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first forays...
May. 16th, 2007 01:57 pmI'm SUPPOSED to start teaching Internet & Society in summer session on Monday. But as of this moment, there are only 2 students enrolled in the course. :^/ I need 4 for the class to run - if I don't get that number, I have the option of running it as a tutorial and being paid on a per-student basis (and earning less than I would if it was a formal class).
I asked the registrar & dept. chair about the possibility of running it as an online course, with the same timeline as if it was meeting in the classroom (i.e., starting on the 21st of May and finishing on the 21st of June). I got a response from the registrar almost immediately saying that he thinks it's an "acceptable option". If Pat says it's OK, I'll probably run it that way, with some real-time interaction (assuming I can get the blackboard real-time system to work reliably - I need to test it with safari and see if it's more reliable there) and using the discussion boards w/in blackboard.
This could be really exciting, or it could be a total bomb. We shall see...
I asked the registrar & dept. chair about the possibility of running it as an online course, with the same timeline as if it was meeting in the classroom (i.e., starting on the 21st of May and finishing on the 21st of June). I got a response from the registrar almost immediately saying that he thinks it's an "acceptable option". If Pat says it's OK, I'll probably run it that way, with some real-time interaction (assuming I can get the blackboard real-time system to work reliably - I need to test it with safari and see if it's more reliable there) and using the discussion boards w/in blackboard.
This could be really exciting, or it could be a total bomb. We shall see...
