instructor and other learners. In most online courses instructors and learners are separated in time and space and depend on technology to facilitate interactions that often lack a strong personal dimension. As online learning continues to proliferate and mature the emphasis on simply making content available to students online is no longer acceptable. Creating online courses now requires a new way of thinking that incorporates new design ideas and approaches from a variety of fields; it also requires a new set of learning design skills for instructors and course designers. Organized into eight chapters this volume focuses on enhancing online learning experiences for each of the major aspects of an online course providing evidence-based principles and strategies to promote learner engagement and deep learning. The concluding chapter provides an example illustrating a real-world application of the principles and strategies covered in the book using Design Thinking to create learning experiences. This book provides strategies for approaching the learning experience from an integrative perspective for both experienced online instructors and those new to online course design. These strategies are based on evidence-based learning design principles and encourage the reader to adopt an empathic mindset focused on the experience of the learner. | Designing the Online Learning Experience Evidence-Based Principles and Strategies

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Successful Online Learning with Gifted Students Designing Online and Blended Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 5–8

Successful Online Learning with Gifted Students Designing Online and Blended Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 5–8

This innovative technology-based resource provides those who teach gifted and advanced learners in grades 5–8 with quality research-based online lessons tools and insights. Throughout you’ll find ready-to-implement virtual lessons simulations and learning modules. You’ll also learn how to create differentiate and modify existing lessons through an online platform. In addition the book offers helpful strategies addressing online student accountability etiquette and collaboration and shares useful tips for communicating with parents. Whether you are looking to enrich learning within the classroom provide students with extensions outside the classroom or engage students in distance learning this book will be invaluable in meeting the needs of your gifted and advanced learners. | Successful Online Learning with Gifted Students Designing Online and Blended Lessons for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grades 5–8

GBP 24.99
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Online Intercultural Exchange Policy Pedagogy Practice

Online Intercultural Exchange Policy Pedagogy Practice

This volume provides a state of the art overview of Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in university education and demonstrates how educators can use OIE to address current challenges in university contexts such as internationalisation virtual mobility and intercultural foreign language education. Since the 1990s educators have been using virtual interaction to bring their classes into contact with geographically distant partner classes to create opportunities for authentic communication meaningful collaboration and first-hand experience of working and learning with partners from other cultural backgrounds. Online exchange projects of this nature can contribute to the development of learner autonomy linguistic accuracy intercultural awareness intercultural skills and electronic literacies. Online Intercultural Exchange has now reached a stage where it is moving beyond individual classroom initiatives and is assuming a role as a major tool for internationalization intercultural development and virtual mobility in universities around the globe. This volume reports qualitative and quantitative findings on the impact of OIE on universities in Europe and elsewhere and offers comprehensive guidance on using OIE at both pedagogical and technological levels. It provides theoretically-informed accounts of Online Intercultural Exchanges which will relevant to researchers in Computer Assisted Language Learning Computer-Mediated Communication or Virtual Education. Finally contributors offer a collection of practitioner-authored and practically-oriented case studies for the benefit of teachers of foreign languages or in other subject areas who wish to engage in developing the digital literacy and intercultural competences of their learners. | Online Intercultural Exchange Policy Pedagogy Practice

GBP 42.99
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Designing Intersectional Online Education Critical Teaching and Learning Practices

Designing Intersectional Online Education Critical Teaching and Learning Practices

Designing Intersectional Online Education provides expansive yet accessible examples and discussion about the intentional creation of online teaching and learning experiences that critically center identity social systems and other important ideas in design and pedagogy. Instructors are increasingly tasked with designing their own online courses curricula and activities but lack information to support their attention to the ever-shifting overlapping contexts and constructs that inform students’ positions within knowledge and schooling. This book infuses today’s technology-enhanced education environments with practices derived from critical race theory culturally responsive pedagogy disability studies feminist/womanist studies queer theory and other essential foundations for humanized and socially just education. Faculty scholars technologists and other experts across higher education K-12 and teacher training offer fresh robust insights into how actively engaging with intersectionality can inspire designs for online teaching and learning that are inclusive intergenerational anti-oppressive and emancipatory. | Designing Intersectional Online Education Critical Teaching and Learning Practices

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Advancing Online Teaching Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments

Advancing Online Teaching Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments

The goal of teaching online is fundamentally the same as teaching face-to-face: facilitating the learning of all students to the greatest extent possible. This book differs from other books on online teaching in that in the process of offering guidance on course design and planning developing outcomes and appropriate engaging activities managing the workload and assessment the authors pay explicit attention throughout to the distinct and diverse needs of students and offer effective strategies to accommodate them in a comprehensive and inclusive way by using the principles of Universal Design for Learning. By following those principles from the outset when planning a course all students will benefit and most particularly those whom the research shows have the greatest achievement gaps when taking online courses - males first generation and low income students those from underrepresented minority groups the academically underprepared students with disabilities and those with limited online access or lacking readiness for online learning. Beyond good planning and design Kelly and Zakrajsek offer ideas for creating inclusive course environments and activities such as using culturally appropriate content and making it accessible in multiple formats. They also share methods to foster faculty-learner interaction and increase personal connections with students and among students through group activities or learning communities which are so critical to motivation and success. Faculty new to online teaching as well as more experienced readers will find a wealth of practical guidance on developing and honing both fully online and blended courses and as importantly a wealth of proven ideas to help the new generation of students with diverse needs to succeed. | Advancing Online Teaching Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments

