Overview

This second edition is a practical, easy-to-read resource on web-based learning. The book ably and clearly equips readers with strategies for designing effective online courses, creating communities of web-based learners, and implementing and evaluating based on an instructional design framework. Case example, case studies, and discussion questions extend readers skills, inspire discussion, and encourage readers to explore the trends and issues related to online instructional design and delivery.

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Author:   Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers ,  Karen L. Rasmussen ,  Patrick R. Lowenthal
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2018
Weight:   0.629kg
ISBN:  

9783319884950

ISBN 10:   3319884956
Pages:   387
Publication Date:   09 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction to Online Learning, Communities and Instructional Design.- Chapter 1.Overview of Online Instruction and Learning Environments and Communities.- Chapter 2.Foundations of Online Learning and Instructional Design.- Part II. The WBID Model for Creating an Online Community of Learners.- Chapter 3.Analysis: Considering Outcomes, Context, and Learners.- Chapter 4. Analysis: Considering the Instructional Content for Online Instruction.- Chapter 5.Planning the Evaluation of Online Instruction.- Chapter 6. Concurrent Design: Preplanning and Design Tasks.- Chapter 7. Concurrent Design: Instructional and Motivational Strategy Planning.- Chapter 8.Concurrent Design: Putting Design Plans into Development Action.- Part III. Implementation and Evaluation of Online Instruction.- Chapter 9.Implementation: Establishing a Sense of Community.- Chapter 10. Conducting Summative Evaluation and Research: The Final Stage.

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Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers is a professor in the Instructional Design and Development (IDD) program at the University of South Alabama. She serves as the Foundations Area Program Coordinator in her department, Counseling and Instructional Sciences. She developed two graduate certificate programs: Human Performance Improvement and Instructional Design and Development, and now advises master’s and doctoral students about them. Being the first in her program to teach online course, she continues to design and teach both online and blended courses in the areas of instructional design and organizational performance improvement and change among others. Her publications and presentations focus on online and blended learning, instructional strategies and needs assessment. Karen L. Rasmussen is a professor and Associate Vice President in the Division of Research and Strategic Innovation at the University of West Florida. She leads initiatives related to academic policy, innovative practice and careerand technical education. At the state level, Dr. Rasmussen works in the area of adult degree completion, leading Complete Florida, to support and assist adults with some college to finish their degrees. She works closely with teams on campus to implement innovative distance learning models to maintain high quality programs. She led the launch of a statewide career awareness and technical education tool for K-20 students and citizens in Florida. She is a co-editor of the Handbook of Research on Competency-Based Education in University Settings. Patrick R. Lowenthal is an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Boise State University. He teaches online in the MA and doctoral in eLearning programs in his department. Before becoming a faculty member, he worked as an instructional designer at Boise as well as at the CU Online at the University of Colorado at Denver. He completed a doctorate in education, focusing on instructional design and technology and has an MA in Instructional Design and Technology. His research interests focus on instructional communication, specifically in the broad concept of presence including social and instructor presence, and the role technology plays in supporting or inhibiting presence. He is currently serving as the Senior Assistant Editor, Online Learning Journal.

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