LEADER 02911nam 2200349 450 001 9910493661203321 005 20220222130148.0 010 $a1620367459 010 $a9781620367452 035 $a(CKB)4100000010103148 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010103148 100 $a20200229d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aThrive online $ea new approach to building expertise and confidence as an online educator / 210 1$aSterling, Virginia :$cStylus,$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (302 pages) 330 $aResearch shows that online education, when designed and facilitated well, is as effective as traditional campus-based instruction. Despite the evidence, many faculty perceive online education as inferior to traditional instruction-and are often quite vocal in their skepticism. Simultaneously, however, more and more students are seeking online courses and degree programs.Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator is an invitation for the rising tide of online educators who are relatively new to teaching online, and also for those more experienced instructors who are increasingly frustrated by the dominant bias against online education.Readers will find:* An approach that empowers online educators to thrive professionally using a set of specific agentic behaviors* Strategies for approaching conversations about online learning in new ways that inform the skeptics and critics* Strategies that celebrate the additional skills and proficiencies developed by successful online educators* Guidance for educators who want to feel natural and fluent in the online learning environment* Guidance for enhancing the user-centered nature of online spaces to create student-centered learning environments* Encouragement for online educators to pursue leadership opportunitiesThe internet is changing how people communicate and learn. Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator offers guidance, inspiration and strategies required to adapt and lead higher education through this change. This book is for higher education instructors who are seeking community, a sense of belonging, and the professional respect they deserve. Thriving is not a reaction to our environment, but rather a state of being we can create intentionally for ourselves.The time has come to change the conversation about online education. 606 $aWeb-based instruction 608 $aElectronic books. 610 6$aE-books 615 0$aWeb-based instruction. 702 $aRiggs$b Shannon$f1970-$4aut 702 $aLinder$b Kathryn E.$4aui 702 $aRalston-Berg$b Penny$f1969-$4aui 801 0$bBeLVLBS 912 $a9910493661203321 996 $aThrive online$91892857 997 $aUNINA