Online Teaching at Its Best - 2nd Edition by Linda B Nilson & Ludwika A Goodson (Paperback)

About the Book

"According to recent research, over 30 states offer fully online school and 26 states offer state online high schools. The number of online course offerings is expected to rise as a result of COVID-19. Even before COVID-19 entered the North American lexicon, a survey of 398 school administrators and 1,500 students conducted by BestColleges found that online programs continued to be high demand. As online teaching stands now, faculty often fail to apply teaching research and theory in designing their online courses. One obstacle is the cognitive load of dealing with online technologies. Another is the absence of pedagogy in most online course design standards. The most important one may lie in the books and articles about how to teach online. Many of them are written for technologists and instructional designers and pay little or no attention to online teaching and learning. Unfortunately, these do not equip faculty with a coherent picture of high-quality online teaching"--

Book Synopsis

Bring pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environments

Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research, 2nd Edition, is the scholarly resource for online learning that faculty, instructional designers, and administrators have raved about. This book addresses course design, teaching, and student motivation across the continuum of online teaching modes--remote, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online--integrating these with pedagogical and cognitive science, and grounding its recommendations in the latest research. The book will help you design or redesign your courses to ensure strong course alignment and effective student learning in any of these teaching modes. Its emphasis on evidence-based practices makes this one of the most scholarly books of its kind on the market today.

This new edition features significant new content including more active learning formats for small groups across the online teaching continuum, strategies and tools for scripting and recording effective micro-lectures, ways to integrate quiz items within micro-lectures, more conferencing software and techniques to add interactivity, and a guide for rapid transition from face-to-face to online teaching. You'll also find updated examples, references, and quotes to reflect more evolved technology.

• Adopt new pedagogical techniques designed specifically for remote, hybrid, hyflex, and fully online learning environments
• Ensure strong course alignment and effective student learning for all these modes of instruction
• Increase student retention, build necessary support structures, and train faculty more effectively
• Integrate research-based course design and cognitive psychology into graduate or undergraduate programs

Distance is no barrier to a great education. Online Teaching at Its Best provides practical, real-world advice grounded in educational and psychological science to help online instructors, instructional designers, and administrators deliver an exceptional learning experience even under emergency conditions.

From the Back Cover

A TIMELY UPDATE TO THE LEADING ONLINE TEACHING GUIDE

In the newly revised Second Edition of Online Teaching at Its Best, accomplished educators and online teaching experts Dr. Linda B. Nilson and Ludwika A. Goodson deliver a practical and rigorous exploration of online course design, teaching, and student motivation strategies. With an approach grounded in evidence-based pedagogy and cognitive science, the book helps faculty design or redesign their online courses to ensure strong course alignment and student learning and advises administrators on the support to provide.

"This book is meticulously researched and organized. The authors demonstrate their decades of experience on every page. You can read straight through, as I did, or target the areas of teaching online that are most important to you. If you want to design courses that help heighten motivation and deepen learning, this book is for you."
--Bonni Stachowiak, Host and Producer, Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast; Author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide; Dean of Teaching & Learning, Vanguard University; Professor of Business & Management

"Faculty facing complexities of teaching in today's online environments need practical strategies for all formats--remote, hybrid, hyflex, and fully asynchronous--that are based solidly in scholarly research. Nilson and Goodson deliver!"
--Flower Darby, Faculty, Instructional Designer, and Lead Author, Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes

"Faculty from all content areas designing a remote, hyflex, hybrid, or fully online course and their students will benefit from the practical suggestions based on cognitive research and the principles of effective teaching."
--Laurie Pendleton, Executive Director of Curriculum and Assessment, ACUE (the Association of College and University Educators)

About the Author

LINDA B. NILSON, PHD, is Director Emerita of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. She is a sought-after speaker, workshop leader, and consultant and has authored several books, including Teaching at Its Best, Creating Engaging Discussions, Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time, Creating Self-Regulated Learners, and Infusing Critical Thinking into Your Course.

LUDWIKA A. GOODSON, BS, MA, is an education consultant with over 20 years experience in higher education. She has been president of Instructional Systems Design, an evaluator for faculty development projects, and an expert consultant for the Association for College and University Educators.