A timely update to the best-selling, practical, and comprehensive guide to online teaching

The Online Teaching Survival Guide provides a robust overview of theory-based techniques for teaching online or technology-enhanced courses. This Third Edition is a practical resource for educators learning to navigate the online teaching sector. It presents a framework of simple, research-grounded instructional strategies that work for any online or blended course. This new edition is enhanced with hints on integrating problem-solving strategies, assessment strategies, student independence, collaboration, synchronous strategies, and building metacognitive skills. This book also reviews the latest research in cognitive processing and related learning outcomes.

New and experienced online teachers alike will appreciate this book's exploration of essential technologies, course management techniques, social presence, community building, discussion and questioning techniques, assessment, debriefing, and more. With more and more classes being offered online, this book provides a valuable resource for taking your course to the next level.

* Understand the technology used in online teaching and discover how you can make the most of advanced features in the tech you use

* Learn specialized pedagogical tips and practices that will make the shift to online teaching smoother for you and your students

* Examine new research on cognition and learning, and see how you can apply these research findings your day-to-day

* Adopt a clear framework of instructional strategies that will work in any online or blended setting

* Learn how to make the most of your synchronous online class meetings using flipped model techniques integrated with asynchronous conversation

Recently, schools across the globe have experienced a shift to online courses and teaching. The theories and techniques of synchronous virtual online teaching are vastly different from traditional educational pedagogy. You can overcome the learning curve with this theory-based, hands-on guide.

Judith V. Boettcher is a nationally known consultant and author on online learning. She has led faculty support organizations at Penn State University, Florida State University, and supported faculty initiatives at the University of Florida and Duquesne University and many other colleges. She is a sought-after speaker on best pedagogical practices in online learning.

Rita-Marie Conrad is an experienced online educator, award-winning author, and digital learning strategist who has had the privilege of working at the University of California-Berkeley, Duke University and The Florida State University to help faculty strengthen their online programs and pedagogies. She is a frequent conference speaker and provides workshops on engaging digital learners.

Dramatically improve your virtual teaching skills with the newest edition of a leading resource

A practical, evidence-based resource, the Third Edition of The Online Teaching Survival Guide presents a simple and practical framework of instructional strategies mapped across a four-phase timeline that works for any online or blended course. This edition focuses specifically on thoroughly integrating problem-solving strategies, assessment strategies, learner independence, collaboration, and metacognition throughout the text.

The accomplished authors include brain research about learning within the text to support their techniques while retaining the practical and approachable style familiar to readers of the previous editions. The Third Edition includes new and revised content grounded in constructive pedagogy, learning principles, and best practices.

You'll learn how to adapt to a changing education climate that is rapidly embracing distance, remote, and online education.

Perfect for educators new to online teaching and those who seek to refine or improve their online teaching skills, The Online Teaching Survival Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of faculty developers and trainers, online and blended instructional designers, and educators in training.

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword xxiii

Introduction xvii

1 Teaching Online: The Big Picture 1

Preparing to Teach in the Online and Blended Environments 2

Uh-Oh. What Did I Say I Would Do? 2

Is This You? 3

The Definition of a Course 4

How Do Online and Blended Courses Differ from Traditional

Courses? 6

Types of Online and Blended Courses 8

The Four Phases of a Course 10

Learning Theories and Theorists 11

Lev Vygotsky (18961934): Theory of Social Development 11

John Dewey (18591952): Experiential Learning 13

Jean Piaget (18961980): Theory of Genetic Epistemology or

Origins of Thinking 14

Jerome Bruner (19152016): Constructivism 14

John Seely Brown (1940): Cognitive Apprenticeship 15

Roger Schank (1946): Schema Theory 16

Albert Bandura (1925): Social Learning Theory 17

Jean Lave (1939): Situated Learning Theory 17

K. Anders Ericsson (19462020): Expert Performance Theory 18

Ellen Langer (1947): Theory of Mindful Learning 18

Daniel Goleman (1946): Theory of Emotional Intelligence 18

Other Theorists and Influencers 19

Summaryand What's Next 19

Pause, Reflect, and Integrate 20

2 Pedagogical Principles for Effective Teaching and Learning:

10 Core Learning Principles 21

Background of the 10 Core Learning Principles 23

Ten Core Learning Principles 24

Principle 1: Every Structured Learning Experience Has

Four Elements, with the Learner at the Center 25

Principle 2: Learners Bring Their Own Personalized and

Customized Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes to the Learning

Experience 28

Principle 3: Faculty Mentors Are the Directors of the Learning

Experience 30

Principle 4: All Learners Do Not Need to Learn All Course

Content; All Learners Do Need to Learn the Core Concepts 31

Principle 5: Every Learning Experience Includes the Environment

or Context in Which the Learner Interacts 33

Principle 6: Every Learner Has a Zone of Proximal Development

That Defines the Space That a Learner Is Ready to Develop into

Useful Knowledge 34

Principle 7: Concepts Are NotWords but Organized and

Interconnected Knowledge Clusters 35

Principle 8: Different Instruction Is Required for Different

Learning Outcomes 36

Principle 9: Everything Else Being Equal, More Time on

Task Equals More Learning 37

Principle 10:We Shape Our Tools, and Our Tools Shape Us 38

Summaryand What's Next 39

Pause, Reflect, and Integrate 40

3 Best Practices for Teaching Online: 10 Plus 4 41

Best Practices for Online and Blended Teaching and Learning 42

Best Practice 1: Be Present at Your Course 42

Best Practice 2: Create a Supportive Online Course Community 45

Best Practice 3: Develop a Set of Explicit Workload and

Communication Expectations for Your Learners and for Yourself 46

Best Practice 4: Use a Variety of Large Group, Small Group, and

Individual Work Experiences 48

Best Practice 5: Use Synchronous and Asynchronous Activities 49

Best Practice 6: Ask for Informal Feedback Early in the Term 50

Best Practice 7: Prepare Discussion Posts That Invite Responses,

Questions, Discussions, and Reflections 50

Best Practice 8: Think Digital and Mobile for All Course Content 52

Best Practice 9: Combine Core Concept Learning with Customized

and Personalized Learning 53

Best Pra…