Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to Transform College Teaching - Softcover

Shank, John D.

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ISBN 10: 1118277457 ISBN 13: 9781118277454

Verlag: Jossey-Bass, 2014

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!

Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into the teaching and learning process. The author examines many of the best repositories and digital library websites for finding high quality materials, explaining in depth the best practices for effectively searching these repositories and the various methods for evaluating, selecting, and integrating the resources into the instructor’s curriculum and course assignments, as well as the institution’s learning management system.

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John D. Shank is an instructional design librarian for the Information Commons at the Thun Library, Penn State Berks in Reading, Pennsylvania. He has a decade of experience working with instructors and directing the integration of interactive learning resources into web-enhanced, hybrid, and online courses.

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Interactive Open Educational Resources has been named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!

Interactive Open Educational Resources addresses the difficult challenges instructors face when motivating and engaging today s digitally savvy students, while making connections to critical course content. Instructors adopting interactive learning resources (including multimedia tutorials, modules, games, and simulations) are able to enhance both classroom and online learning in vital and meaningful ways.

Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into the teaching and learning process. Throughout the book, John Shank an expert in the emerging field of interactive learning offers an in-depth explanation for understanding a proven process for locating, evaluating, and integrating these resources into an instructor s curriculum.

Interactive Open Educational Resources examines many of the most noteworthy repositories and digital library websites for finding high-quality materials and offers best practices for effectively and efficiently searching these sources. The author covers various methods for integrating the resources into an instructor s course assignments as well as an institution s learning management system (LMS). In addition, the book includes guidance for using interactive learning resources for effective student assessment. All the book s recommended interactive resources and activities are designed to increase student engagement and learning in any environment.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118277457
• ISBN 13: 9781118277454
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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