Engaging Learners through Zoom: Strategies for Virtual Teaching Across Disciplines - Softcover

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DR. JONATHAN BRENNAN is an English faculty member at Mission College (CA). Researching best practices in student engagement, he has authored five books, including On Course: Strategies for Success in College, Career, and Life. He received the Hayward Education Excellence and Stanback-Stroud Diversity awards and has trained over 6,000 educators in active learning.

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This must-have book is an essential guide to active learning on Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms.

"Engaging Learners through Zoom is like a banquet of ideas for polls, chats, and breakout rooms, using the main session as a central hub, and far more. What's terrific about this book is that it gives concrete, innovative examples for practically every discipline—any instructor can benefit! I never knew I needed this book, but now, I couldn't do without it!"
—Dr. Barbara Oakley, Coursera "Innovation Instructor" of the world's most popular MOOC; Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University; Engineering Professor, Oakland University and author of A Mind For Numbers, Learning How to Learn, and Mindshift

Engaging Learners through Zoom leverages the rapid shift to virtual learning into an opportunity to transform Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms into a powerful pedagogical tool. You'll learn how to use active learning strategies to meaningfully engage students in any discipline and at any level of education. You can ensure greater equity with the diverse and inclusive content examples throughout that support all learners in achieving their educational goals.

In this book, accomplished author, professor and distance education expert Dr. Jonathan Brennan shares practical tools any educator can implement:

• Dozens of synchronous online learning structures backed by cognitive neuroscience
• Over 150 active learning strategy examples with step-by-step directions
• Ideas for including diverse content across 83 different disciplines
• Multiple examples for 26 of the most commonly taught courses

Engaging Learners through Zoom offers K-12 teachers, college instructors, administrators, and trainers the antidote to Zoom fatigue!

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This must-have book is an essential guide to active learning on Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms.

"Engaging Learners through Zoom is like a banquet of ideas for polls, chats, and breakout rooms, using the main session as a central hub, and far more. What's terrific about this book is that it gives concrete, innovative examples for practically every discipline--any instructor can benefit! I never knew I needed this book, but now, I couldn't do without it!"
--Dr. Barbara Oakley, Coursera "Innovation Instructor" of the world's most popular MOOC; Ramón y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University; Engineering Professor, Oakland University and author of A Mind For Numbers, Learning How to Learn, and Mindshift

Engaging Learners through Zoom leverages the rapid shift to virtual learning into an opportunity to transform Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms into a powerful pedagogical tool. You'll learn how to use active learning strategies to meaningfully engage students in any discipline and at any level of education. You can ensure greater equity with the diverse and inclusive content examples throughout that support all learners in achieving their educational goals.

In this book, accomplished author, professor and distance education expert Dr. Jonathan Brennan shares practical tools any educator can implement:

• Dozens of synchronous online learning structures backed by cognitive neuroscience
• Over 150 active learning strategy examples with step-by-step directions
• Ideas for including diverse content across 83 different disciplines
• Multiple examples for 26 of the most commonly taught courses

Engaging Learners through Zoom offers K-12 teachers, college instructors, administrators, and trainers the antidote to Zoom fatigue!