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In too many cases, online learning is little more than a lot of small print and a scrollbar. Yawn. Here consultant Shank and her contributors first show educators and curriculum designers how to use what already exists in the technology to enhance learning through interaction, creativity and play. They focus first on methods of involving individual students, collaborative teams, or interactive discussions through asynchronous and self-directed activities, synchronous activities, and self-checking and other assessment methods. They then turn to curriculum designers, showing ways to enhance the development process, improve navigation and usability, and work toward creative design and use of media. The best features of this are the recommended activities themselves; they cover a wide range of age groups, proficiency levels and content and are written to be accessible even for those just starting in creating interactive online education. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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"For those who think online learning can't be truly interactive, Patti Shank and her colleagues clearly demonstrate--in hundreds of examples--that it can. The real lesson in The Online Learning Idea Book is that technology doesn't build interactive learning; creative thinking and good, solid instructional design does. Using even a smidgen of the great ideas in this book will increase the learning effectiveness of any online program."--Marc J. Rosenberg, consultant, and author of Beyond E-Learning"Patti Shank has collected great ideas about online learning and teaching from all over the globe. If you are an online instructor or instructional designer looking for new ways to involve and engage your learners, you'll be inspired by this book!"--Terry Morris, associate professor, William Rainey Harper CollegesFilled with techniques, tools, tips, examples, resources, and dozens of "great ideas,? this invaluable resource helps people who are looking to build online instructional materials -- or improve existing materials -- discover and implement what the best and brightest in industry and education are doing to make online learning more engaging and compelling. Increase your know-how in the following areas: Look and Feel: how to increase ease-of-use Graphics and Multimedia: how to make instructional graphics engaging and compelling Activities: how to make instruction itself engaging and compelling Tools: how to use a variety of online tools Instructional Design: how to design better and faster.
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