Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices

A major investment in professional development is necessary to ensure the fundamental success of instructors in technology-integrated classrooms and in online courses. However, while traditional models of professional development rely on face-to-face instruction, online methods are also gaining traction-viable means for faculty development. Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices offers peer-reviewed essays and research reports contributed by an array of scholars and practitioners in the field of instructional technology and online education. It is organized around two primary themes: professional development models for faculty in online environments and understanding e-Learning and best practices in teaching and learning in online environments. The objective of this scholarship is to highlight research-based online professional development programs and best practices models that have been shown to enhance effective teaching and learning in a variety of environments.

• | Author: Jared Keengwe
• | Publisher: Information Science Reference
• | Publication Date: Aug 31, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1466619635
• | ISBN-13: 9781466619630