In order to enable the widespread adoption of online education, faculty must be trained in the pedagogy of teaching in this medium. This book offers an understanding of how cognition and learning theory applies to an online learning environment.[...]
The Trainer's Manual follows the course of the main text and includes overviews, readings, discussion questions, hypothetical scenarios, activities, assignments, and scripts for plugging into an online course management system.[...]
This book offers a much-needed resource for faculty and professional staff to build quality online courses by focusing on quality standards in instructional design and transparency in learning outcomes in the design of online courses.[...]