The Online Teaching Survival Guide - 3rd Edition by Judith V Boettcher & Rita-Marie Conrad (Paperback)

About the Book

"Recently, schools across the globe have experience a shift to online courses and teaching. With more universities and colleges offering online courses, there is a great trend in faculty who traditionally teach face-to-face needing to learn how to teach online. The theories and techniques of online teaching, or of blended courses that incorporate technology to improve learning, are vastly different from traditional educational pedagogy. Faculty are facing a huge learning curve and need a theory-based, hands-on practical guide in order to get started. Even experienced faculty can benefit from a comprehensive guide grounded in solid theory to help them take their courses to the next level"--

Book Synopsis

A timely update to the best-selling, practical, and comprehensive guide to online teaching

The Online Teaching Survival Guide provides a robust overview of theory-based techniques for teaching online or technology-enhanced courses. This Third Edition is a practical resource for educators learning to navigate the online teaching sector. It presents a framework of simple, research-grounded instructional strategies that work for any online or blended course. This new edition is enhanced with hints on integrating problem-solving strategies, assessment strategies, student independence, collaboration, synchronous strategies, and building metacognitive skills. This book also reviews the latest research in cognitive processing and related learning outcomes.

New and experienced online teachers alike will appreciate this book's exploration of essential technologies, course management techniques, social presence, community building, discussion and questioning techniques, assessment, debriefing, and more. With more and more classes being offered online, this book provides a valuable resource for taking your course to the next level.

• Understand the technology used in online teaching and discover how you can make the most of advanced features in the tech you use
• Learn specialized pedagogical tips and practices that will make the shift to online teaching smoother for you and your students
• Examine new research on cognition and learning, and see how you can apply these research findings your day-to-day
• Adopt a clear framework of instructional strategies that will work in any online or blended setting
• Learn how to make the most of your synchronous online class meetings using flipped model techniques integrated with asynchronous conversation

Recently, schools across the globe have experienced a shift to online courses and teaching. The theories and techniques of synchronous virtual online teaching are vastly different from traditional educational pedagogy. You can overcome the learning curve with this theory-based, hands-on guide.

From the Back Cover

Dramatically improve your virtual teaching skills with the newest edition of a leading resource

A practical, evidence-based resource, the Third Edition of The Online Teaching Survival Guide presents a simple and practical framework of instructional strategies mapped across a four-phase timeline that works for any online or blended course. This edition focuses specifically on thoroughly integrating problem-solving strategies, assessment strategies, learner independence, collaboration, and metacognition throughout the text.

The accomplished authors include brain research about learning within the text to support their techniques while retaining the practical and approachable style familiar to readers of the previous editions. The Third Edition includes new and revised content grounded in constructive pedagogy, learning principles, and best practices.

You'll learn how to adapt to a changing education climate that is rapidly embracing distance, remote, and online education.

Perfect for educators new to online teaching and those who seek to refine or improve their online teaching skills, The Online Teaching Survival Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of faculty developers and trainers, online and blended instructional designers, and educators in training.

About the Author

Judith V. Boettcher is a nationally known consultant and author on online learning. She has led faculty support organizations at Penn State University, Florida State University, and supported faculty initiatives at the University of Florida and Duquesne University and many other colleges. She is a sought-after speaker on best pedagogical practices in online learning.

Rita-Marie Conrad is an experienced online educator, award-winning author, and digital learning strategist who has had the privilege of working at the University of California-Berkeley, Duke University and The Florida State University to help faculty strengthen their online programs and pedagogies. She is a frequent conference speaker and provides workshops on engaging digital learners.