Teaching Children Online

Carla Meskill is Professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her research and teaching explore new forms of technology use in language education and professional development as well as the influences of new technologies on evolving language and literacy practices. With Natasha Anthony she is the author of Teaching Languages Online (Multilingual Matters, 2015), which is now in its 2nd edition.Natasha Anthony is Director of the International Language Laboratory and Associate Professor of Russian at Hudson Valley Community College in New York. She designs and teaches online Russian courses as well as online graduate courses in Education. Her research focuses on Computer Assisted Language Learning and, more specifically, on the use of synchronous and asynchronous oral components in online language courses.

Providing a much-needed framework for a conversation-based approach to teaching and learning, this book is a resource-filled guide emphasizing the use of information and communication technology to promote sound learning. Embedded in the strategies is encouragement for communication, reflection, and growth. The content and techniques contained in Teaching Children Online are elements all teachers and instructional designers need in their tool box.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Teaching Online: A Conversational Approach   Chapter 2. Saturating and Modeling in Online TeachingChapter 3. Corralling Student Learning in Online TeachingChapter 4. Orchestrating Interactions and Scaffolding Synthetic ThinkingChapter 5. Providing Feedback in Online TeachingChapter 6. Elements of Effective Online Instructional ConversationsChapter 7. Future Directions for Online Teaching and Learning