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Educational technology and resources for synchronous learning in higher education

Jiyoon Yoon (Editor), Peggy Semingson (Editor), IGI Global (Publisher)
Provides evidence-based practice on incorporating synchronous teaching tools and practice within online courses to enhance content mastery and community development. The book also presents a strong theoretical overview of the topic and allows readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of the benefits and constraints of synchronous learning.
eBook, English, 2019
IGI Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2019
1 online resource (21 PDFs (xvii, 356 pages)) : illustrations (some color), maps
9781522575689, 9781522575696, 1522575685, 1522575693
1090787841
Print version:
Chapter 1. Faces or fingers: building community with synchronous chat
Chapter 2. Live sessions and accelerated online project-based courses
Chapter 3. Online synchronous activities to promote community of inquiry in two nursing courses
Chapter 4. Synchronous learning in an asynchronous environment for orientation, intervention, interaction, and students retention
Chapter 5. "I found myself retweeting": using Twitter chats to build professional learning networks
Chapter 6. Authentic inquiry with undergraduate preservice teachers in synchronous interactive video conferencing courses
Chapter 7. Is it real or not?: experiences of synchronous learning and training for counseling graduate students
Chapter 8. Shaping the future of telecollaboration: Web RTC
Chapter 9. The role of video and text chat in a virtual classroom: how technology impacts community
Chapter 10. Beyond button smashing: utilizing Minecraft and other video games as synchronous learning tools for science learning
Chapter 11. Quality assurance within synchronous sessions of online instruction
Chapter 12. Improving involvement through interaction in synchronous teaching/learning in higher education
Chapter 13. Technology tools for teaching and learning in real time
Chapter 14. Synchronous online learning: the experiences of graduate students in an educational technology program