Chapter 1 - Getting started
Anderson, Terry, Liam Rourke, Randy Garrison, and Walter Archer(September 2001) Assessing Teaching Presence in a Computer Conferencing Context, Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 5, available at www.aln.org/publications/jaln/v5n2/pdf/v5n2_anderson.pdf. Anderson et al. argue that teachers have three main roles in the online class: they need to prepare and design the online experience, establish a social environment conducive to learning, and provide expert direct instruction.
Bain, Ken (2004) What the Best College Teachers Do, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Ken Bain, Director for the Center of Teaching Excellence at New York University, offers some excellent advice for instructors.
Barr, Robert and John Tagg (November/December 1995) From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Learning, Change 27: 12"25. This article suggests that colleges need to move away from an emphasis on lectured-centered teaching to student-centered learning.
Bennett, Sue and Lori Lockyer (2004) Becoming an Online Teacher: Adapting to a Changed Environment for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Educational Media International 41: 231"44. The two authors go into great detail about the way that online teaching changes the role of the instructor, increases the demands on them, and requires teachers to adopt new skills.
Berge, Zane L. (1995). The Role of the Online Instructor/Facilitator, Educational Technology 35 (1), 22"30. Zane Berge suggests that learning takes place because of interaction with content and interpersonal interaction. The article then provides pedagogical, social, managerial, and technical recommendations to help the teacher produce this interactive environment in the online classroom.
Bloom, Benjamin. S. (ed.) (1956) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, New York: Longmans. The often quoted classic still offers sound advice on designing educational assignments.
Booth, Alan (2003) Teaching History at University: Enhancing Learning and Understanding, London and New York: Routledge. Booth does not address online teaching, but the online history instructor can learn much from the ideas in this book.
Brookfield, Stephen D. (2006) The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass, second edition. An engrossing book that justifiably highlights the human side of teaching. This second edition includes a chapter on online education.
Cantu, D. Antonio (2000) An Internet Based Multiple Intelligences Model for Teaching High School History, available here. An excellent article that suggests how to use multiple intelligences in the history classroom.
Chickering, Arthur W. and Zelda F. Gamson (March 1987) Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, American Association for Higher Education Bulletin: 3"7. The Seven Principles provide a useful introduction to the idea that student engagement with the instructor, with other students, and with course material is the key to learning.
Chickering, Arthur W. and Stephen C. Ehrmann (October 1996) Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever, American Association for Higher Education Bulletin: 3"6. Update on the 1987 article that discusses the role of technology in student-centered learning.
Davis, Barbara Gross (2001) Tools for Teaching, San Francisco CA, Jossey-Bass. An impressive practical guide to teaching.
Duffy, Thomas M. and Jamie R. Kirkley (2004) Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases from Higher Education, Mahwah NJ and London: Lawrence Erlbaum. A collection of essays in which contributors discuss the design of their distance learning programs.
Elbaum, Bonnie, Cynthia McIntyre and Alese Smith (2002) Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course, Madison WI: Atwood Publishing. An excellent book for preparing and designing an online course.
Erickson, Bette LaSere, Calvin B. Peters and Diane Weltner Strommer (2006) Teaching First-Year College Students, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass. Rather surprisingly, this book does not discuss online teaching or technology at all. However, there is much here that can be adapted to the online environment.
Faust, J. L. and D. R. Paulson (1998) Active learning for the college classroom, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 9(2): 3"24. This article suggests a number of active learning activities.
Frost, Jennifer (May, 2000) Integrating Women and Active Learning into the US History Survey, History Teacher 33: 363"70. Frost provides some good suggestions for active learning in the history classroom.
Gardner, Howard and Thomas Hatch (November 1989) Multiple Intelligences Go To School: Educational Implications of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Educational Researcher 18: 4"10. This article helps us to understand the implications of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences for education.
Graham, Charles, Kursat Cagiltay, Byung-Ro Lim, Joni Craner, and Thomas M. Duffy(March/April 2001) Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Course, Technology Source. A look at how the seven principles in Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson's Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education can be implemented in online classes.
Henry, Michael (November 2002) Constructivism in the Community College Classroom, The History Teacher. Available from www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/36.1/henry.html. Michael Henry suggests a number of practical uses of constructivist ideas in the history classroom.
Holmes, Bryn and John Gardner (2006) E-Learning Concepts and Practice, London: Sage. This book includes good chapters on learning theory and on adapting a course for visually impaired learners.
King, Alison (1993) From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side, College Teaching 41: 30"5. An article that outlines many active learning techniques.
Kirschner, Paul A., John Sweller and Richard E. Clark (2006) Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching, Educational Psychologist 41: 75"86. A provocative article that questions modern educational theory.
Levy, Suzanne (Spring 2003) Six Factors to Consider When Planning Online Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education, Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 6. Levy surveys the literature on planning an online learning program in higher education and argues that a successful online course needs to pay great attention to student support and teacher training. The article also contains a good section on US copyright and intellectual property laws.
