Student-teacher Interaction in Online Learning Environments

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This book provides successful strategies and procedures for developing policies to bring about an awareness of the practices that enhance online learning, giving building blocks to help improve the outcome of online coursework and discussing social presence to help improve performance, interaction, and a sense of community for all participants in an online arena--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: As face-to-face interaction between student and instructor is not present in online learning environments, it is increasingly important to understand how to establish and maintain social presence in online learning. Student-Teacher Interaction in Online Learning Environments provides successful strategies and procedures for developing policies to bring about an awareness of the practices that enhance online learning. This reference book provides building blocks to help improve the outcome of online coursework and discusses social presence to help improve performance, interaction, and a sense of community for all participants in an online arena. This book is of essential use to online educators, administrators, researchers, and students. Contributor Bio:  Wright, Robert ROBERT WRIGHT, Ph. D., is professor of history at Trent University in Oshawa, Ontario. He is the author of the national bestsellers Three Nights in Havana, winner of the 2008 Canadian Authors' Association's Lela Common Award for Canadian History, and Our Man in Tehran, which was made into a feature documentary that debuted in September 2013. He resides in Toronto with his wife and children. WEB: ROBERTWRIGHT. CA