Going Online with Protocols: New Tools for Teaching and Learning

by Joseph P. McDonald, Janet Mannheimer Zydney, Alan Dichter

Many users of the popular professional development book The Power of Protocols have discovered that protocols are also very useful for online teaching. This new book, by three of the same authors, focuses on using protocols to enhance learning with their students in multiple environments including online―a growing sector of the educational world. Going Online with Protocols lays out the diverse challenges faced by teachers and facilitators in the online world and provides readers with strategies to tackle them. The authors include online adaptations for such traditional protocols as the Tuning Protocol, the Collaborative Assessment Conference, and the Consultancy Protocol. They also offer entirely new protocols unique to the online environment. This dynamic resource combines a rich theoretical background with step-by-step illustrations of powerful protocols, along with tips on how and when to use them. Book

Genres: Education

144 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2012

Reviews

[Kathy Dyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Protocols provide structure to conversations. As a conversation tool, protocols help us with focus, equity, reflection and summary. The nice thing about protocols is that we can use them for both teaching and learning. McDonald, et al take the concept of using protocols, which is typically in face-to-face settings and convert the tools for use in online settings. Talking and listening become more focused and reflective when using protocols and when that gets converted to an online environment discussion forums are more focused as well.

[Cyndi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I take protocols for granted. This book reminds me not to do so, and to consider their application to the digital world of learning. Only 3 stars because I am a bit inured - not a reflection of the quality of the book overall.

[Janine]

I use face-to-face protocols quite often in my work. This book gives an overview of the challenges and pitfalls of online learning, and adapts the protocols in the author's companion book, The Power of Protocols, to an online environment.