Synchronous technologies, particularly interactive video conferencing (IVC), are becoming common modes of teaching and delivering college courses. The increasing popularity of IVC in the U.S. and abroad calls for more pedagogically effective practices for instructors using this technology. This volume focuses on innovative and proven approaches to IVC teaching in a variety of disciplines: English, history, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, social work, and elementary and special education. Contributors hail from a pioneering university at the forefront of distance education and understand the practice and potential of IVC teaching at the highest levels. Chapters outline the challenges and benefits of IVC teaching from pedagogical, technical, and administrative perspectives.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Introduction
Taking the Long View: The Value of IVC Teaching in Distance Education
Part I: Rethinking the IVC Classroom
Chapter 1
Distance as Substance: Place-Based Studies for Place-Bound Students
Nathan Straight
Chapter 2
Interactive Video Conferencing versus the Face-to-Face Biology Classroom:
Understanding Student Attitudes and Behaviors
Thayne Sweeten
Chapter 3
"Drive-By English": Teaching College Writing to High School Seniors via IVC
Alan Blackstock and Virginia Norris Exton
Part II: Distance Teaching by Design
Chapter 4
Flip-Teaching College Chemistry in Broadcast Classrooms
Michael A. Christiansen
Chapter 5
Proven Strategies for Blended Learning: Case Studies from Distance Teaching in History
Clayton D. Brown
Chapter 6
Course Delivery Methods for Effective Distance Science Education:
A Case Study of Taking an Introductory Geology Class Online
Benjamin Burger
Part III: Team Teaching with IVC
Chapter 7
Interdisciplinary Team Instruction in a Distance-Delivered First-Year Engineering Course
Angela Minichiello, Tracy Blake, Wade H. Goodridge, and David Sam
Chapter 8
Practical Strategies for Team Teaching in the Distance Education (IVC) Context
Susan Cutler Egbert and Sean Camp
Part IV: Field Experience at a Distance
Chapter 9
Distance Field Education in Social Work: Development, Delivery, and Evaluation
Susan Cutler Egbert, Diane Calloway-Graham, and Derrik Tollefson
Chapter 10
Growing Teachers in the Field: A Distance-Delivered Teacher Education Program
Laura S. Foley
Chapter 11
If You Can’t Make It to the Meeting, Send Your Avatar: Teaching Distance-Learning Students to Collaborate in a Multi-User Virtual Environment
Nancy Glomb, Lee L. Mason, and Peter Blair
Appendix: IVC from an Administrative and Technical Perspective
The Evolution of Distance Education at Utah State University
John D. Barton, Elisa Taylor, and Robert W. Wagner
About the Author :
Alan Blackstock is Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.
Nathan Straight is Associate Professor of English at Utah State University, USA.
