This volume offers a detailed case study of the internationally
acclaimed online programmes in Egyptology at the University of
Manchester, UK. It distils over a decade of online teaching experience
and student feedback, providing guidance for instructors developing
their own online offerings.
Today, many universities are actively encouraging their teaching staff
towards the development of:
- online programmes (programmes to be taught entirely online) and/or
- online units (units to be incorporated into "blended" programmes
taught partially online and partially face-to-face).
Unfortunately, the staff tasked with the development of online learning
rarely have access to the expertise that they need to help them utilise
their teaching skills to their full potential. Technical assistance may
be provided by the university e-learning department, but pedagogical and
practical help - the support of colleagues with many years' experience
teaching online - is lacking.
Written by experts, the book provides an invaluable guide for those
wishing - or being compelled - to establish their own online courses
within the humanities.