Fluency in Distance Learning offers a practical, hands-on, workshop style approach to
creating an effective distance learning course. Full of specific ideas and strategies, the
authors guide you through the process from beginning to end. Specific instructions are
provided for setting up a course home page, developing interactive content, and utilizing a
variety of multimedia resources. Chapters are focused on the following topics:
Introduction: Insights into Distance Learning
Chapter 1: KSA: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Effective Distance Learning
Instructors
Chapter 2: Active Learning in Online Courses
Chapter 3: Multimedia in Online Teaching: Creating Dynamic Content
Chapter 4: Communication is Key
Chapter 5: Assessment doesn't have to be a four letter word: TEST!
Chapter 6: Organizing and Designing Course Pages
Fluency in Distance Learning distinguishes itself from other publications on distance
learning with its straightforward, practical workshop format. Specific strategies
and examples of effective distance learning course materials help instructors to
build a quality distance learning course quickly and effectively regardless of the
learning management system being used. A companion website contains multimedia
files and interactive exercises to enhance the reader's learning and understanding of
distance learning pedagogy and content development for online courses. In addition,
all the necessary media files for trainers to deliver a series of professional development
workshops on distance learning, are also available.
Potential audiences include:
Instructors in need of a textbook for a course focused on distance learning pedagogy;
Instructors in need of a textbook for distance learning certification courses;
Instructors desiring to transform traditional instructional materials to an effective
distance learning delivery format;
Administrators with a need to provide professional development training to distance
learning faculty;
Professional development staff who provide training in distance learning pedagogy, content development, and facilitation
strategies.
Instructional designers with responsibility of working with faculty to develop online course(s)
