Developing Online Learning Environments: Third Edition - Softcover

Rietschel, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826199135 ISBN 13: 9780826199133

Publisher: Springer Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This third edition of the best-selling nurse educator's handbook on using online teaching tools and assessing their results keeps pace with the rapid-fire progression in digital learning that has occurred since the second edition was published in 2008. Completely revised and updated, this edition presents several new interactive digital tools and current guidelines in translating courses from the classroom to the online environment. It provides new content on Web-based learning theories and how to optimally teach students using the latest technology. Additionally, this edition offers new information on staff development and a new chapter on the role of staff development educator, guides instructors on how to build an on-line community, and includes practical, proven measures for student assessment and evaluation in online education.

Using a step-by-step approach, the book discusses the basics of online learning, its infrastructure, and its technical support needs. Current evidenced-based research examines teacher-student interactions, course management, web-based resources, and best-practices. The text also includes an overview of free and for-purchase technologies and describes how to choose those technologies that meet the needs of a particular teaching situation. The book is completely interactive, containing web-based tools to enhance methods and concepts. Chapters also include interactive case studies, tutorials, and exercises to enhance learning and test learning styles. This text will not only provide optimal guidance for using the Web to teach students and professional nurses skills they need to embrace best practices and achieve optimal outcomes, it will also instil in them the habits of lifelong learning.

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About the Author

Carol O'Neil, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, USA. Dr. O'Neil is a Web Initiative in Teaching (WIT) Fellow. Dr. O'Neil teaches online and has presented her research and experiences in teaching and learning online at both international and national conferences.

Cheryl Fisher, MSN, RN, is the Informatics/E-learning Manager for the Nursing Department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has over 20 years’ experience at NIH, including positions with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. She works closely with nurse educators developing and delivering online educational offerings and managing the NIH Nursing Internet and Intranet Web sites. She also teaches Informatics for the University of Maryland and Nursing Theory and Nursing Research for the University of Phoenix Online. Currently she is enrolled at Towson University in Towson, Maryland as a doctoral student in instructional technology.

Matthew Rietschel, MS, is Director, Educational Strategies at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0826199135
• ISBN 13: 9780826199133
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: O'Neil Carol, Fisher Cheryl