Excellence in College Teaching and Learning: Classroom and Online Instruction

This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must continually update their Internet skills; and whether courses are taught on campus or online, they should not be academic fluff or pedagogical gimmicks. Throughout the book the authors punctuate sentences and paragraphs with metaphors, similes, hyperboles, and ironies in order to adequately capture a panoramic view of the consonance and dissonance that characterizes effective and ineffective teaching. Scattered throughout the book are suggestions about ways teachers can become more responsive to students. For example, it provides suggestions on how classroom and online teachers can consciously manage sounds, movements, colors, and the other aspects of teaching as though they were like drama, music, ballet, or literature in order to keep students attentive. This is one of the few books that give equal attention to teaching classroom and online courses. Face-to-face teaching is more art than science, so the first part of the book is interpersonally expansive. Online teaching is more technology and science than art. Therefore, the second part of the book is more straightforward, less interpersonal. By reading this book, teachers will find out what will work for him or her, and it provides a lot of interesting information about other teachers, including the authors. Also provided are succinct overviews of several instructional methods, including their theoretical foundations, that can be used independently or together to enhance the education of college students. Many of the topics discussed in one chapter are revisited in later ones. This spiral approach to learning is actually repetition and supplementation for knowledge transfer. The exercises at the end of each chapter serve dual purposes: they are both self-assessments and summaries of selected data. The book will serve as an excellent resource for would-be, new, and experienced teachers as well as professional development staff and librarians.

Education & Teaching

Nash, Susan Smith

Henderson, George

Higher & Continuing Education

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Drama. "Susan Smith Nash's dramas are postmodern collisions of cultures and identities which ask the audience (and not always politely!) to look within themselves. They'll discover the prejudice and arrogance they thought belonged to someone else are festering inside their own minds. But, so festers freedom. And the world of possibilities" -Ana Erentxum.

Catfishes & Jackals

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Potes & Poets Press

Pornography (Chapbook)

Poetry

Generator Pr

A collection of short stories, a modular novel, a (non-acid-free) descent into purgatory? It's all this, I suppose, and much more. Susan Smith Nash seems to tell the world: "You are ordinary, and I am small and together we are immense." Yes. her book is an immense reservoir of perceptions, and her reader becomes a virtual person who enters Doomsday Belly, a former life left behind, to stay there, addicted. - Erel Adam

Doomsday Belly

Contemporary

Trip Street Press

Today's e-learning organization - college, university, school, training unit, or business -- faces unique challenges, and this book of essays and articles is an invaluable resource. In this book by Susan Smith Nash, who has been involved in the development and administration of distance and online courses since the early 1990s, you will find articles on leadership, teaching, curriculum, e-learning "in extremus," technology (including the theory and effective use of podcasts, blogs, and new popular technology-forward devices), student needs and instructional activities that bring about highly effective learning situations. The articles in this book answer your questions. The solid scholarship and resources for further study help you succeed in the ever-evolving world of e-learning.

Leadership and the e-Learning Organization

Schools & Teaching

Texture Press

My dad's last name is Querer. What kind of last name is that? In Spanish, "querer" means to want or to love. My dad says it's a Scottish name, Kerr, but that one of his ancestors believed that there were too many Kerrs in the area, and he felt he was truly special -- not at all like the bland, stolid Kerrs in his district. His first choice was to change the spelling to Cur. But it had unfortunate additional meanings -- one of which (a badly behaved dog of indifferent parentage) was already thought to reflect his character. So, he went from Kerr to Querer, landing only briefly on Cur -- but it was enough to soak up some of the attributes, namely that of being a compulsive barker. Consequently, over the years, I've tried to muzzle myself. I've largely failed. ************* Tinguely Querer, geologist, properties assessor, and corporate merger specialist, travels in her own quirky space, resulting in unexpected encounters. Tinguely records her thoughts in a journal, and the reader travels through her journeys, both mental and physical. She works with her father as she builds her own life, and surfs life's boom-bust cycles always on the edge of profound revelation or extreme denial. ******** “The Adventures of Tinguely Querer is a fast-paced, funny, poetic, metaphysical, metafictional romp. It is right up this reader’s alley and I think it will be a treat for any lover of smart, playful, meaningful fiction. It is about myth, destiny and cows. And the author’s illustrations for her beguiling text are charming and add a certain dazzle to the narrative. They may remind the reader of Kurt Vonnegut’s playful illustrations for Breakfast of Champions, or the whimsical drawings of Thurber. Nash may at times seem like a female Vonnegut (one chapter here is called “Vonnegut Radio,”) or perhaps Tom Robbins, but she is also unique and full of her own personal bravura and mojo. This modern, hip trip of a novel will delight you and stay with you long after you finish reading it. Tinguely herself may seem a real friend by book’s end and she may have you waiting impatiently for what Susan Smith Nash does next.” --Corey Mesler, author of Following Richard Brautigan

