E-Moderating: The Key To Teaching And Learning Online

Interest in online teaching, learning and training continues to grow, yet one thing remains constant: the key role of the e-moderator in ensuring the quality and success of online learning. This book — an online learning classic — is essential for anyone teaching online or developing online courses and process.

Practical and accessible, E-moderating is a user’s guide to working effectively in the virtual world, covering key areas including: the why, what and how of e-moderating; becoming a good e-moderator; the benefits to learners of e-moderating; training to become an effective e-moderator; and featuring a unique collection of resources for practitioners

Table Of Contents:

Series editor's forewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsPt. 1Concepts and cases1What is e-moderating?32A model for CMC in education and training223E-Moderating qualities and roles384Training e-moderators555E-moderators and the participants' experience696E-moderating: the key to the future of online teaching and learning88Pt. 2Resources for practitioners1Choosing a software system for CMC1012Are you ready to work online?1053Keeping e-moderating costs down1074CMC users with disabilities1085Online participant induction1106Supporting and developing CMC novices1127Using the five-stage model1158Evaluating participation on CMC1209Training e-moderators12310E-moderation principles for productive conferencing12511Techniques for CMC structures12712Conference housekeeping13413Understanding lurkers13614Boosting CMC participation13815Knowledge sharing and construction14116Conference text examples14317Monitoring e-moderating15518Communicating online15719Valuing online diversity16120A future scenario16321Exploring CMC on the World Wide Web16522What will we call ourselves?169References173Index177

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Quarterly Review of Distance Education

There have been many times when I have wished that I had the "resources for practitioners" that Gilly Salmon has collected, with all the techniques, tips, and tricks together in one place....[The] five-stage model is probably her strongest contribution to the e-moderator's knowledge base. This model accurately reflects students' experience and has been tested and refined over several years and many students and e-moderators. It can be easily adapted to any location and used with any kind of conferencing system. The resources in the second half of the book [can] apply to the North American conferencing environment [and] should be required reading for all those involved in the e-moderating enterprise, regardless of their roles. Is the book worth ordering from your ... Bookstore? You bet!.