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From Mummies to Microchips A Case-Study in Effective Online Teaching Developed at the University of Manchester

From Mummies to Microchips A Case-Study in Effective Online Teaching Developed at the University of Manchester

This volume offers a detailed case study of the internationally acclaimed online programmes in Egyptology at the University of Manchester UK. It distils over a decade of online teaching experience and student feedback providing guidance for instructors developing their own online offerings. Today many universities are actively encouraging their teaching staff towards the development of: • online programmes (programmes to be taught entirely online) and/or • online units (units to be incorporated into “blended” programmes taught partially online and partially face-to-face). Unfortunately the staff tasked with the development of online learning rarely have access to the expertise that they need to help them utilise their teaching skills to their full potential. Technical assistance may be provided by the university e-learning department but pedagogical and practical help – the support of colleagues with many years’ experience teaching online – is lacking. Written by experts the book provides an invaluable guide for those wishing – or being compelled – to establish their own online courses within the humanities. | From Mummies to Microchips A Case-Study in Effective Online Teaching Developed at the University of Manchester

GBP 18.99
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The Online Tutor’s Toolkit Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as an Online Tutor

The Online Tutor’s Toolkit Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as an Online Tutor

This book contains everything you need to know to get started as an online tutor. It covers the essentials of tutoring choosing your tech and software managing homework and getting set up alongside detailed guidance focusing on each level of tuition. With techniques developed through research and first-hand experience the author explains exactly how to turn existing subject knowledge into effective tutoring for students of all ages in a variety of subjects. Divided into two parts the first answers the logistical questions facing every new tutor such as: what equipment do I need? Where can I apply? How much should I charge? The second half focuses on how to tutor different age groups effectively and subject-specific areas including English Maths and Science as well as the author’s tried-and-tested ‘5 step’ process for choosing a subject assessing a student and planning their first lessons. There is also information on how to support students writing personal statements and applying to university as well as teaching English as a Second Language. Alongside tailored up-to-date information on available software hardware exam specifications and the online tutoring marketplace the book contains a 10-week timetable of adaptable lesson plans so new tutors can get started immediately. Finally there are two additional downloadable chapters which expand on less common subjects and another which includes a digital download of every resource from the book. With suggestions for resources homework and timings to support you at every stage this is an essential read for anyone wanting to succeed as an online tutor. | The Online Tutor’s Toolkit Everything You Need to Know to Succeed as an Online Tutor

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Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator Essential Practices from the Field

Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator Essential Practices from the Field

Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator is the perfect all-in-one guide to taking your K-12 class online. We know now more than ever that teachers have not been equally or systematically trained and resourced to make a sudden transition to online or blended instruction. This concise accessible book collects time-tested strategies and fresh perspectives from experienced educators to help you smooth out even the most abrupt shift to technology-enhanced teaching and learning. With these insights into institutional supports effective digital tools equitable practice social-emotional considerations and beyond you will be better prepared than ever to help your students thrive in online and blended learning environments. | Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator Essential Practices from the Field

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Creating Inclusive Online Communities Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students

Creating Inclusive Online Communities Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students

Before the Covid-19 pandemic online and distance education enrolled over 19 million students in the US. As colleges and universities return to in-person instruction the number of online courses and programs is poised to grow exponentially. At the same time institutions of higher education are increasingly more diverse-racially ethnically and socioeconomically-with present and future students having a range of intersectional needs related to their cultural backgrounds gendered experiences and abilities. Sharla Berry offers faculty practical strategies for building asynchronous synchronous and blended online courses and programs that are inclusive and engaging for diverse learners. Recognizing that community is a complex contextual and constantly shifting concept Sharla Berry opens this book by addressing how to develop an inclusive approach to online teaching that takes into account the experiences and needs of historically marginalized and underrepresented students. Covering the affordances and limitations of synchronous and asynchronous teaching as well as hybrid and fully online instruction she outlines different approaches to course design and identifies how to use the myriad functions of learning management systems—from collaborative tools to administering tests—to engage students and assess their involvement and progress. While primarily designed to provide faculty with practical and actionable ideas and strategies this book will also prove useful to those that support faculty in cultivating teaching excellence. Administrators instructional designers faculty developers and support staff will gain insight into how to support faculty in developing robust and inclusive online courses. This book is a thoughtful and practical resource for anyone involved in the teaching and design of online courses and programs that meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body in an evolving and multifaceted online environment. | Creating Inclusive Online Communities Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students

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Online Harms and Cybertrauma Legal and Harmful Issues with Children and Young People

Online Harms and Cybertrauma Legal and Harmful Issues with Children and Young People