The Adventures of Tinguely Querer

Ang, Arlene

E-Learning Success: From Courses to Careers is a wide-ranging, robust, and always useful collection of articles that help you succeed in your online courses, complete your online program, and to find a satisfying career in an ever-changing world. Many of the most common worries and concerns are addressed as Dr. Susan Smith Nash, who has designed, developed, and administered e-learning and m-learning programs in a wide range of fields, guides you on your path. You'll enjoy the humor, the quirky perspective, and the always upbeat and positive tone of the articles, even as you mine them for information that you can put to work today.Nash has received numerous awards and recognitions for her articles, blogs, and programs she has designed, and she is known as a turnaround specialist, who can take flagging programs and put them on their feet so that they start carrying their weight in their organization and contributing to the overall prestige, mission, and bottom line.

E-Learning Success: From Courses to Careers

Learn the best practices to design and develop interactive and highly effective Moodle coursesAbout This Book<ul>
<li>Explore Moodle's course development features like themes, social media plugins and archiving content</li> <li>Bring together instructional materials, social interaction, and student management functions in your courses</li> <li>An easy-to-follow guide to help you create or update your Moodle course</li> </ul>Who This Book Is ForThis book can be used by training managers, teachers, instructors, Moodle administrators, instructional technologists, instructional designers, and e- learning entrepreneurs. If you are looking for a very easy and convenient way to organize learning activities along with group projects and activities, then this book is for you. Some prior experience with Moodle would be helpful, and it would also be helpful if you understand the basics of using HTML and how to work with different multimedia file formats and social media.What You Will Learn<ul>
<li>Set up a template for a series of courses</li> <li>Design the appearance of your course</li> <li>Manage the resources and activities of your course</li> <li>Organize your course content effectively</li> <li>Set up instructional materials for your course</li> <li>Select and set up assessments</li> <li>Include effective instructional strategies in your course</li> <li>Archive your course content for reuse</li> </ul>In DetailMoodle Course Design Best Practices is a practical guide that will teach you how to use the tools available in Moodle to develop unique courses for many kinds of organizations. You will be able to utilize the themes that have been contributed by developers. You can incorporate many different types of course materials and interactive assessments. You will also learn how to modify the structure and presentation of resources, activities, and assessments to create courses for individual use, cohorts, and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The use of the various multimedia features to enhance your Moodle courses is also explained in this book.

