Engaging the online learner : activities and resources for creative instruction /

Conrad, Rita-Marie.

Engaging the online learner : activities and resources for creative instruction / Rita-Marie Conrad, J. Ana Donaldson. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, c2004. - xiv, 129 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning ; v. 1 . - Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning ; v. 1. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.

Preface -- The authors -- Part 1. Constructing activities to engage online learners. 1. Engaged learning in an online environment -- 2. Designing online engagement -- 3. Measuring online engaged learning -- Part 2. Activities to engage online learners. 4. Learning to use online tools -- 5. Online icebreakers -- 6. Peer partnership and team activities -- 7. Reflective activities -- 8. Authentic activities -- 9. Games and simulations -- 10. Learner-led activities -- References -- Index.

This book consists of two parts. Part one provides a basic framework with which to organize activities so that engagement is introduced into the online environment and learned by community members in phases. Part two presents activities that can be used to promote engagement among online learners on a phase-by-phase basis.

0787966673 (pbk.) 9780787966676 (pbk.)

2004304533


Internet in education--United States.
Web-based instruction--United States.
Computer-assisted instruction--United States.
Computers.

LB 1044.87 / .C658 2004