Teaching Health Professionals Online Frameworks and Strategies
Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry
Learning Online prepares students to succeed in the online learning environment. This resource is a guide to the various components of online education, be they synchronous or asynchronous, paced or self-paced, and helps students understand their role as online learners alongside other students and their instructors. Though developed for the Athabasca University, Faculty of Health Disciplines learners, much of the content is translatable to learners across institutions and programs. It develops a mindset for independent learning and introduces effective strategies for learning online: time management, information management, professional communication, and reading strategies. With clear examples, practice exercises, informative video content, downloadable worksheets, interactive elements, and other useful resources, Learning Online provides a valuable and engaging primer for students embarking on any online education journey.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), except where otherwise noted. This license allows users to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material as long as the original source is properly credited, the work is not used for commercial purposes, and the new creation is licensed under the same terms.
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