Designing and Delivering Effective Online Instruction: How to Engage Adult Learners

The Spring of 2020 saw educational institutions around the world abruptly convert to online teaching formats. While this transition may be unfamiliar--and even uncomfortable--the skills and techniques needed to engage and empower online learners can be learned and mastered to serve the current and ever-expanding need. This indispensable resource focuses on combining thoughtful teaching strategies with innovative technology to help learners engage more meaningfully and learn more effectively. The book distills decades of research in adult learning and education to provide evidence-based strategies that directly and practically apply to online environments. The author identifies five core areas for focus: principles of adult learning (how people learn), engagement through presence, diversity and inclusion, community, and learner empowerment; thereby demonstrating how to prepare for the online learning environment, design and develop suitable course materials, deliver instruction, and evaluate the learning experience. Book Features: <ul> <li>A holistic approach that addresses and integrates every key dynamic to ensure the design, development, and delivery of optimal online learning experiences.</li> <li>Appropriate for instructors and course designers as they manage blended or fully online teaching models.</li> <li>Content is readily applicable across disciplines and institutional types.</li> <li>Grounded firmly in research, theory, and best practices related to social presence, engagement, inclusive pedagogy, Understanding by Design (UBD), Universal Design framework for Learning (UDL), reflective practice, and principles of adult learning and development.</li> <li>Comprehensive checklists provide overviews of key action items and associated steps involved in course design, development, and delivery.</li> <li>Reflection is a cornerstone of deep learning, and reflective questions are included in each chapter.</li> </ul>

Computers & Technology

Bloomberg, Linda Dale

Software

Teachers' College Press

Review\nExcellent, easy-to-use resource on developing, or supporting the development of a qualitative dissertation. The appendix with the rubric for chapter development is great. I circulate it often to students and other key stakeholders. -- Tera Jordan\nThis book not only provides excellent guidance on writing a qualitative dissertation, it also includes information and discussion of how to plan, design, and conduct a qualitative research study (i.e., it is helpful for qualitative methodology and methods, not just writing). -- Amy Roth McDuffie\nWritten with a clarity, this book serves as a "how to" guide to write the first three chapters of a dissertation, regardless of method. -- Kathy D. Geller\nI wish I had known about this fantastic book early in my dissertation process. I came across it in chapter 4, and it rescued me. It gave me a clear idea of what I needed to work on and helped me refine my chapter 3 drastically. It is very informative, structured, detailed, and has a road map for you. Honestly, this book became the best resource I had, and I cannot emphasize enough how vital it was for me to finish my dissertation. Highly recommended. 
-- Pascale Koayess\nI had the privilege of having Dr. Bloomberg as my dissertation chair, and I can testify that this book is truly a roadmap to completing your dissertation. This updated edition provides student-friendly tables and figures with examples to support your dissertation journey. The companion website also provides resource templates that will save time and guide you through every step of completing your qualitative dissertation from beginning to end. 
-- Janelly L. Garza\nI cannot recommend this book enough. Dr. Bloomberg′s writing style is accessible, practical, and organized, as well as inspirational and motivating. This book provided conceptual guidance to me as well as hands-on checklists and examples to ensure my research methods and writing were aligned, clear, and concise. This updated fifth edition continues Dr. Bloomberg′s focus on relevance and applicability with information guiding research post-pandemic, as well as continuing to push the envelope of cutting-edge qualitative design. This should be on the shelf of every qualitative researcher--student or practitioner! -- Mickey Fitch-Collins\nDr. Bloomberg has given qualitative researchers the practical map needed to reduce intimidation and empower students to succeed. When I supervised doctoral students, the first advice I gave to new mentees was: buy this book. This new edition updates the material and references, and is revised for added clarity. The book is written in a straightforward, jargon-free manner that students find reassuring. Helpful tables, checklists, and worksheets tame the chaos of the research process. The overall message of the book is: you can do this. -- Janet Salmons ― SAGE Methodspace\nThis is an excellent resource for doctoral dissertation students wanting a step-by-step formula to help them on their qualitative dissertation journey. The book is easy to navigate, informative, and easy to read. New to this edition is a chapter on ethics and rigor: the clarity of discussion and depth of information on trustworthiness, rigor, ethics, the Belmont Report, and the challenges amid and after the COVID-19 pandemic, is exceptional. -- Janet A. Boberg\nI would have been lost in the process and given up my doctoral journey if had not found this book. This straightforward, comprehensive, well written road map helps researchers, both naïve and experienced, to reach their destination in a timely manner. The author uses scholarly language that is not overly complicated, and there are templates, checklists, reflexive questions to guide and model each step of the dissertation process. In the fifth edition includes more focus on reflexivity, positionality, inclusion, ethics and trustworthiness. A ‘must have’ for doctoral students. -- Meral Muyesser\nAddressing the key challenges facing

