Engaging students online can be challenging. But these challenges also create opportunities to teach with new approaches. The library has compiled a selected bibliography of online teaching and pedagogy e-books. The ebooks below can be read by copying & pasting the title into OneSearch. If you have a favorite title you would like to see on this list, please let us know.
Excellent Online Teaching: Effective Strategies for a Successful Semester Online by Johnson 2017
Online Learning in Higher Education by Ghilay 2017
Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching: How to “Be There” for Distance Learners by Lehman and 2010
Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice and Assessment by Bender 2012
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips by Boettcher & Conrad 2016
Digital Technologies in Higher Education: Sweeping Expectations and Actual Effects by Guri-Rozenblit 2009
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the top source for news in post-secondary education. It brings you news stories of concerning faculty, administration and technology as well as academic news from around the global. You also have access to many blogs devoted to different aspects of the university experience (admissions, scholarly publishing or building and grounds) and also to the forums where you can connect with people involved in higher education around the country and around the world.
The UI&U Library provides access to the Chronicle without the additional step of logging on through the library. Simply go to chronicle.com. In the upper right hand corner, click log in. (Don’t subscribe! We’ve done that for you!). Then create a free account using your Union email. Please contact a librarian if you have questions or need assistance.
