"Essentials of Online Teaching: A Standards-Based Guide" by Margaret Foley McCabe and Patricia González-Flores

This volume is a standards-based, streamlined guide to teaching online in higher education, high school and vocational training, or corporate learning environments. This brief but powerful book encourages immediate application of concepts with the help of real-world examples, technical insights, and professional advice.


Teachers’ active online participation and engagement with students are critical factors to the success of online courses.

The guide includes:
a practical approach informed by relevant learning theories;
clear explanations and examples from a wide variety of online courses;
teachers’ reflections about their online practice;
a checklist of standards to help guide teaching decisions

The book tackles key instructional challenges of online teaching and presents the reader with practical solutions for each phase of a course?preparation, beginning, middle, and end.

Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction to This Guide
1. Orientation to Online Teaching
2. Factors That Influence Online Teaching
3. Teaching with Digital Tools and Resources
4. Preparing to Teach Online
5. The Beginning Weeks: Launching an Online Course
6. The Middle Weeks: Facilitating Online Learning
7. The Ending Weeks: Synthesizing and Extending Learning
8. Online Collaboration
9. Online Assessment
10. Pulling It All Together: An Online Teacher in Action
Appendix A: Using the Standards Checklist
Index