Professional Development Collection: Web-Based Learning

Want a fast, fun, effective way to build an online course? Want the satisfaction of knowing your online course truly delivers the transformation it promises? If your goal is not just to sell a digital product, but to become a world-changing global teacher, the Course Design Formula that is the heart of this book will help you get there. Read this book and follow its every instruction to the letter and you will build your next online course better, faster, and more effectively than others who are not using a research-based instructional design process. In Course Design Formula, author Rebecca Frost Cuevas synthesizes best practices from cognitive psychology, instructional design, learning theory, and information processing theory with her decades of hands-on expertise into clear guidelines that can be applied quickly to any type of content geared for any target audience.

A timely guide to online teaching strategies from bestselling author Doug Lemov and the Teach Like a Champion team School closures in response to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic resulted in an immediate and universal pivot to online teaching. More than 3.7 million teachers in the U.S. were suddenly asked to teach in an entirely new setting with little preparation and no advance notice. This has caused an unprecedented threat to children's education, giving rise to an urgent need for resources and guidance. Teaching in the Online Classroom is a just-in-time response to educators' call for help. Teaching expert Doug Lemov and his colleagues spent weeks studying videos of online teaching and they now provide educators in the midst of this transition with a clear guide to engaging and educating their students online. Although the transition to online education is happening more abruptly than anyone anticipated, technology-supported teaching may be here to stay. This guide explores the challenges involved in online teaching and guides educators and administrators to identify and understand best practices. It is a valuable tool to help you and your students succeed in synchronous and asynchronous settings this school year and beyond. Learn strategies for engaging students more fully online Find new techniques to assess student progress from afar Discover tools for building online classroom culture, combating online distractions, and more Watch videos of teachers building rigor and relationships during online instruction Teaching in the Online Classroom features real-world examples you can apply and adapt right away in your own online classroom to allow you to survive and thrive online.

Flipped instruction definitely has turned higher education on its head. The lectures that used to be the foundation of teaching have been pushed out of the classroom. In their place are activities designed to put the information from those lectures to work. What is driving this transformative shift is its promise. When done well, flipped instruction helps students process material in new ways. They do more than memorize and recall--they begin to understand, evaluate, and even create new knowledge. In other words, flipped instruction is catching on because it works. The challenge, of course, is getting it to work. Students have to be motivated to prepare for class and engaged when they arrive. Faculty members and instructors who no longer spend class time delivering information have to develop methods to facilitate learning. It is a vastly different learning environment for students and instructors alike. Fortunately, you do not have to figure it all out on your own. Some instructors have been employing and refining flipped instruction for some time now. They have determined what works--and what doesn't. Their best ideas are collected in a single resource: Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty. This collection is a comprehensive guide to flipping no matter how much--or how little--experience you have with it. If you are just getting started, you will learn where and how to begin. If you have been at it for a while, you will find new ideas to try and solutions to common challenges. Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty is an invaluable resource that covers all necessary territory, including how to: Plan flipped lessonsEngage students in flipped instruction and active learningMotivate unprepared studentsHold students accountable for pre-class workIncorporate moments of reflection into an active-learning classroomUse small-group work in flipped classroomsIntegrate moments of reflectionFlip courses regardless of the size of the classroomAccommodate introverted students who might be uncomfortable with the flipped modelAssess in a flipped environmentUse feedback to advance learningFlip online coursesBest use technology in flipped instruction This guide also bridges the active-learning gaps and covers topics frequently left out of flipping conversations. Some examples of these are: Dealing with student resistanceAccommodating students with disabilitiesFlipping instruction in diverse classroomsHandling the peer review process when flipping is not well established at your institution What's more, each chapter in this collection concludes with questions for reflection and discussion along with activities for applying what you have learned. Additional supplemental materials include lesson plan templates, grading rubrics, and sample assignments. Flipping the College Classroom: Practical Advice from Faculty is designed to be the definitive resource on flipped instruction. No matter how experienced or comfortable you are with flipping, this resource will help you accomplish more in your active-learning classroom. Bulk Purchases To purchase multiple print copies of this book, visit www.MagnaGroupBooks.com