 The
Institute 
Using Online Courseware to Enhance Learning
Module Goals:
- To learn about the types of online courseware resources that
are available to educators.
- To consider online courseware strategies that promote student
learning.
Training Module:
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- Win
Module lecturette presented by Dr. Gilbert Cuevas, University
of Miami School of Education.
Online Courseware Web Resources
American
Distance Education Consortium Guiding Principles for Distance
Teaching and Learning
http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/distance-teaching_principles.html
Big Chalk
http://www.bigchalk.com
Partnership with Blackboard.com to give teachers access to online
course creation. Create-a-Site feature lets teachers create a
class website.
Blackboard
http://blackboard.com
Electric School House
http://www.eschoolhouse.com
Teachers can create a free school or class web site.
HighWired.com
http://www.highwired.com
Teachers can build a web site for their school or class.
Schoolcity.com
http://www.schoolcity.com
Site builder to create an interactive school or class web site.
WebCT
http://webct.com
Web-centered course examples:
Stanford Center
for Professional Development
http://stanfordonline.stanford.edu/
eClass
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fce/eclass
eClass, formerly Classroom 2000, is an attempt to study the impact
of ubiquitous computing on education. They have built a prototype
classroom environment and the necessary software infrastructure
to seamlessly capture much of the rich interaction that occurs
in a typical university lecture. [Note: Click on Room 102 for
a detailed description of how to set a technology-based classroom.]
Florida Campus Direct -
Distance Education at the University of Florida
http://www.fcd.ufl.edu
[Note: Go to Courses, then to online courses, followed by College
Supported Courses, and finally to IDC Supported Courses. On this
page click on any of the available courses. You will not be able
to interact fully since all are protected. Hint: Try the Mathematics
course.]
Web-based course examples:
Journey North: A
Global Study of Wildlife Migration
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
Journey North is a science education program that uses the
Internet to track migration and signs of spring. Students in
classrooms across North America share their own observations
of the changing seasons. Now in its
7th season, this program was not possible before Internet technology.
pH
Tutorial Launch Pad
http://www.science.ubc.ca/~chem/tutorials/pH/launch.html
This site features notes and self directed exercises designed
to help students with the fundamental concepts of acid-base chemistry.
The level of instruction is aimed at first year university students
with no prior knowledge of acid-base chemistry.
Web-present courses examples:
The
Mathematics Teacher Education Resource Place
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/mathed/resource.html
Selected Print References
Cooper, L. (2000). Online courses: Tips for making them work.
T.H.E. Journal, 27 (8), 87-92.
Hazari, S., & Schnorr, D. (1999). Leveraging student feedback
to improve teaching in web-based courses. T.H.E. Journal, 26(1),
30-38.
Schweizer, H. (1999). Designing and teaching an online course.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
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