Online teaching and learning: the big picture

 Outline

The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A guide for academic professionals. Routledge Education Free Books. Taylor & Francis Group. New York. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/FreeBooks+Opened+Up/Theory_and_Practice_of_Online_FB_final.pdf

Purpose: To provide a comprehensive overview of online teaching and learning.

Thesis statement: The essentials of online teaching and learning are presented.

Audience: online educators, online students, education experts, researchers of technology education.

I.                   Introduction

              A.                Chapters content

II.                The fundamentals of teaching online

              A.                Explains the elementary notions of online education

III.             The characteristics of teaching online

            A.                Describes main features of online course design

IV.             The frameworks for online learning

            A.                Deals with the wide range of online activities

V.                Types of online learning

            A.                Classifies online education considering its dimensions

VI.             Open resources for online learning

            A.                Analyses online activities and their uses

VII.          The needs of teaching as a design science

            A.                Reflects upon education as a design science and in relation to technology