Learning in real time : synchronous teaching and learning online /
By: Finkelstein, Jonathan.
Series: Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning: Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, A John Wiley & Sons Imprint, c2006Description: xiv, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 078797921X (pbk.); 9780787979218:; 9780787979218.Subject(s): Computer-assisted instruction | Educational technology![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.
About the author -- Learning, live online -- Synchronous interaction across the learning continuum -- Needs served by synchronous interaction -- The synchronous compact -- Indicators for real-time online learning -- Learner skills developed and assessed live online -- Real-time learning as good practice -- Contact between students and faculty -- Cooperation among students -- Active learning -- Prompt feedback -- Time on task -- High expectations -- Diverse talents and ways of learning -- Tools for learning in real time -- Text-based tools -- Live audio and video tools -- Content, display, and other interactive tools -- Real-time learning venues -- A moving target -- Chat rooms -- Instant messenger -- Multi-user virtual environments -- Virtual reference, tutoring, and help desks -- Virtual offices and virtual meeting rooms -- Virtual classrooms -- Interactive webcasting -- Webcasting or broadcasting -- In-class online aids -- Facilitating learning in real time -- Be a good host -- Inflate a bubble of concentration -- Be a ringmaster -- Use virtual body language -- Rely on others: you are not alone -- Use the synchronous dashboard -- Be prepared and manage crises -- Real-time online learning activities -- Magnetic brainstorms -- Stone soup -- Solo fishbowls -- Paired partners or dyads -- Cracker barrels -- Guest appearances and co-hosts -- Live blogging and cclogging -- Expeditions and virtual training labs -- Multiple venue productions or presentations -- Additional resources -- Further reading and related web sites -- Ten common misconceptions about synchronous instruction -- Scheduling synchronous interaction -- Buyer's guide: questions to ask when considering a synchronous tool.
Aimed at faculty, this book explains synchronous instructional tools & how to develop their own strategies & style in using them. The author argues that synchronous learning techniques should only be developed when they are uniquely suited to the need in a given situation.