Description: "When moving towards teaching online, teachers are confronted every day with issues such as online moderation, establishing social presence online, transitioning learners to online environments, giving feedback online. This book supports language teaching professionals and researchers who are keen to engage in online teaching and learning. It integrates theory and practice from a research-informed teaching perspective and helps teachers in formal and informal settings to become confident users of online tools. The authors of the 11 chapters draw on a wide range of experience that will aid readers for independent self-training, pre-service teacher training courses, and for in-service staff development. The book also offers inspiration and guidance to researchers starting in the field who will benefit from the succinct overviews of research done in the area of online language teacher training"--
Review Quotes:
"This book is certainly rich in detail that will facilitate self-training in technical skills sets for self-directed language teachers keen to effect a transition from face-to-face teaching to teaching online. ... This book comes highly recommended. ... book, overall, rightly claims to serve the needs of users in both formal and informal settings: whether trainees on a course or self-directed teachers with all combinations of pedagogical experience and technical competence interested in laying out their own pathways for professional development." (Raymond Sheehan, Independence, Issue 26, March, 2016)