This vital sensitive guide explains the serious issues children face online and how they are impacted by them on a developmental neurological social mental health and wellbeing level. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to adulthood it offers parents and professionals clear evidence-based information about online harms and their effects and what they can do to support their child should they see hear or bear witness to these events online. Catherine Knibbs specialist advisor in the field explains the issues involved when using online platforms and devices in family social and educational settings. Examined in as non-traumatising a way as possible the book covers key topics including cyberbullying; cyberstalking; pornography; online grooming; sexting; live streaming; vigilantism; suicide and self-harm; trolling and e-harassment; bantz doxing and social media hacking; dares trends and life-threatening activities; information and misinformation; and psychological games. It also explores the complex overlap of offline and online worlds in children and young people’s lives. Offering guidance and proactive and reactive strategies based in neuroscience and child development it reveals how e-safety is not one size fits all and must consider individual children’s and families’ vulnerabilities. Online Harms and Cybertrauma will equip professionals and parents with the knowledge to support their work and direct conversations about the online harms that children and young people face. It is essential reading for those training and working with children in psychological educational and social work contexts as well as parents policy makers and those involved in development of online technologies. | Online Harms and Cybertrauma Legal and Harmful Issues with Children and Young People

GBP 24.99
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Screen Comedy and Online Audiences

Screen Comedy and Online Audiences

The question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity. This book contributes to that debate by exploring how we evaluate screen comedy. What kinds of criteria do we use to judge films and TV shows that are meant to be funny? And what might that have to do with our social and cultural backgrounds or with wider cultural ideas about film TV comedy quality and entertainment? The book examines these questions through a study of audience responses posted to online facilities such as Twitter Facebook review sites blogs and message boards. Bore’s analysis of these responses considers a broad range of issues including how audiences perceive the idea of national comedy; what they think of female comedians; how they evaluate romcoms sitcoms and web comedy; what they think is acceptable to joke about; what comedy fans get excited about; how fans interact with star comedians; and what comedy viewers really despise. The book demonstrates some of the ways in which we can adapt theories of humour and comedy to examine the practices of contemporary screen audiences while offering new insights into how they negotiate the opportunities and constrictions of different online facilities to share their views and experiences. | Screen Comedy and Online Audiences

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Social Presence in Online Learning Multiple Perspectives on Practice and Research

Social Presence in Online Learning Multiple Perspectives on Practice and Research

Published in Association with 2020 AECT Division of Distance Learning Book AwardSocial presence continues to emerge as a key factor for successful online and blended learning experiences. It is commonly described as the degree to which online participants feel connected to one another. Understanding social presence—with its critical connections to community-building retention and learning outcomes—allows faculty and instructional designers to better support and engage students. This volume Social Presence in Online Learning addresses the evolution of social presence with three distinct perspectives outlines the relevant research and focuses on practical strategies that can immediately impact the teaching and learning experience. These strategies include creating connections to build community applying content to authentic situations integrating a careful mix of tools and media leveraging reflective and interactive opportunities providing early and continuous feedback designing with assessment in mind and encouraging change in small increments. Because student satisfaction and motivation plays a key role in retention rates and because increased social presence often leads to enriched learning experiences it is advantageous to mindfully integrate social presence into learning environments. Social Presence in Online Learning brings together eminent scholars in the field to distinguish among three different perspectives of social presence and to address how these viewpoints immediately inform practice. This important volume: • Provides an overview of the evolution of social presence key findings from social presence research and practical strategies that can improve the online and blended learning experience• Differentiates three distinct perspectives on social presence and explains the ideas and models that inform these perspectives• Explores specific ways in which social presence relates to course satisfaction retention and outcomes• Offers practical implications and ready-to-use techniques that are applicable to multiple disciplines• Introduces current research on social presence by prominent researchers in the field with direct inferences to the practice of online and blended learning • Looks at future directions for social presenceSocial Presence in Online Learning is appropriate for practitioners researchers and academics involved in any level of online learning program design course design instruction support and leadership as well as for graduate students studying educational technology technology-enhanced learning and online and blended learning. It brings together multiple perspectives on social presence from the most influential scholars in the field to help shape the future of online and blended learning. | Social Presence in Online Learning Multiple Perspectives on Practice and Research

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Assessment of Online Learners Foundations and Applications for Teacher Education

Assessment of Online Learners Foundations and Applications for Teacher Education

Assessment of Online Learners offers essential foundations insights and real-world examples for preservice teachers preparing to assess students in today’s digitized classrooms. When aligned with intended curricula and best practices assessment not only informs but enhances both instruction and student achievement though the recent large-scale adaptation of face-to-face learning to online platforms has yielded new challenges and responsibilities for teachers. This book explores shifts in the research and practice of assessment in online environments the reconceptualization of course content and assessment frameworks in teacher education the collection of fair and accurate assessment evidence reflecting students’ virtual learning and more. Drawing from experienced Canadian instructors who overcame the inherent technological obstacles these chapters showcase how unprecedented changes in schooling can lead to pedagogical renewal program reevaluation and a broader understanding of instruction and assessment practices. | Assessment of Online Learners Foundations and Applications for Teacher Education

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