Book review - Adding some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ activities for motivating and retaining learners online

Authors

  • Maggie Hartnett Massey University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61468/jofdl.v18i2.234

Keywords:

online learning, distance education, e-learning, distance learning, technology-enhanced learning, flexible learning, flexible delivery, open learning, open education, online teaching, book review

Abstract

With the increasing ubiquity of online and blended learning, more and more educators are being asked to teach online, often without any specific specialist training. Adding some TEC-VARIETY: 100+ activities for motivating and retaining learners online by Bonk and Khoo is a practical ‘how to’ guide for motivating learners in online and blended learning contexts. Drawing from a rich base of research into motivation, this book provides a framework and an extensive set of associated online instructional activities that anyone involved in teaching online, from primary through to tertiary education, can use to engage and motivate learners.

Author Biography

Maggie Hartnett, Massey University

Maggie is a lecturer in the Institute of Education at Massey University, New Zealand, where she teaches in the areas of e-learning and digital technologies. Her research interests include motivation and engagement in digital environments, teaching and learning with digital technologies, electronic portfolios, support for digital learners, digital places, and spaces of learning. Maggie is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning.

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Published

2014-12-23

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2014): Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning

Section

Book reviews

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