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A Book Critique of the Theory and Practice of Online Teaching: A Guide for Academic Professionals

As teaching through technology keeps on developing, it is a reality that online teaching and learning is still an unexplored environment for some educators. Consequently, Routledge (n.d.) compiles a six-chapter book  from experts’ works in the field in order to present The Theory and Practice of Online Teaching and Learning : A Guide for Academic Professionals. The six chapters give tips and advice for online teaching and it is available free online. The purpose of this book critique is to express evaluative comments and critiquing the title in question. As regards the first chapter, Ko and Rossen (2010)  thoroughly compare the foundations of face-to-face and online learning. In addition, the authors present theoretical and practical information and address the audience with strong arguments, for instance, when they express it is the teachers’ responsibility to bear in mind the different roles and benefits of teaching online when devising their own course. However, some piec...

Analysing In-Text Citations and Reference Pages in an Article

In-text citations and references lists are mutually significant aspects because each source cited in a paper must appear in the reference list and each entry in the reference list must be cited in the body of the text. According to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2020), in-text citations follow different rules depending on the type. The author and the date of publication are specified in parentheses. In narrative citations, the author is included as part of the sentence, with the date of publication in parentheses. When directly quoting, apart from the author and the year of publication, the citation must include the page number using the abbreviation p . for one page or pp. for several pages. For APA 7th edition (2020), the reference list starts on a new page, and each entry in the reference list has a hanging indent. Also, it is arranged in alphabetical order of authors' surname s, a nd authors' first and middle names...

Reflecting on our Process as Part of the EAP Discourse Community