Blended Learning and Online Tutoring: Planning Learner Support and Activity Design

✍ Scribed by Janet MacDonald

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface to Second Edition
1 Introduction
Distance technologies: potential and pitfalls
Blended learning and blended teaching strategies
What this book contains
Who this book is for
A personal reflection
PART I: APPROACHES TO BLENDED LEARNING
2 Tutor-Mediated Support: Reflecting on Present Practice
The SOLACE project
Blending support strategies
Supporting the group
Supporting the individual student
Convergence of campus-based and distance contexts
Summarising contact with groups and individuals
In summary
3 Tutors’ Perceptions of Effective Intervention
What makes for good quality?
Intervention quality and media choice
Which qualities do you value?
In summary
4 Blended Learning and Pragmatism
A survey of current practice
Common components of blended learning
The teaching and learning environment
In summary
5 Blended Learning and Pedagogy
The contribution of asynchronous support
The contribution of face-to-face support
Pedagogy meets pragmatism
In summary
PART II: ONLINE TUTORING
6 Supporting Students Using Asynchronous Tools: Forums, Wikis and Blogs
What tools are available?
Models of asynchronous support
Group size
Summarising the options for asynchronous support
Not working well?
In summary
7 Handy Techniques for Moderators: Online Asynchronous Groups
General techniques
Techniques for particular tools
8 Supporting Students Using Synchronous Tools: Chat, Audio Conferencing and the Rest
What tools are available?
Models of synchronous support
In summary
9 Handy Techniques for Moderators: Online Synchronous Groups
General techniques
Techniques for particular tools
PART III: DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT LEARNERS: ACTIVITY DESIGN
10 The Experience of Blended Learning
What are the practical implications?
What makes a competent online learner?
Does online learning suit all students?
In summary
11 Course Design for Blended Learning
Keeping students on course and in tune
Constructive alignment and learning design
The roles of assessment
In summary
12 Developing E-Investigators
Advantages of electronic resources
How do students come to be e-investigators?
Deciding on relevance
Searching for information
Using resources appropriately
In summary
13 Developing E-Writers
Writing to understand: note-taking
Writing assignments
Practising for exam writing
Collaborative writing
In summary
14 Developing E-Communicators and Collaborators
What is involved in online communication?
Starting off
Online collaborative learning
In summary
15 Staff Development for Blended Learning
Practical considerations for tutors
Practical considerations for staff developers
Approaches to staff development
In summary
Appendix 1 Blended Learning Case Studies
Bibliography
Index
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