Preparing educators for online writing instruction; principles and processes

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

PE1404

2004-019842

0-8141-3665-6

Preparing educators for online writing instruction; principles and processes.

Hewett, Beth L. and Christa Ehmann.

NCTE, [c]2004

203 p.

$35.95 (pa)

This text offers a theoretical justification for online writing instruction (OWI) as well as a detailed approach to training educators for such instruction. Examples of training methods for both real-time and asynchronous systems are accompanied by illustrations and screen shots. The authors (developers of online instructional programs at Smarthinking, Inc.) also show how five main pedagogical principles can inform online instructor training independent of the platform being used. The volume concludes with a glossary and findings from a study on how students use OWI.