Empowering Online Learning 100+ Activities for Reading, Reflecting, Displaying, and Doing

by Bonk, Curtis J.; Zhang, Ke

• ISBN13: 9780787988043
• ISBN10: 0787988049
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-21
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This is an essential resource for anyone designing or facilitating online learning. It introduces an easy, practical model (read, reflect, display, and do) that will show online educators how to deliver content in ways that benefit all types of learners (visual, auditory, observational, and kinesthetic) from a wide variety of backgrounds and skill levels. With a solid theoretical foundation and concrete guidance and examples, this book can be used as a handy reference, a professional guidebook, or a course text. The authors intend for it to help online instructors and instructional designers as well as those contemplating such positions design, develop, and deliver learner-centered online instruction.

Author Biography

Curtis J. Bonk is professor of instructional systems technology and adjunct in the School of Informatics at Indiana University Ke Zhang is an assistant professor of instructional technology at Wayne State University where she conducts research and teaches graduate courses in online and blended learning

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. xii
About the Authors	p. xiv
The R2D2 Model: Read, Reflect, Display, and Do	p. 1
Phase 1 of the R2D2 Model: Verbal and Auditory Learners	p. 15
Activities for Phase 1: Verbal and Auditory Learners	p. 26
Phase 2 of the R2D2 Model: Reflective and Observational Learners	p. 67
Activities for Phase 2: Reflective and Observational Learners	p. 78
Phase 3 of the R2D2 Model: Visual Learners	p. 118
Activities for Phase 3: Visual Learners	p. 134
Phase 4 of the R2D2 Model: Hands-On Learners	p. 181
Activities for Phase 4: Hands-On Learners	p. 199
Integrating R2D2 and Final Reflections on the Web of Learning	p. 249
Web Links, Examples, and Resources	p. 264
References	p. 284
Index	p. 294
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