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WebCT and E-Community to Manage your Large Course

WebCT and E-Community to Manage your Large Course. Jay Brophy, Psychology Steve Lytle, Health Services Administration. 5 Things. Build a Routine Don’t spook the herd Help, Help, Me Rhonda Select the tools that won’t bite you on the…. “To thine own self be true” : Assess your style

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WebCT and E-Community to Manage your Large Course

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  1. WebCT and E-Community to Manage your Large Course Jay Brophy, Psychology Steve Lytle, Health Services Administration

  2. 5 Things • Build a Routine • Don’t spook the herd • Help, Help, Me Rhonda • Select the tools that won’t bite you on the…. • “To thine own self be true” : Assess your style • Set the emotional tone

  3. Four Issues in Large Class Environments • Four Issues to consider • Instructor issues • Student Issues • The Environment of the Classroom • Technology Issues • What can you do to manage these 4 items?

  4. Lectures Class discussion Homework problems Case studies Reading textbooks Library research Group projects Individual projects Faculty office hours Cramming the night before for the exam Reviewing the results of an exam Follow-up materials that reinforces Chapter questions/terms Faculty/student interaction Student/student interaction Where Does Learning Occur?What other things can you think of?

  5. What in the World is E-Community? • The old ‘Student List’ • Integrated email communications • Students are responsible for keeping their email and other information current • Pictures • Connections to other UCF applications

  6. Getting things going • Organization and Communication are very important. If you have problems, look at how you do these two things • Inform your students what they are supposed to learn and how they should go about learning it. • If you do a poor job of communicating… 300 students and 10% send you an email every day, what’s going to happen?

  7. Weekly Routine • Monday—News from ARHS • Tuesday—Content via email • Wednesday—Our ‘due’ day • Thursday — Content via email • Friday — We post grades

  8. Look at the WebCT tools and pick just a few • Syllabus • Gradebook • Calendar • Quizzes • Discussions • Class Mail • Dropbox • Glossary

  9. Email Forums Chat Video tape Radio Projects Interaction Course content Group projects Quizzes/Surveys Assignments WebCT calendar Real guests CD-ROM Available Tools • Scavenger hunts • Virtual guests • Streaming audio/video • Live Video conferencing • Course materials • online

  10. Standard operating procedures • Be systematic • Develop a routine • Start/middle/finish • Teach students procedures • Don’t spook the herd, keep things the same • Allow the students to trust you • Make things familiar to the student

  11. “Do the steps that you have been shown until they become your very own.” Jackson Browne

  12. 17 Tips for Large Classes • http://reach.ucf.edu/~arhs/largeclasstips.htm

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