Loggie, Kathryn Ann, Ann E. Barron, Elizabeth Gulitz, Tina N. Hohlfeld, Jeffrey D. Kromrey, Melissa Venable and Phyllis Sweeney (Winter 2006) An Analysis of Copyright Policies for Distance Learning Materials at Major Research Universities, Journal of Interactive Online Learning 5. According to Loggie, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduced the concept of OpenCourseWare (OCW) in 2001 when they made some of their distance education curriculum material open to the public. The material can be freely copied for non-commercial purposes, but those who use it must give attribution to the originating institution and faculty. The faculty maintains copyright for their education material and participation in the initiative is voluntary.
Ludwig-Hardman, S. and J. Dunlap (April 2003) Learner Support Services for Online Students: Scaffolding for success, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 4. Available at www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/131/211. As Ludwig-Hardman and Dunlap make clear, institutional support is crucial for student retention. The authors provide some practical advice on how to provide this support.
McDonald, Jeannette (August 2002) Is 'As Good as Face-to-Face' as Good as it Gets Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 6. McDonald urges instructors to utilize the unique capabilities of online technology.
McKeachie, Wilbert J. and Marilla Svinicki (2005) McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for New College and University Teachers, Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, twelfth edition. This book is designed to provide helpful strategies for dealing with the problems of teaching at the college level.
Nilson, Linda B. (2003) Teaching at its Best:AResearch-Based Resource for College Instructors, Boston MA: Ankar, second edition. A handbook that contains hundreds of practical teaching techniques and activities for instructors.
O'Brien, Judith Grunert, Barbara J. Millis, and Margaret W. Cohen (2008) The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass, second edition. Everything you ever wanted to know about designing a course syllabus.
Palloff, Rena M. and Keith Pratt (1999) Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom, San Francisco CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers. In a clear and detailed manner, Palloff and Pratt discuss how to design and facilitate an online class.
Percoco, James A. (1998) APassion for the Past: Creative Teaching of US History, Portsmouth NH: Heinemann. An award-winning high school teacher offers some useful tips for teaching history.
Rossett, Allison, (1987) Training Needs Assessment, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Educational Technology Publications. This describes the ADDIE model, which is used by many instructional designers to build an online class. ADDIE stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation.
Shank, Patti and Amy Sitze (2004) Making Sense of Online Learning, San Francisco CA: Pfeiffer. A conceptual overview of online learning, (xv) which does a good job of explaining the benefits and challenges of online learning and emphasizes usability when designing a course site.
Shank, Patti ed. (2007) The Online Learning Idea Book: 95 Proven Ways to Enhance Technology-Based and Blended Learning John Wiley and Sons, San Francisco CA. Many online practitioners from a multitude of disciplines have contributed some very useful ideas to Patti Shankâ¬"s collection. This is a reference book that you can periodically dip into but the book includes a little too much technical jargon at times.
Smith, Robin M. (2008) Conquering the Content: A Step-by-Step Guide to Online Course Design San Francisco, Jossey-Bass. A new addition to Jossey-Bassâ¬"s Guides to Online Teaching and Learning series. Many good ideas here for designing an online course from scratch but there is a tendency towards wordiness and most of the examples are from the medical sciences.
Strom, David (2002) Intellectual Property Issues for Higher Education Unions: A Primer, here This report discusses the issues surrounding intellectual property rights.
Sull, Errol Craig (March 2006) The 10 Key Rules for Managing Time in Online Teaching, Online Classroom 6-7. Available here. Some useful tips here for online instructors.
Wach, Howard M. (Summer 2007) Communicating History: Online Tools and Pedagogy, Academic Exchange Quarterly. In this article Wach, an instructor at the City University of New York, discusses the benefits of asynchronous discussion, a private journal, and a course blog in his online world history class.
Wallace, Raven M. (2003) Online Learning in Higher Education: A Review of Research on Interactions among Teachers and Students, Education, Communication and Information. A wide-ranging article that reviews research on online learning and is particularly useful for assessing the multiple roles of the online teacher.
Whalley, John, Theresa Welch and Lee Williamson (2006) E-Learning in FE, London and New York: Continuum. This book is mostly about technology in the traditional classroom, but contains a good chapter on disabilities.
What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator (2007) http://illinois.online.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructorProfile.asp. Faculty delivering courses online must be more than transmitters of knowledge; they must become facilitators of learning, suggests the article What Makes a Successful Online Facilitator This article suggests that online facilitators need to be more creative to make assignments that rely less on the teacher's input via classroom lectures and more on engaging students in independent discovery and research.
Zukas, Alex (August 1999) Cyberworld: Teaching World History on the World Wide Web, The History Teacher 32: 495"516. Zukas invites us into his world history course.