Moodle Course Design Best Practices

Computers & Technology

Moore, Michelle

Web Development & Design

Packt Publishing

Key Features
<ul>
<li>Unleash your teaching talents and develop exciting, dynamic courses</li>
<li>Put together effective online courses that motivate students from all backgrounds, generations, and learning styles</li>
<li>Find powerful insights into developing more successful and educational courses</li>
</ul>Book DescriptionMoodle, the world's most popular, free open-source Learning Management System (LMS) has released several new features and enhancements in its latest 3.0 release. More and more colleges, universities, and training providers are using Moodle, which has helped revolutionize e-learning with its flexible, reusable platform and components.
This book brings together step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions to leverage the full power of Moodle 3 to build highly interactive and engaging courses that run on a wide range of platforms including mobile and cloud.
Beginning with developing an effective online course, you will write learning outcomes that align with Bloom's taxonomy and list the kinds of instructional materials that will work given one's goal. You will gradually move on to setting up different types of forums for discussions and incorporating multi-media from cloud-base sources. You will then focus on developing effective timed tests, self-scoring quizzes while organizing the content, building different lessons, and incorporating assessments. Lastly, you will dive into more advanced topics such as creating interactive templates for a full course by focussing on creating each element and create workshops and portfolios which encourage engagement and collaborationWhat you will learn<ul>
<li>Create a dynamic learning environment using different techniques</li>
<li>Motivate your students to collaborate and demonstrate what they are learning and to create projects together</li>
<li>Develop materials you can re-use in your future courses</li>
<li>Create online workshops and galleries for your students to make presentations about what they have learned</li>
<li>Engage your students in team work that helps them connect course content with their experiences and prior learning</li>
<li>Develop high-quality courses that will last to create a personal inventory you can use and re-use</li>
</ul>About the AuthorSusan Smith Nash has been designing and developing online courses and programs for more than 15 years for education, training, and personal development.
In addition to Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques, she is the author of a number of Moodle books and training videos, including Moodle Course Design Best Practices and Moodle for Training and Professional Development. She has also authored Video-Assisted Mobile Learning for Writing Courses.Table of Contents<ol>
<li>Developing an Effective Online Course</li>
<li>Instructional Material</li>
<li>Collaborative Activities</li>
<li>Assessment</li>
<li>Lesson Solutions</li>
<li>Wiki Solutions</li>
<li>Glossary Solutions</li>
<li>The Choice Activity</li>
<li>Course Solutions</li>
<li>Workshop Solution</li>
<li>Portfolio/Gallery Solution</li>
</ol>

Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques - Third Edition

A complete guide on course development and delivery using Moodle 3.xKey Features<ul>
<li>Get the best out of the latest Moodle 3 framework to ensure successful learning</li>
<li>Gain experience in creating different kinds of courses</li>
<li>Create your first Moodle VR app using the Moodle VR toolset</li>
</ul>Book DescriptionMoodle is a learning platform or Course Management System (CMS) that is easy to install and use, but the real challenge is in developing a learning process that leverages its power and maps the learning objectives to content and assessments for an integrated and effective course. Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development guides you through meeting that challenge in a practical way.
This latest edition will show you how to add static learning material, assessments, and social features such as forum-based instructional strategy, a chat module, and forums to your courses so that students reach their learning potential. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online and distance e-learning courses, this book will prove to be a powerful resource throughout your use of Moodle.
You’ll learn how to create and integrate third-party plugins and widgets in your Moodle app, implement site permissions and user accounts, and ensure the security of content and test papers. Further on, you’ll implement PHP scripts that will help you create customized UIs for your app. You’ll also understand how to create your first Moodle VR e-learning app using the latest VR learning experience that Moodle 3 has to offer.
By the end of this book, you will have explored the decisions, design considerations, and thought processes that go into developing a successful course.What you will learn<ul>
<li>Know what Moodle does and how it supports your teaching strategies</li>
<li>Install Moodle on your computer and navigate your way around it</li>
<li>Understand all of Moodle's learning features</li>
<li>Monitor how learners interact with your site using site statistics</li>
<li>Add multimedia content to your site</li>
<li>Allow students to enroll themselves or invite other students to join a course</li>
</ul>Who This Book Is ForThis book is for anyone who wants to get the best out of Moodle. As a beginner, this is a thorough guide for you to understand how the software works, with great ideas for getting off to a good start with your first course. Some experience of working with e-learning systems will be beneficial. Experienced Moodle users will find powerful insights into developing successful and educational courses.Table of Contents<ol>
<li>A Guided Tour of Moodle</li>
<li>Installing Moodle</li>
<li>Configuring Your Site</li>
<li>Creating Categories and Courses</li>
<li>Resources, Activities, and Conditional Access</li>
<li>Adding Resources</li>
<li>Adding Assignments, Lessons, Feedback, and Choices</li>
<li>Evaluating Students with Quizzes</li>
<li>Getting Social with Chats and Forums</li>
<li>Collaborating with Wikis and Glossaries</li>
<li>Running a Workshop</li>
<li>Groups and Cohorts</li>
<li>Extending Your Course by Adding Blocks</li>
<li>Features for Teachers</li>
</ol>

Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development: Create highly engaging e-learning courses with Moodle 3, 4th Edition

Rice, William

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