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map From Beginning to End

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation fills an important gap in qualitative research literature by specifically addressing the fast-growing practice of qualitative master′s studies and doctoral dissertations in colleges and universities throughout the world. Many students struggle with turning qualitative research projects into a master′s thesis or doctoral dissertation because the research itself is inherently messy. To address this challenge, authors Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe have distilled decades of experience into a first-of-its-kind, highly practical reference for graduate students. <ul>
<li>Offers "roadmaps" in the form of tables, figures, and matrices. These are intended as "working tools" to clarify thinking, and to organize and present data. </li>
<li>Presents an integrative summary discussion at the end of each chapter that highlights key concepts and issues raised in the chapter</li>
<li>Provides comprehensive checklists at the end of each chapter to review what has been accomplished before proceeding to the subsequent chapter. </li>
<li>Includes an annotated bibliography in each chapter for easy referral to additional relevant sources. </li>
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Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation is a must-have resource for any student contemplating a qualitative research project, thesis, or dissertation, and equally valuable to researchers undertaking and writing up their qualitative research. Praise for Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation
"Bloomberg and Volpe wisely, caringly, and thoughtfully share their hard-earned experience and the experiences of many doctoral students′ journeys from diverse universities, which are profound. Their wisdom is offered in an easy-to-understand fashion and provides practical advice for doctoral students as they move forward in each and every step of their dissertation journeys. They speak eloquently to broad and intricate principles and nuances of qualitative research and to how to work with qualitative data. This is extremely valuable book and I suggest that you use it in your courses as you work to support your students―and your teaching. I will use it in mine. It is a gift!" ―Ellie Drago-Severson, Teachers College, Columbia University
"Working in the post-course limbo that is the dissertation stage is the hardest part of the life of a graduate student. Drawing on the experiences of doctoral students across the United States, Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe aim to provide a practical and accessible guide to dealing with the obstacles and pitfalls that confront researchers as they struggle with writing a qualitative dissertation." ―Stephen D. Brookfield, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis-St Paul
"Bloomberg and Volpe have written a refreshingly pragmatic, must-read text that is geared toward getting doctoral students back on the fast track to completing their qualitative dissertations. They expertly unveil the shroud of mysticism that surrounds the process of writing a qualitative dissertation by writing in a succinct, straightforward manner, providing concrete examples, and offering ample practical advice and hope. The ideas presented are extraordinarily clear and simple, yet comprehensive in breadth and profound in depth ― precisely what′s needed to complete a qualitative dissertation." ―Julia Sloane, Founder of Sloan International Consulting
"The dissertation study can seem, to many people, like the longest, loneliest, and most difficult open book exam that they will ever take. Bloomberg and Volpe give not just a clear roadmap, but a personal account of the journey ― both of the research task and of the interpersonal and political processes that must be navigated to complete it. What I like best is that they do not stop with the dissertation document, but help the student think beyond the study to the publications and potential research streams that it may launch. This then is really a mentoring guide for new scholars, not just a great resource for students writing a dissertation." ―Karen E. Watkins, University of Georgia
"Bloomberg and Volpe′s Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End, is a must read for students committed to the wonderful and rewarding journey that transforms an idea requiring passionate research, into a dissertation that merits scholarly and confident completion. This work is an essential resource, and in it are meaningful lessons for all students serious about qualitative research." ―John M. Carfora, Amherst College
"This book does so much to de-mystify both the process of conducting qualitative research as well as writing a dissertation. Not only do I wish the book had been available when I was a student, but I wish all of my advisees had been able to have such a rich resource. This book will definitely be required reading and reference for my future students!" ―Barbara A. Macaulay, University of Massachusetts
"Completing a qualitative research project can be a messy task for both experienced and inexperienced researchers, and for those who are working on their first qualitative project for their dissertation, the ambiguity can be a stopper. The authors "walk beside" their readers on this challenging learning journey, providing both concrete tools for bringing clarity to some of the conceptual challenges and practical suggestions for crafting a quality dissertation. I see this book as an invaluable aid for my students." ―Ann K. Brooks, University of Texas, Austin

Volpe, Marie F.

Graduate students often struggle with turning qualitative research projects into a master′s thesis or doctoral dissertation because the research itself is inherently messy. Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End, Second Edition helps address that challenge. Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe have distilled decades of experience of dissertation advisement and successful doctoral defenses into this highly practical reference for graduate students. They focus on finding and articulating a clear research problem, purpose, and questions; laying out a research design that will lead to gathering the right kind of data and support the right kind of analysis; and writing up and defending the study. To help, they provide working tools, an integrative summary discussion at the end of each chapter, comprehensive checkists, and an annotated bibliography in each chapter.

This bundle includes Patton: Qualitative Research &amp; Evaluation Methods 4e and Bloomberg: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation 2e

BUNDLE: Patton: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods 4e + Bloomberg: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation 2e

Patton, Michael Quinn

Addressing one of the key challenges facing doctoral students, Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation fills a gap in qualitative literature by offering comprehensive guidance and practical tools for navigating each step in the qualitati

BUNDLE: Bloomberg: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation 3e + Saldana: Thinking Qualitatively

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation offers comprehensive step-by-step guidance and practical tools for navigating the personal and professional challenges that can arise during the qualitative dissertation journey. Authors Linda Dale Bloomberg and Maria Volpe skillfully blend the conceptual, theoretical, and practical, empowering readers to successfully master both the content and the process of their qualitative dissertations. The Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated to respond to developments in the field, allowing the book to have wider application for dissertation work within the evolving world of qualitative inquiry. Included in this edition is a new chapter titled "Achieving Alignment Throughout Your Dissertation," a greater focus on how all qualitative traditions can encompass activist research and social justice inquiry, and enhanced coverage on the role of the researcher, emphasizing the importance of reflexivity and approaching research critically.

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Designing and Delivering Effective Online Instruction: How to Engage Adult Learners

Designing and Delivering Effective Online Instruction: How to Engage Adult Learners

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map From Beginning to End

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Roadmap From Beginning to End

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map From Beginning to End

BUNDLE: Patton: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods 4e + Bloomberg: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation 2e

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map From Beginning to End

BUNDLE: Bloomberg: Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation 3e + Saldana: Thinking Qualitatively

Completing Your Qualitative Dissertation: A Road Map From Beginning to End