How to be an online tutor /
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| Author / Creator: | Duggleby, Julia. |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Gower, c2000. |
| Description: | xviii, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4242773 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. What is Online Learning, Who Wants It and Why?
- 1. Different modes for delivering learning
- Face to face
- Open learning
- Traditional distance learning
- Online learning
- 2. Why choose online learning and for whom?
- The impact of technology on distance education
- Why distance learning?
- Is online learning the answer?
- Who are our potential learners?
- And who are the potential providers?
- Part II. A Tutor's Guide to the Internet
- 3. Introduction to the Internet
- What is the Internet?
- A brief history of the Internet
- Web or Internet?
- Getting to know your browser
- 4. Finding your way round the Web
- Web addresses
- Hyperlinks
- Search tools
- 5. Using the Internet to communicate
- Conferencing
- Synchronous chat
- Video-conferencing
- Audio-conferencing
- Discussion lists and newsgroups
- Netiquette
- Which methods of communications should you choose?
- Part III. The Planning Cycle
- 6. Planning the course
- Preliminary preparation and research
- What can be taught online?
- Learning outcomes and assessment criteria
- Different forms of online courses
- 7. The content of your course
- Building on the framework
- Lectures and handouts
- Multimedia
- Additional reading
- Learner activities
- Tutorials
- Assessment
- 8. The Web as a resource
- Resources on the Web that support education and training
- Evaluating web sites
- Copyright
- Citing Internet sources
- 9. Designing your course for the Internet
- Hypertext markup language
- Designing a good web site
- Maintaining your web site
- Educational courseware
- Part IV. Getting Your Course Up and Running
- 10. Preparing delivery
- Support from your organization
- Marketing and recruiting
- Pre-course guidance
- 11. Supporting learners through the course
- The role of the tutor during an online course
- Welcoming learners
- Encouraging and motivating
- Monitoring progress
- Giving information, expanding, clarifying and explaining
- Giving feedback on learners' work
- Ensuring success of conferences
- Creating a learning community
- Ending the course
- 12. Evaluating the course
- Informal feedback
- Formal evaluation
- Part V. Appendices
- Appendix A. Case studies
- Appendix B. Sending attachments
- Appendix C. Learning outcomes and assessment criteria grid
- Appendix D. Group progress grid
- Appendix E. References
- Index