Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES, TABLES, AND EXHIBITS -- PREFACE: THE NATURE OF CHANGE IN ONLINE LEARNING -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PART ONE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR AN ONLINE WORLD -- CHAPTER 1: ONLINE LEARNING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM -- Online Learning Today -- New Technological Developments and New Modes of Delivery -- New Issues for Both Faculty and Administrators -- Recent Developments in K-12 Online Learning -- The Effectiveness of Distance Delivery -- CHAPTER 2: THE ART OF ONLINE TEACHING -- Who Should Teach Online? -- Training, Training, and More Training -- New Processes, New Relationships -- Electronic Pedagogy -- Keys to Success -- The Final Transition: Evaluating Students and Ourselves -- Supporting Instructors to Make the Transition -- Tips for a Successful Online Course -- CHAPTER 3: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES AND CONCERNS -- Faculty Time, Compensation, and Questions of Tenure -- Program Planning and Development -- Another Look at Faculty and Student Support, Training, and Development -- Governance and Intellectual Property -- Student Retention -- Some Last Thoughts on Administrative Issues and Concerns -- Tips for Creating a Technological Infrastructure -- CHAPTER 4: THE TOOLS OF ONLINE TEACHING -- Technology in the Year 2000 -- Matching the Technology to the Course -- Working with the Strengths and Weaknesses of Technology -- Evaluating Courseware -- When Money Is an Issue -- Access Is a Major Concern -- Tips for Adopting and Working with Courseware -- PART TWO: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN CYBERSPACE -- CHAPTER 5: TRANSFORMING COURSES FOR THE ONLINE CLASSROOM -- Starting Over: Considerations in the Development of an Online Course -- Beginnings -- Once the Course Has Started -- Endings -- Tips for Successfully Moving a Course from the Classroom to Cyberspace.

CHAPTER 6: TEACHING COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHERS -- A Focus on Content -- Ability to Adjust the Course -- Examples of Customization -- When Customizing Is Not Possible -- Building Community into the Process -- Evaluating a Course Developed by Another -- Issues of Intellectual Property -- Final Thoughts on Teaching a Course Developed by Another -- Tips for Successfully Teaching a Class Developed by Another -- If We Build It, They Will Come -- CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH THE VIRTUAL STUDENT -- The Successful Learner in the Online Classroom -- Addressing Different Learning Styles -- Recognizing and Working with Those Who Do Not Succeed -- The Role of the Learner in the Online Learning Process -- Maximizing the Potential of the Virtual Student -- Teaching Students to Learn in the Online Environment -- Tips for Successfully Working with the Virtual Student -- CHAPTER 8: ONLINE CLASSROOM DYNAMICS -- Group Dynamics and Online Classroom Dynamics -- Applying What We Understand About Groups to Online Classes -- Other Ways of Looking at Online Groups -- Conflict Revisited -- Working with Difficult Students -- When It Simply Isn't Working -- Tips for Working with Online Classroom Dynamics -- Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom -- CHAPTER 9: LESSONS LEARNED IN THE CYBERSPACE CLASSROOM -- A Look into the Near Future -- Tips for Creating Successful Courses and Programs -- RESOURCE A: A COMPARISON OF SYLLABI FOR ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE DELIVERY -- RESOURCE B: SYSTEMS THEORIES COURSE IN COURSEINFO AND eCOLLEGE -- RESOURCE C: ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Authors Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt have written a comprehensive reference for faculty to use to hone their skills as online instructors and for students to use to become more effective online learners. Filled with numerous examples from actual online courses and insights from teachers and students, Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom covers the entire online teaching process. This essential guide offers helpful suggestions for dealing with such critical issues as evaluating effective courseware, working with online classroom dynamics, addressing the needs of the online student, making the transition to online teaching, and promoting the development of the learning community.

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