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Collaborative Online Instruction: A Care Ethics Perspective, Colette Rabin, Grinell Smith
Collaborative Online Instruction: A Care Ethics Perspective, Colette Rabin, Grinell Smith
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Isolation is often a problem in online courses. In this qualitative study, we used care ethics perspectives to design the social organization of an online course to foster the development of robust collaborative professional relationships. Redesign focused on two areas. First, we centered all assignments on complex real-world problems. Second, we used dialogic instructor-assisted self-assessment. We found that students built professional relationships through dialogue, and simultaneously produced high-quality work. The significance of this work lies in its potential to help other instructors address the challenge of helping teachers adopt collaboration as a professional disposition.
Assessment Of Multi Media & Web Based Instruction In A Science Technology & Society Course, Patricia Backer
Assessment Of Multi Media & Web Based Instruction In A Science Technology & Society Course, Patricia Backer
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Multimedia can be a powerful tool in exploring the nature of the world around us, including its technological systems. This paper describes the assessment of self-paced multimedia and web- based modules that are used in an advanced General Education (GE) course in the College of Engineering at San José State University. The development of these modules began in 1994 and has undergone many revisions. Currently, four of the seven units in this class are taught using either multimedia CDs or web-based material.The General Education course, Technology and Civilization (TECH 198), is designed to introduce students to the realm of history …