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In the August 2005 issue of Educator’s Voice from eCollege, Valerie Bradley-Holiday, an online professor for Walden University and ITT Technical College, and Mary Etchinson, a professor at Northern Michigan University, write about the need for intentional online teaching that provides a cohesive learning experience for students.  The authors suggest that just as faculty used to being the “sage on the stage” need to rethink teaching practices, students who are most familiar with lectures, attending classes, and face-to-face meetings with the professor need to rethink their learning practices.

Intentional online teaching depends on a collaborative approach in an interactive environment and ongoing communication with students, which are accomplished through preparation, planning, and presence.  The authors encourage eTeachers to “use each contact with your students as an opportunity to provide a collaborative, rather than self-directed, teaching experience.”

Intentional Teaching:  Online Educational Experience by Bradley-Holiday and Etchinson is available online at www.eCollege.com/news/EdVoice.learn.

Contributed by Chip Donohue

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