TY - BOOK AU - Palloff,Rena M. TI - The Excellent Online Instructor: Strategies for Professional Development SN - 9780470635230 (pbk.) AV - LB1044.87 .P338 2011 U1 - 371.33/44678 22 PY - 2011///], c2011 CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Web-based instruction KW - Computer-assisted instruction KW - Distance education KW - Effective teaching KW - EDUCATION / Distance Education & Learning KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index N2 - "The hiring, training, and evaluation of good online instructors is a high priority for online institutions. This book shows what it takes to develop a new instructor in order to promote excellent online teaching and describes the qualities of a good online instructor and reveals how to evaluate good teaching online. In addition, It includes illustrative models of faculty training for online teaching based on adult learning principles and best practices in faculty training and identifies how technology can be used to facilitate and enhance the training process"-- ER -