Apr 29 2012
I confess that Shannon Riggs came across these tutorials first, but I am finally getting a chance to look at them. Yeah! These are nicely narrated videos about writing computer programs in the Python language. These will be excellent additions to my GEO 599 – GIS Programming with Python course. These videos are at the [...]
Apr 27 2012
Happy Friday, Folks! In the process of creating an online version of FW315, Ichthyology, my biggest initial frustration lay in finding high quality images that met the demands of copyright clearance (e.g., public domain, personally produced, or from sites that don’t demand exorbitant reuse fees). In my particular case, I need images of fishes. Lots [...]
Apr 26 2012
In doing the webquest for this week, a fact became clear to me that I hadn’t considered before, and I must say I was very pleased to learn it. I am working on a literature course at the 300 level, which would normally have an audience of people majoring or minoring in German. What I [...]
Apr 23 2012
I’ve taught a number of courses on campus (on and off for the last 13 years), and only 2 ecampus courses, and until recently, I would have absolutely agreed that discussions in online campus were much less stimulating than in-person discussions. However, recent experiences in two on-campus classes have changed my mind. In these two [...]
Apr 23 2012
A number of folks have touched upon this issue, but I think one of the challenges of the online class environment compared to a F2F class is that it is more difficult to gauge your students’ understanding and abilities as you deliver the course. Because the content is put together before the start of the [...]
Apr 23 2012
I have yet to experience teaching an online course, so comparing traditional lecture to an online course is beyond my experience. For both venues I imagine one of the first priorities is to spark student interest and clearly define activities that encourage the student to engage the course content. I like to believe that my [...]
Apr 23 2012
I have only taught online courses, so it is hard for me compare and contrast F2F and Online Teaching and Learning. One thing I have been wondering about is Teaching and Learning during Office Hours. I do not offer traditional office hours for my online courses. Instead I respond to students’ questions through emails within [...]
Apr 21 2012
The course I am revising is a course I am currently teaching on campus. I often find myself thinking about how to best replicate my on-campus instruction and assessment in the online environment. However, as I am learning more and more through this course more I am seeing that they really are separate environments. While [...]
Apr 20 2012
Three of the differences that I perceive between e-campus and brick-and-mortar campus teaching are the testing environments, the more limited ability to offer additional clarifying information informally in e-campus, and the greater need for up-front course development. I wish that the support for developing distance programs was offered to on-campus instructors, as the rich bag [...]
Apr 20 2012
Currently, I am translating my on-campus version of FW315 (Ichthyology) for online delivery, and am certainly running into some challenges! Chief among these is the fact that by necessity, this course is information-dense, and requires students to comprehend a set of foundational information that they need to succeed into subsequent courses in the curriculum, such [...]
