Professional Development in Online Teaching and Learning in T... - 9780367001995

Taylor & Francis

Professional Development in Online Teaching and Learning in Technical CommunicationA Ten-Year Retrospective\nAuthor(s): Beth L. Hewett, Tiffany Bourelle\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367001995, 978-0367001995\nSynopsis\nTechnical communication instructors need professional development opportunities that will aid them in creating their online courses; in developing curricula; and in teaching in what may be a new environment. Although instructors can turn to instructional design teams for assistance in using Learning Management System and its functions, they specifically need their own first-hand, immersive learning within their pedagogical training. In other words, teachers need to learn in an online context like the environment that their students will use; such direct training helps instructors to facilitate student learning in a technologically distributed classroom. Beyond learning technological skills to f.