Learning in Real Time is a concise and practical resource for education professionals teaching live and online or those wanting to humanize and improve interaction in their online courses by adding a synchronous learning component. The book offers keen insight into the world of synchronous learning tools, guides instructors in evaluating how and when to use them, and illustrates how educators can develop their own strategies and styles in implementing such tools to improve online learning.
Jonathan E. Finkelstein
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"Finkelstein presents skills needed by online facilitators..." (PsycCritiques, April 11 2007)"Good instruction is all about people. Learning in Real Timefocuses on people, relationships, and the power of human dialog.Instructors, learning technologists, and administrators willbenefit from Finkelstein's commentary and common sense."
--Diana G. Oblinger, vice president, EDUCAUSE
"Jam-packed with extremely practical strategies and well-craftedactivity ideas, Learning in Real Time goes well beyond the toolsand deftly focuses on the process of effective live online learningand collaboration. Anyone teaching, presenting, coaching, orcollaborating online will end up with a marked-up, highlighted, anddog-eared copy of this book parked next to their computer."
--Alan Levine, The New Media Consortium (NMC)
"Finkelstein's real-world guidance on real-time learningadvances the cause of quality instruction-online and offline.This book represents an important contribution to the field."
--Deborah L.G. Hutti, associate vice president for educationalservices, Lake Land College
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