Lynnette R. Porter

Lynnette R. Porter is a writer and teacher who has taught online, web-enhanced, and on-site classes at several universities in the United States. She earned her M.A. in English and technical writing and a Ph.D. in English, with specializations in rhetoric, composition, and technical communication. Her research interests are varied, and she has presented conference papers or currently has papers under consideration for several international professional associations, including the Society for Technical Communication, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, National Business and Career Education Association, the Popular Culture Association, American Businesswomen’s Association, and Association for Business Communication. She is an associate fellow in the Society for Technical Communication.

Publications

Developing an Online Curriculum: Technologies and Techniques
Developing an Online Curriculum: Technologies and Techniques
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 316 pages.
Developing an Online Curriculum: Technologies and Techniques acts as a guidebook for teachers and administrators as they look for support with their online education programs. It...
Facilitating the Online Curriculum
Facilitating the Online Curriculum
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 27 pages.
What is a “traditional” classroom? Many adults may still think of a traditional classroom as a room within a building, probably on a university, college, or other educational...
Adding a Course to the Curriculum
Adding a Course to the Curriculum
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 46 pages.
An academic curriculum is a series of courses related by themes and skills development. The individual courses within the curriculum help learners progress from basic...
Updating and Developing Course Materials
Updating and Developing Course Materials
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 38 pages.
As you develop the entire curriculum for a degree program, you want both uniqueness and similarity among courses. Each course should be unique, with its own purpose, objectives...
The Tools of the Trade
The Tools of the Trade
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 43 pages.
Once a curriculum has been established and new or existing courses modified to reflect any curricular changes, the courses making up the curriculum must be successfully...
The Daily Work of Teaching
The Daily Work of Teaching
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 29 pages.
So far, you have read about the tools you will use on the job, a little bit of theory about how online teaching is supposed to operate, and the role of the facilitator/teacher....
The Aesthetics of Teaching
The Aesthetics of Teaching
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 31 pages.
Teaching, whether online or on site, requires a lot of day-to-day activities that make the course run smoothly, help learners solve short-term and longer-term educational...
Developing Support Networks
Developing Support Networks
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 26 pages.
Teaching online, as you have read in other chapters, is a collaborative effort, even though when you are teaching, you may feel “home alone” when you work online. When you are...
Managing Programs and Faculty Concerns
Managing Programs and Faculty Concerns
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 28 pages.
As online education moved from being a fad to a money-maker, many institutions, businesses, and individuals jumped at the chance to offer online courses. As mentioned in previous...
Planning for the Future
Planning for the Future
Lynnette R. Porter. © 2004. 33 pages.
Online education is big business. Some virtual and traditional schools have closed their online education programs when they did not produce profit or remain manageable. With the...