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What’s an Instructor to Do?

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Non-traditional formats call for different forms of teaching, planning and subject design. Using research conducted on non-traditional learning formats in higher education and over 20 years of the author’s teaching experience in non-traditional formats, this chapter discusses the most important time-on-task strategies, incorporation of new Web 2.0 learning techniques, active learning strategies, and questioning techniques to develop critical thinking skills that instructors in non-traditional formats must include in their teaching repertoire. Data are presented along with current literature that supports the dynamic learning experiences in a face-to-face environment in less contact time.

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  1. Kansas State University, Manhattan, 66506, KS, USA

    Royce Ann Collins

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  1. Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USA

    Prudence C. Layne

  2. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Peter Lake

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Collins, R. (2015). What’s an Instructor to Do?. In: Layne, P., Lake, P. (eds) Global Innovation of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10482-9_14

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