Teaching health professionals online : frameworks and strategies / / Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910138962503321
• Autore: Melrose Sherri <1951-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Athabasca University Press, 2013; Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-927356-67-9; 1-927356-66-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 610.711
• Soggetti: Medicine - Study and teaching; Medical education - Computer-assisted instruction; Medicine - Computer-assisted instruction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Instructional Immediacy: The Heart of Collaborating and Learning in Groups -- 2 Invitational Theory: Developing the Plus Factor -- 3 Constructivism: Building on What Learners Know -- 4 Connectivism: Learning by Forming Connections -- 5 Transformational Learning: Creating Attitudinal Shifts in Online Learners -- 6 Quantum Learning Environments: Making the Virtual Seem Real in the Online Classroom [by Katherine Janzen] -- Conclusion: Rethinking Online Course Design and Teaching.
• Sommario/riassunto: Intended for a wide range of health care professionals-nurses,social workers, occupational and radiation therapists, chiropractors, dietitians, and dental hygienists-who deliver online classes, this compendium of creative, challenging activities will inspire new and experienced instructors. Each chapter is contextualized within one of such educational theories as instructional immediacy, invitational theory,constructivism, connectivism, transformative learning, and quantum learning theory.