Exploring beyond Online Education

 


Routledge. (n.d.) The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide 

for Academic Professionals. Retrieved from: https://www.routledge.com/education?

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In the first chapter, Teaching Online: The Basics it is established the differences

between traditional teaching versus online teaching and instructors are provided 

with practical tips to enhance their teaching online. The second chapter, 

Orientation to Online Teaching and Learning, states how questions related to 

timing, preparation and maintenance influence designing and teaching online. The 

third chapter, called E-tivities for Active Online Learning, introduces to what 

Salmon (2013) defines as e-tivities, that is, the settings which allow interactive 

online teaching and learning. The fourth chapter, The Varied Terrain of Online 

Learning, offers a classification of online teaching methods considering context, 

design, implementation and outcomes. The fifth chapter named Reusing Open 

Resources for Learning, highlights the expansion of learning opportunities by 

reusing open resources worldwide. Finally, the sixth chapter, Teaching as a Design 

Science explores the connections between technology and education stating the 

importance of educators mastering the use of digital technologies to make the most 

of them in their profession.






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