A review by Catherine Hillman This is one of my go-to books in my “online learning” shelf because it addresses not only the magnificent vortex of an adjustment that is online teaching, but also because it offers some truly beneficial and practical suggestions for course preparation. There are terrific insights that will help you map out your approach to an online course from a pedagogical point of view, as well as avoiding certain technology pitfalls that can derail the process of converting your lecture materials to an appropriate online activity. While the book does not cover any specific learning management system, it does (correctly) assume that any major LMS will offer an html-based platform for arranging and presenting your materials, and is therefore helpful regardless of your delivery platform. The portion of the book that deals with new approaches to online course design serves as an equal challenge to those of us who also teach Face-to-Face, as it challenges our assumptions...
Musings from an online instructor