Virtual Mentoring for Teachers

A major investment in professional development is necessary to ensure the fundamental success of instructors in technology-integrated classrooms and in online courses.However, while traditional models of professional development rely on face-to-face instruction, online methods are also gaining traction-viable means for faculty development. Virtual Mentoring for Teachers: Online Professional Development Practices offers peer-reviewed essays and research reports contributed by an array of scholars and practitioners in the field of instructional technology and online education. It is organized around two primary themes: professional development models for faculty in online environments and understanding e-Learning and best practices in teaching and learning in online environments. The objective of this scholarship is to highlight research-based online professional development programs and best practices models that have been shown to enhance effective teaching and learning in a variety of environments.Virtual Mentoring for Teachers is written by Jared Keengwe and published by Information Science Reference. ISBNs for Virtual Mentoring for Teachers are 9781466619647, 1466619643 and the print ISBNs are 9781466619630, 1466619635.