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Educator Newsletter
April 2014
Affordable Quality Writing
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Resources for Educators - Including Online Educators
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Learn Critical Thinking by Overcoming Challenges and Gaining Rewards One of the most important skills that a student is expected to learn and demonstrate is the use of critical thinking. Read More: Learn Critical Thinking |
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About the Book:
Appreciate Andragogy is an exciting new instructional strategy that brings Appreciative Inquiry to the field of education. Appreciative Inquiry has been successfully utilized in organizations as a strengths-based approach to employee development. Similar to positive psychology there is a focus on developing strengths instead of deficits, to achieve peak or optimal performance.
This book provides the origins of Appreciative Andragogy and provides details of the research study that was designed and implemented within real online classes. The results found that Appreciative Andragogy had a positive influence on the students' motivation, engagement, and performance in the class.
Appreciative Andragogy was developed as an instructional strategy for online classes; however, it can be implemented in any classroom environment, regardless of the subject matter, class size, or length of the class. This book provides the tools and language necessary to effectively use Appreciative Andragogy, and you can adapt it to work with and enhance your current instructional strategy.
This book concludes that Appreciative Andragogy had a positive effect on students' performance within an online learning classroom environment, and more importantly that Appreciative Andragogy has an ability to take the distance out of distance learning. Purchase your copy today and find out how Appreciative Andragogy can work for you.
The Heart of Appreciative Andragogy
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Educators: Become an Advocate for Your Online Students
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An online educator has many roles to fulfill for each class. They must provide guided instruction and meaningful feedback, manage and control classroom conditions, and facilitate the learning process. The most important aspect of educating students is meeting their developmental needs. When as an educator most effective with that task? When they develop a mindset that is student centered. That means putting the student first and considering their needs and perspective with every learning activity and interaction. It is an instructional strategy that is both supportive and nurturing.
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Be Prepared to Teach Online
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Every online instructor needs a set of tools, techniques, and strategies to make the process of teaching an online class more effective. Whether you are a first time online instructor or a seasoned professional, there is something you will likely find beneficial for your work within this new eBook.
Dr. J has been teaching online courses for nine years and his background includes work as a faculty mentor and trainer, faculty developmental workshop facilitator, and faculty peer reviewer. Based upon this experience you will find topics that are relevant and necessary for online course facilitation.
The topics in this book include Adult Learning Basics, Developing a Virtual Presence, Feedback and Grading Basics, Developing a Supportive Mindset, Online Instruction Basics, plus much more. Purchase your copy today and consider it to be an investment in your ongoing professional development. Be Prepared to Teach Online: Strategies from an Online College Professor
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Cultivate Engaging Online Class Discussions With Guided Anchors
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For an online class discussion is the instructor that sets the tone and serves as a role model for what it means to be present and engaged in the discussion. Students look to these posts for guidance and feedback, especially when they are struggling with articulating their thoughts or working with the subject matter. An instructor that posts well-developed and well-researched participation messages will bring in supplemental resources and add their experience so that the topics come to life and are applicable to the real world. Because this is a time-consuming process instructors need a specific strategy to make the process both manageable and meaningful. Instructors can cultivate engaging online class discussions with guided ANCHORS.
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Skills and Strategies Online Students Need
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Dr. J is an online college professor and has written a valuable new eBook for online students. There are strategies and skill sets that are essential to your academic work as an online student.
Dr. J was an online student and now has taught online classes for nine years. This is a collection of the basics you need to succeed as an online student. There are seven chapters in this eBook: Online Basics, Learning and Outcomes, A Virtual School, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Performance, and Motivation.
Whether you are starting your first online class, or you have already taken several online classes, you will likely find something in this eBook that you can use right now. Purchase your copy today!! Skills and Strategies Online Students Need: Written by an Online College Professor
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Discover Your Personal Best Through a Positive Mindset Tune Up
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Everything outcome you experience, whether it is in your career or your personal life, is related to your mindset. If you believe you will be successful you will look for the evidence to support that belief and develop momentum towards reaching that outcome. Unfortunately the same is true if you have a negative attitude or belief about yourself, or you begin to experience doubt and negativity.
At some point in time, everyone needs to adjust their mindset because it is not possible to remain positive at all times and through all circumstances. If you are a naturally optimistic person than this book will help to solidify that outlook. The topics include perceptions, thought patterns, change, limitations, success, becoming more than average, personal growth, and much more.
This is a book that does not have to be read from cover to cover. It is meant to inspire you and help to distract your thoughts when there are moments of doubt, fear, or questions. This book will help you tune up your mindset and stay focused on discovering your personal best. Purchase up your copy today!!
Discover Your Personal Best Through a Positive Mindset Tune Up
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Dr. Bruce A. Johnson has a lifelong love of learning and throughout his entire career he has been involved in many forms of adult education through his work as a professor, trainer, career coach, and mentor.
Dr. J completed a Master in Business Administration (MBA) and a Ph.D. in Education, with a specialization in Postsecondary and Adult Education. Presently Dr. J works as an online college professor, faculty developmental workshop facilitator, faculty mentor, faculty peer reviewer, and professional writer.
Dr. J has authored four books, three that are directly related to online learning. Dr. J's first book, APPRECIATIVE ANDRAGOGY: TAKING the Distance Out of Distance Learning, is available for sale now in paperback, and also available for Kindle, Nook, and Kobo devices. Learn more by visiting Affordable Quality Writing
  
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Dr. Bruce A. Johnson
Affordable Quality Writing
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