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Instructors new to the online teaching and training environment, as well as experienced online educators, will discover the groundbreaking skills and techniques needed to be a successful online instructor. Discover how to effectively facilitate dialogue and build a community of learners as well as hurdle common roadblocks. Learn how to create a learning community where the instructor moves from center stage to a collaborative learning environment.

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• About the Authors and Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. xiii)
• What Is This Book About?(p. xiii)
• A New World of Teaching and Learning(p. xiv)
• Why This Book?(p. xv)
• Who Will Benefit from Reading This Book?(p. xvii)
• What Will You Learn from This Book?(p. xvii)
• The Backdrop for This Book(p. xix)
• Chapter 1 Principles that Support Effective Moderating(p. 1)
• Consortium Netcourses(p. 3)
• International Netcourse Teaching Enhancement Coalition (INTEC)
• Teacher Learning Conference (TLC)
• Principles of Effective Moderating(p. 5)
• Principle 1 Moderating Takes Place in Both a Professional and a Social Context
• Principle 2 The Style of "Guide on the Side" (vs. "Sage on the Stage") is Most Appropriate for Leading a Virtual Learning Community
• Principle 3 Online Moderation Is a Craft That Has General Principles and Strategies--Which Can Be Learned
• The New Landscape(p. 14)
• Chapter 2 Negotiating Space: Forms of Dialogue and Goals of Moderating(p. 17)
• Forms of Dialogue(p. 19)
• Social Dialogue
• Argumentative Dialogue
• Pragmatic Dialogue
• Chapter 3 Key Facilitator Roles(p. 33)
• The Facilitator as "Guide on the Side"(p. 34)
• Moving Participants to a New Conceptual Level
• Training Participants in a New Skill
• Pyramid Model
• The Facilitator as Instructor or Project Leader(p. 44)
• Designing a Regular, Manageable Feedback Loop
• The Facilitator as Leader of Group Process(p. 49)
• Leading Introductory, Community-Building Activities
• Providing Virtual "Hand Holding" to the Digitally Challenged
• Acknowledging the Diversity of Participants' Backgrounds and Interests
• Infusing Personality with Tone, Graphics, and Humor
• Maintaining a Nurturing Pace of Responding
• Keeping Up with the Pace That's Been Set
• Organizing Posts and Discussion Threads
• Balancing Private Email and Public Discussion
• Chapter 4 Healthy Online Communities(p. 77)
• Functional Online Groups(p. 77)
• Participants Post Regularly
• The Online Community Meets Its Members' Needs, and Participants Express Honest Opinions
• Participant-to-Participant Collaboration and Teaching Are Evident, and Spontaneous Moderating Occurs among the Participants
• Reasonable Venting about Technology, Content, and Even the Facilitator Is Acceptable and Evident
• Participants Show Concern and Support for the Community
• Sharing Documents Online
• A Caring Community
• Keeping an Online Community Happy and Healthy(p. 96)
• There's Too Little or Too Much Participation in the Course
• The Course Is too Constructive
• The Course Is too Personal or Impersonal
• The Continuing Challenge of Maintaining Community Health(p. 98)
• Chapter 5 Voice(p. 101)
• Introduction(p. 101)
• The Landscape of Advanced Moderating Skills
• A Palette of Voices(p. 104)
• Generative Guide
• Conceptual Facilitator
• Reflective Guide
• Personal Muse
• Mediator
• Role Play (Character Identification)
• The Potential for Using Voices(p. 119)
• Chapter 6 Tone(p. 123)
• What Does Tone Have to Do with It?(p. 123)
• Selecting the Tone(p. 124)
• Chapter 7 Critical Thinking Strategies(p. 127)
• Sharpening the Focus(p. 129)
• Identifying the Direction of a Dialogue
• Sorting Ideas for Relevance
• Focusing on Key Points
• Deepening the Dialogue(p. 140)
• Full-Spectrum Questioning
• Making Connections
• Honoring Multiple Perspectives
• Using Strategies and Voices: Why and How?(p. 161)
• Chapter 8 Roadblocks and Getting Back on Track(p. 165)
• Hijacking the Dialogue(p. 166)
• The Good Student
• The Question Mill
• Standing in the Middle
• The Inquiry Advocate
• Whoosh, It Went Right By(p. 181)
• If I Do Nothing, They Will Inquire
• Summaries vs. Landscapes
• Letter from a Fellow Traveler
• The Five-Cornered Intersection
• Two Poles of Interaction(p. 199)
• Epilogue: Evaluation of Success(p. 201)
• Glossary(p. 205)
• References(p. 215)