Insung Jung

Gila Kurtz

Michael Beaudoin

Katsuaki Suzuki

Barbara L. Grabowski

The book identifies a set of validated competencies and performance statements, withsupporting explanation and data to inform and equip online learners with the critical attitudes, knowledge and skills for successful learning in online and/or blended learning settings. The work also enables online education providers (e.g., instructors, course designers, program administrators, scholars) to better understand learner needs in order to design and deliver online education products and services best suited to learners. Supplementing a large number of anecdotally-based “how to” books published for those engaged in online education, this volume offers a definitive set of 14 competencies and 75 performance statements (that demonstrate those competencies). Validated by systematic research and input from over 1,000 online users and providers worldwide, this work should impact the quality of learning and teaching at both the individual and organizational levels, involved in online education.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Successful Learning in Online Settings

Online Learner Competencies

Dogs are amazing teachers and when the "student is ready to learn," life changing things can happen. Gila's story is one of a perfectionist and workaholic who turned her love of dogs into a 7 figure a year business only to wake up one day stressed, exhausted, unfulfilled, and unhappy. Ready to reclaim her happiness and design a "life worth barking about," Gila realized the answers she sought had been in front of her all along. Part-memoir, part personal growth, Gila vulnerably shares stories that embrace anecdotal lessons taught by the four dogs who have shared her life over the past 18 years. Gila opens up about the process she has taken in order to chase her dreams, focus on renewed passions, make time for play, create an impactful legacy, and unleash a simpler, happier life...inspired by Dog.

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