1st Edition
Engaging Virtual Environments Creative Ideas and Online Tools to Promote Student Interaction, Participation, and Active Learning
Foreword-- Lillian Nave Introduction 1. Virtual Instructor as Decision Maker and Facilitator 2. Virtual Instructor as a Community Builder and Supporter 3. Virtual Instructor as a Team Builder, Learner, and Collaborator 4. Virtual Instructor as a Course Designer and Student Engager 5. Virtual Instructor as a Content Expert and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Guide. Using Asynchronous Instruction 6. Virtual Instructor as Project Planner and Assessor 7. Virtual Instructor as a Lifelong Learner and Knowledge Sharer Guide to Tools About the Authors References Index
Biography
Joanne Ricevuto is the Assistant Vice President for Instructional Success and is responsible for the faculty programming at her institution, which includes providing and presenting a multitude of professional workshops to the faculty on various current topics in higher education. She also serves as the managing editor of the website for the Office of Instructional Success. She has been in higher education for 20+ years and a professor of early childhood education. Additionally, she is the author of many published articles on virtual learning as well as student engagement. Laura McLaughlin is a professor of education and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Laura has over 20 years of experience working with adult learners providing training, professional development and coaching in corporate and educational settings. She is coauthor of Nurturing Young Innovators: Cultivating Creativity in the Home, School and Community and Teaching the 4 Cs with Technology: How Do I Teach 21st Century Skills with 21st Century Tools.
"Ricevuto and McLaughlin provide the rationale behind what it means to be a virtual instructor in every facet that the role entails. They describe the many hats that a virtual instructor must wear in order to design, build, facilitate, and evaluate a collaborative, engaging virtual experience. Each chapter is divided into two sections. The first part of each chapter explores the related roles or facets of a virtual instructor, and the second section provides tips, tools, and templates to help the instructor in each one of these roles.
This book is a veritable decision tree for the new or 'not-so-new' virtual instructor that includes helpful definitions, appropriate questions to ask oneself along the way, and all of the tips, tools, and templates you could ask for to make teaching online fun and satisfying for the instructor, and interesting and engaging for the student. It is an essential tool to have in the virtual instructor's toolbox for today's challenging online teaching and learning environment."
