The Excellent Online Instructor (ePub)

The Excellent Online Instructor is a guide for new and
seasoned faculty who teach online, those responsible for training
and developing online instructors, and administrators who must
evaluate online faculty performance. This comprehensive resource
describes the qualities of and explains how one can become an
excellent online instructor. Written by Rena M. Palloff and Keith
Pratt--noted experts in online instruction--the book

* Includes models based in adult learning principles and best
practices

* Offers guidelines to test instructors' readiness to teach
online

* Contains ideas for overcoming faculty resistance

* Reveals how to develop an effective mentoring program

* Shows how to establish a long-term faculty development
effort

Praise for The Excellent Online Instructor

"Palloff and Pratt have a profound understanding of the online
educational milieu, its complexities and challenges as well as the
potential it opens up to serious educators dedicated to exploiting
its full value. Practical and down-to-earth strategies are at the
core of what the authors offer the reader in this engaging
book."

--Michael J. Canuel, CEO, LEARN Quebec

"This book examines best practices for effective online teaching
and instructor engagement and provides a concise plan for faculty
development and effective training methods. Rena Palloff and Keith
Pratt have provided another essential resource for the field of
online teaching and learning that is a must-read for anyone working
with faculty or teaching online in either higher education or
K-12."

--Kaye Shelton, dean, Online Education, Dallas Baptist
University

"Whether you are guiding departmental faculty or looking to
improve your own online skills, Palloff and Pratt provide practical
steps, tools to organize your processes, best practices to emulate,
and valuable resources to help you achieve excellence
online."

--Lynn Olson, dean, Graduate and Professional Studies,
St. Joseph's College Online