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Using WebCT and Laptops For Active Learning in the Classroom. Can Akkan Graduate School of Management Sabanc ı University. Agenda. My ultimate goal in using technology in the classroom Methods by which I try to accomplish this How these methods are implemented using available technology
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Using WebCT and Laptops For Active Learning in the Classroom Can Akkan Graduate School of Management Sabancı University
Agenda • My ultimate goal in using technology in the classroom • Methods by which I try to accomplish this • How these methods are implemented using available technology • Q & A
Primary Objective • Make a large class feel like a small one
Large vs Small Class • Small Class: • Interactive • Students think along • Students know each other • Students can get help easily outside class • Large Class: • Monologue • Students fall asleep in class • Students do not know their neighbors • Help? What help?
Making MGMT 201 a Small Class • Interactive • Students think along • Students know each other • Students can get help easily outside class • Students have many ways to give feedback In-class exercises Initial Survey Online discussions Two-Minute-Papers
In-Class Exercises • Exercises could be both quantitative and qualitative • Possible tasks: • Recall prior material • Answer a question • Start a problem solution • Work out next step in a calculation • Think of an application or an example • … etc.
Using Technology … • To easily collect in-class exercises and evaluate them • Exercises done in Excel workbooks • Students download a file from WebCT • Complete the exercise • Upload the file • Grading • Download all files from WebCT • An Excel macro is used to create a table of all students’ work
Get-to-Know-You Survey • Gender • Year • Faculty • Program choice • Town family lives • Student club membership • Internship experience
Two-Minute Paper 2 minutes before the end of each session students fill out a survey asking: • The main point(s) • The muddiest (least clear) point(s)
Exams • Using laptops as well • Can’t use WebCT • Can’t stop students from communicating with each other • Using a special purpose server to distribute and collect files
Output of Grading Macro • Grade entry to WebCT is done manually