Product Description

Fully updated and expanded, the second edition of this online learning classic features new material on the latest research and practice in the field, fresh case studies and practitioners resources, and a brand new chapter on future e-learning scenarios.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #268606 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review

‘Few writers can appeal to both academics and practitioners. Few writers can take complex subjects and open them out in away that is both clear and entertaining, Gilly Salmon managed both of these challenges in writing E-moderating.’ - Martyn Sloman, author of The E-learning Revolution

From the Back Cover

Interest in online teaching, learning and training continues to grow, yet one thing remains constant: the key role of the e-moderator in ensuring the quality and success of online learning. This book – an online learning classic – is essential for anyone teaching online or developing online courses and process.

Practical and accessible, E-moderating is a user’s guide to working effectively in the virtual world, covering key areas including: the why, what and how of e-moderating; becoming a good e-moderator; the benefits to learners of e-moderating; training to become an effective e-moderator; and featuring a unique collection of resources for practitioners.

Customer Reviews

Very helpful
This is the best guide to online teaching that I have read. As someone with little experience in teaching online, I found that it clarified a lot of misapprehensions I had about the techniques involved, and was written in a refreshingly direct style (I've lost count of the number of 'introductory' books I've struggled with which blind you with science and technobabble).

There's also plenty of substantial material on effective pedagogy, and it offers much more than superficial 'teaching tips' that seem so popular these days.

Essential for anyone who will use e-learning
E-moderating is about getting students to participate in e-learning.

Salmon describes her five stage framework. This is an important device for helping students to familiarise themselves with virtual learning environments. It is essential to break down barriers to enable students to engage with online learning and to maximise the chances that they will be active participants rather than learners.

The only downside to the book is that Salmon can seem rather arrogant. She thinks that all students are going to be like those she has encountered in her past experience. The problem I have is that school children live their lives in messenger software and though social networking and so it will be rare to find new students who are not at least at stage 3 when they start. For me it is very dangerous to assume that the students you are going to teach now are going to behave like those you have taught before.