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  An Unavoidable Demand for Online Instruction Routledge (2017)   . The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals (3rd ed )  A bingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved from: https://n9.cl/k85v2 Gives a complete guide to online teaching in six clearly developed chapters that surpass the conventional confines of traditional education. Describes the essential features of teaching online taking into consideration its antecedents and current unlimited growth. Provides a wide array of advice for those unexperienced instructors in internet education. Takes on the issue of classifying distance instruction according to context, design, implementation, and outcomes in order to elaborate adequate frameworks and methodologies for each case. Challenges academic trainers to become increasingly competent in the command of new technologies aimed at distance education. Encourages educators to emerge as active...

  In the Search of Online Teaching Improvements Outline of the book: Routledge (2017) . The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Academic Professionals (3rd ed). Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Retrieved from: https://n9.cl/k85v2 ·      Purpose : To provide guidance to academic educators in the design of online courses to share teaching and learning experiences with students through the use of digital resources in both virtual and traditional environments demonstrating a wider command of electronic tools. ●     Thesis statement : Through the blend of new teaching approaches and a series of educational and technological tools, academic teachers are able to plan classes that integrate more complex online practices in the learning system.   ●     Audience : Students and  Academic Professionals in  Secondary and Superior Education    ...

  The Challenge of Constructing Narratives Outline of the article: Dolk, M., & Den Hertog, J., (2008) Narratives in teacher education, Interactive learning environment . 16 (3), 215- 229. doi: 10.1080/10494820802113970 ·      Purpose:   To support the student teachers to create narratives about classroom situations to construct meaning in educational settings and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. ·      Thesis statement: The article will describe a six-step theoretical framework to support the construction of educational meaning through narratives and will expose some arguments to justify their implementation to analyze teaching events. ·      Audience: Pre-service primary teachers and In-service teachers I.             Abstract II.           Introduction III.     ...

It was seven o’clock in the morning of a cold winter day. Nineteen nine-year-old students were arranged in rectangular tables in a medium-size classroom. The teacher was about to present vocabulary on fruits and vegetables in English to her class through real materials she had brought in a colorful box. Everyone was paying attention, except for a little girl who seemed to be eating something she had in her bag. The teacher did not notice her and began the presentation of the items. After introducing most of the new items, Mrs. Brown put her left hand inside of the box expecting to reach one more object but it was empty. Suddenly, she changed her facial expression and started to move around the classroom as if she were looking for something. Nobody understood what was happening. The teacher stopped behind the little girl and observed that she has the apple that was missing from the box. As soon as the child realized Mrs. Brown had discovered her, she burst into tears. The teacher deci...

  Sharing Experiences on Educational Events Annotated Bibliography Dolk, M & Den Hertog, J. (2008) Narratives in teacher education, Interactive Learning Environments , 16:3, 215-229, DOI: 10.1080/10494820802113970   Describes the numerous challenges prospective teachers need to face when developing narratives to reflect about classroom situations. Illustrates how a multimedia interactive environment contributes to incorporate narratives to improve teaching practices. Classifies into broad categories several stories about educational events and explains how to reorient them to create narratives. Contemplates the case of mathematics lessons as an example to observe and follow. Gives an account of steps based on a theoretical framework to support student teachers to go beyond the limit of stories and transform them into narratives.

  Knowledge Construction in Writing Outline of the article: Chang, D., Marzouj, Z., Rakovi, M., & Winne, P. (2019). Towards knowledge transformation in writing argumentative essays from multiple sources: A methodological approach. Companion Proceedings of 9 th International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK 19). At: Tempe, AZ, USA. Volume: 2019. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333680138_Towards_knowledge_transforming_in_writing_argumentative_essays_from_multiple_sources_A_methodological_approach 1-6 ·        Purpose: To provide a guide of how to move from knowledge telling to knowledge transformation ·        Thesis statement: Academic writers seek to transform knowledge by means of multiple sources. ·        Audience: Teachers of a post-graduate course. I.             ...