Dave -
I will be getting a good dose of technical training in working with
WebCT, so elements like study groups, on-line tutoring, and real-time
lectures will all be possible. Our Distance Learning Department has
developed a couple of basic screening tools to assist students in the
process of deciding if they are really ready to take a course on-line.
I checked them out and they seem pretty good (one focuses on
technical/computer issues and the other focuses on learning styles and
needs). I WILL check out the University of Alaska link you provided...
Thanks! When you talk about screening out students who need to see the
process of calculation... I am stirred by the challenge of getting
processes visible for them on-line. While I have not yet had the chance
to see what WebCT can do, I'm hoping it will be a dynamic enough
software to provide a kind of flowing presentation of how a given
formula is solved, for example. If it can't show a moving picture, I
will have to find another way... At any rate, I'm just currently hoping
that technology isn't going to let me down on this one.
I am sure I will have to be ready for many surprises, but I think it's
going to be very interesting and enjoyable problem solving adventure!
Judith Roberts
Behavioral Sciences Dept.
City College of San Francisco
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Judith,
I'm going to try out web-based versions of two courses next fall
(critical thinking and senior seminar). If I were attempting statistics
in this format, I would put serious effort into screening out students
at the outset who have trouble learning math from a book and express a
need to see a clear in-class presentation in order to grasp the
material. There is a questionnaire at University of Alaska which you
can use to pre-screen students:
http://uaaonline.alaska.edu/prospective/suited/index.html
With BlackBoard or WebCT, you can form study groups, tutoring, and
give real-time lectures (plan on setting aside a chunk of time to learn
how to do this) but the students need to be comfortable working on their
own and getting help through e-mail "conversations."
I'm sure you'll get good help from others who teach stat via the
web.
--Dave
Judith Roberts wrote:
>I have been asked if I would be interested in developing an on-line
>statistics for behavioral sciences course for my community college.
>I've been teaching the course for 8 years in the traditional lecture
>style and loving it, but I greatly intrigued by this opportunity. Also
>statistics is a highly impacted course. Most students need to take
this
>class or other math/statistics courses in order to transfer to the
state
>university... In addition, the college is very interested in reaching
>out to students whose schedules do not allow them much flexibility for
>attending regular classes. I would just like to hear what some other
>stats and non-stats folks think about teaching a course like this in
the
>distance learning-computer format. Personally, I'm looking forward to
>the challenges of communicating mathematical concepts in this medium,
>but I am unsure of the extent to which students will find it workable.
>Anyone out there doing a distance learning stats?
>Judith Roberts
>Behavioral Sciences Department
>City College of San Francisco
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