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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups : Essentials of Web-Based Education
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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups : Essentials of Web-Based Education |
Author: Donald E. Hanna
Published: 2000-08 |
List price: $12.50
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 Judging a book by its cover
First, let me say that the material in this book is valid and helpful. That said, this seems to be a collection of suggestions that any teacher would hear from a mentor-teacher or should have heard in the most basic education class. A few of the "tips for teaching online groups": 5) Understand your audience, 23) Be prepared and flexible, 30) Expect learners to be ready to learn, 80) Develop assignments. Don't misunderstand; these are certainly practical tips, but my expectations for a book targeted toward teachers facilitating online classes were not met.
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br /Part of my own mistake was buying this book based on the cover and not doing a little bit of research first. Copyrighted in 2000, this book was already eight years old by the time I got it. Some of the philosophical, big-picture ideas are helpful (share your work, promote critical thinking, and use case studies), but not what I was hoping for in a book targeted to as specific of an audience as this one is.
Not enough tips
I was hoping to start teaching online groups and needed some practical tips to get me started. I estimated that I would need 183 practical tips before I could start. I knew 22 good tips already - 4 of those appeared in here so it was effectively 143 tips + 22 tips leaving me at 165 tips - 18 short of my target! If they write a book called '161 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups: Essentials of Web-Based Education' (with none I know already) then we might be talking. Verdict: short of the mark.
 Good resource
This little book does exactly what the title says. The authors give tips -- some common and some not so common - to help teachers involved in online learning. It is a great little reference.
 Not exactly what I had expected....
If you are looking for specific distance education methodologies and techniques you might want to look elsewhere, but if all you are looking for are general distance education concepts put into a book- then this is for you. I thought that the tips were similar to something you might get in a "Thought of the Day" email, some interesting concepts with very little substance. pThe book does have some very good ideas and the structure of the book allows you to quickly browse through the tips if you are looking for new ideas or affirmation of something that you are currently doing. The 4 chapters present the tips in a logical framework of ideas to help you find something, even if you're not quite sure what it is you are looking for:brChapter 1. Before You BeginbrChapter 2. Myths and Constraints of Online Teaching and LearningbrChapter 3. Organizing the Online CoursebrChapter 4. Beginning Instruction in the Online Course: Implementing the Course DesignpThe fact that they don't go into specific technologies very much also facilitates the tips being useful across a wider variety of technologies. pI would recommend this book for someone new to the field of distance education looking to get a handle on general concepts, but for anyone who has been around the block this book is only going to tell you what you already know.
Waiting for no. 148
"In an interactive online course, some content and methods work better than others." (p.32) Yes, I know this. That's why I bought this book. Do I have to wait for the sequel to actually find out *which* content and methods work better than others?
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