Communication and Collaboration in the Online Classroom: Examples and Applications

This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the human communication issues that must be addressed in higher education as interactive technologies evolve and continue to impact instructional design and practice. Written for faculty, administrators, graduate students, and scholars in higher education, it is a useful guide for anyone with a particular interest in the topic of communicating and collaborative learning via interactive technologies.

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, the contributors describe and analyze their experiences in collaboration and in using interactive technologies. The multidisciplinary approach of this book is valuable to anyone interested in pedagogical applications of interactive technologies across disciplines and institutions.

Contents include:

• Developing an MBA Online Degree Program
• Collaborative Instructional Design for an Internet-Based Graduate Degree Program
• Degrees and Programs by Distance Education
• The Impact of Culture on the Design and Implementation of a Distance Education Program
• Virtual Visiting Professors: Communicative, Pedagogical, and Technological Collaboration
• Intrapersonal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Computer-Mediated Communication
• Collaborating on the Instructional Design and Implementation of an Environmental Education Course
• Linking Two Diversity and Communication Courses Through Interactive Television
• Camera Presentation Perspectives and Techniques in an Interactive Audio/Video Instructional Environment
• Creating a Collaborative Computer-Mediated Communication Culture
• Designing and Implementing an Interactive Online Learning Environment
• Communicating: The key to Success in an Online Writing and Reading Course
• Fostering Intellectual Development in a Learning Community
• Building a Communications Learning Community