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If technology is the answer,

If technology is the answer,. Sir John Daniel, vice chancellor of the Open University, as quoted in “Technology in Today’s Classroom,” Academe , May/June 1998. If technology is the answer,. what was the question?. Sir John Daniel, vice chancellor of the Open University,

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If technology is the answer,

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  1. If technology is the answer, Sir John Daniel, vice chancellor of the Open University, as quoted in “Technology in Today’s Classroom,” Academe, May/June 1998

  2. If technology is the answer, what was the question? Sir John Daniel, vice chancellor of the Open University, as quoted in “Technology in Today’s Classroom,” Academe, May/June 1998

  3. How can a course website improve student learning and the undergraduate experience? A course website can help to: • enhance student/faculty interaction • make the most of class time • increase students’ out-of-class time

  4. Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (AAHE, 1987) Good Practice: 1. Encourages student-faculty contact. 2. Encourages cooperation among students. 3. Encourages active learning. 4. Gives prompt feedback. 5. Emphasizes time on task. 6. Communicates high expectations. 7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

  5. SCEN103 Science Concepts Behind High Technology • Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution • http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/colloq2000/

  6. PHYS345 Electricity and Electronics for Engineers • Electrical Engineering for • Mechanical Engineering Majors • http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/phys345/

  7. PHYS208 Fundamentals of Physics II • Electricity and Magnetism for Engineering Majors • http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/phys208/

  8. A course website can help to enhance communication with a large class by providing: • online survey forms • an anonymous suggestion box • a repository of responses • to individuals

  9. Gathering personal information

  10. Surveying class attitudes

  11. Anonymous suggestion box

  12. A course website can help to make the most of class time by: • relegating organizational • details to out-of-class time • focusing attention • reducing transcription

  13. Reduce in-class references to exams!

  14. for active learning

  15. Think, pair, share

  16. Reduce transcription time & errors

  17. A course website can help to increase students’ out-of-class time by: • providing selected solutions • encouraging additional work • suggesting appropriate online • resources • inspiring web-based projects

  18. Weekend posting for Friday quiz

  19. Favoring students by doubling work load

  20. Providing relevant online resources

  21. Encouraging student creation and publication

  22. Why construct a course website? It can help to: • enhance student/faculty interaction • make the most of class time • increase students’ out-of-class time ghw@udel.edu

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