Athabasca University Press

Happy University Press Week! We are delighted to be participating once again in the University Press Week blog tour. This year’s #UPWeek theme, RaiseUP, highlights the role that the university press community plays in elevating authors, subjects, and whole disciplines that bring new perspectives, ideas, and voices to readers around the globein partnership with booksellers, librarians, and others. Today’s blog tour focuses on creative voices. https://www.aupress.ca//university-press-week-2020-creati/

We made it to number 1! SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS: PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE AND CHANGE by Frank Elwell tops the list of most-read books on our new reading platform! Sociocultural Systems provides a stimulating introduction to, and challenging overview of, macrosociology, that can be read with equal benefit by everyone from freshmen in Sociology 101 to graduate students in advanced theory courses. Elwell has done an excellent job of blending the development of macrosocial theory from the early classics to the present day with a strong emphasis on the substance and processes of social change throughout human history. Gerhard Lenski https://read.aupress.ca/projects/sociocultural-systems

This complete guide to the world of online and education and one of the most popular AU Press books published is at number 2 on our most-read countdown for our new reading platform! In THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ONLINE LEARNING, essays by practitioners and scholars active in the complex, diverse, and rapidly evolving field of distance education blend scholarship and research; practical attention to the details of teaching and learning; and mindful attention to the economics of the business of education. https://read.aupress.ca//the-theory-and-practice-of-online

The final countdown! At number 3 on our list of most-read titles on our new reading platform is ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING. One of our most popular books about online education, ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING explores assessment that engages and authentically evaluates learning. Conrad and Openo insist that online and distance learning environments afford educators new opportunities to embrace only the most effective face-to-face assessment methods and to realize the potential of engaged learning in the digital age. https://read.aupress.ca//assessment-strategies-for-online-