What initially drew this reviewer to Gilly Salmon’s
E-moderating: The Key to Teaching and Learning Online was
her straightforward and concise writing style and tone . .
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Jonathan U. Dougherty
Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University
The book continues to lead its field. In every new field
there is a first text that maps the terrain for others to
follow - in e-teaching this is it. It has become a classic
text for every student and teacher interested on online learning.
For those who think e-learning is only about content delivery,
they must read this book.’
Prof
Angela McFarlane
University of Bristol, Graduate School of Education
‘The first edition of Gilly Salmon's E-Moderating was
a groundbreaking essential guide for those of us about to
embark on our epic e-learning journey. With this 2nd edition,
Gilly has continued to enthuse and inform us as she guides
us further into our e-learning communities with her usual
imaginative and creative yet practical suggestions. This is
not a book which will rest unread and unused on my bookshelf!’
Prof Judith Kuit
Learning Development Services, University of Sunderland
‘Few writers can appeal to both academics and practitioners.
Few writers can take complex subjects and open them out in
a way that is both clear and entertaining. Gilly Salmon managed
both of these challenges in producing E-Moderating. Three
years on she has updated and extended her arguments. She has
demonstrated again her unique capacity to explain what is
happening and stimulate the reader to thoughtful action.’
Martyn Sloman
Author of The E-learning Revolution
‘E-Moderating provides a powerful source of inspiration
and guidance for anyone meeting the challenges of teaching
and learning online.’
James Slevin, Associate Professor
Amsterdam School of Communications Research, University of
Amsterdam.
‘A thoughtful and practical guide that is indispensable
to anyone who teaches online. No detail has escaped her attention
and we all benefit from her reflective and vast experience.
Strongly recommended.’
Professor Brenda Gourley
Vice-Chancellor, The Open University
‘A wonderful practical approach to the use of online
communication for teaching and learning. This gem of a book
is full of tips and suggestions drawn from the authors extensive
research and personal experiences.’
Dr Stuart D Lee
Head of the Learning Technologies Group, Oxford University
Computing Services
‘E-Moderating is a proven resource that provides a
clear blueprint for education and e-learning. Gilly Salmon's
updated 2nd edition will impact the human, technical, and
cultural competence of virtual leadership wherever it is read.
At a time when both education and business need courage to
face the present and future e-world, E-Moderating walks us
into visions of online competence combining practical experience,
best practice, current trends, and futuristic thinking.’
Dr. George F. Simons
Faculty Member, Management Centre Europe.
‘Gilly unfolds the pioneering outline of a new profession:
that of a competent e-moderator! She describes the relevant
key qualifications which are and will be absolutely essential
independent of future e-learning scenarios.
She points out the direction to universities, schools, business
and not least society who in turn are challenged to tread
and shape their own new e-learning paths.
In the second expanded edition Gilly puts in even more specific
terms what she had already indicated in the first edition
and considers implications under different future scenarios.’
Dr. Marion Bruhn-Suhr
University of Hamburg
‘Gilly Salmon has updated her classic resource for
e-learning practitioners to include effective suggestions
for creating a motivating experience for online learners.
I was impressed by the utility of the first edition, but Dr
Salmon has included several new scenarios which demonstrate
how e-moderators can be prepared effectively. The work is
well grounded in good theory, current research and best practice.’
Prof John G Hedberg
Editor-in-Chief, Educational Media International
‘The first edition of e-moderating gave us much to
think about. The methods of online learning and the importance
of the learning process that participants go through as they
mature in the techniques of interactivity that underpin the
pedagogy of this medium.
Educational strategists however, need a sound focus upon
which to base the start of their approaches online. This is
no easy task, especially with the large number of tools available.
Indeed, it is so wide a term has emerged which is "blended",
so that we can "pick 'n mix" the various learning
elements that we use.
Gilly's new book gives a useful starting focus of how to
approach online learning from both a senior management view
and at the operational level, in a language that is as always
from this author, pragmatic. A most useful text, which will
no doubt underpin and integrate itself into many of the educational
approaches that involve online.’
Dr. John Beaumont-Kerridge
Principal Teaching Fellow (online learning systems development)
University of Luton Business School
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