The Power of Role-based e-Learning

Designing and Moderating Online Role Play

Sandra Wills, Elyssebeth Leigh, Albert Ip (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-87784-8 (ISBN)

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Written for educators seeking to engage students in collaboration and communication about authentic scenarios, The Power of Role-Based e-Learning offers helpful, accessible advice on the practice and research needed to design online role play. Drawing on the experiences of world-leading practitioners and citing an array of worldwide examples, it is a readable, non-technical, and comprehensive guide to the design, implementation, and evaluation of this exciting teaching approach.

Issues discussed include:

designing effective online role plays
defining games, simulations and role plays
moderating engaging and authentic role-based e-learning activities
assessment and evaluation.

The Power of Role-Based e-Learning offers a careful analysis of the strengths and learning opportunities of online role play, and is realistic about possible difficulties. Providing guidance for both newcomers and experienced professionals who are developing their online teaching repertoire, it is an invaluable resource for teachers, trainers, academics, and educational support staff involved in e-learning.

Professor Sandra Wills is Executive Director of Learning and Teaching at University of Wollongong and founder of Project EnRoLE. Dr. Elyssebeth Leigh is Director of FutureSearch, a learning games and simulations design business in Australia. Albert Ip is Technical and Development Director of Fablusi P/L (Australia), a company specialising in online role play simulation platforms.

Series Editor’s Foreword

Guest Preface

Introduction

1. Games, simulations and role plays

2. Examples of role-based e-learning

3. Designing online role plays

4. Designing the problem

5. Designing the rules and roles

6. Moderating online role play

7. Platforms for online role play

8. Assessing learning in online role play

9. Evaluating and researching online role play

10. Future trends for role-based e-learning

Appendix A. Contacts for role play examples

Appendix B. Chapter reflections and review

Appendix C. A ready-made role play

References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.11.2010
Reihe/Serie	Connecting with E-learning
Zusatzinfo	37 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	0-415-87784-9 / 0415877849
ISBN-13	978-0-415-87784-8 / 9780415877848
Zustand	Neuware