tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7372672787343249811..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Online classes are great, except for the part about students learning stuffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15747931254459344362015-04-23T11:00:10.622-04:002015-04-23T11:00:10.622-04:00It is so easy to design a shitty online class. The...It is so easy to design a shitty online class. The best online classes have a lot of interaction, frequent deadlines, asychronous lessons, and some method of hitting the students who fall behind (either a strong student rep program or a physical person to check progress and speak to the student so there are consequences).<br /><br />But when it is done well, it is golden.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31316709079920109962015-04-23T08:44:03.279-04:002015-04-23T08:44:03.279-04:00I've been preaching from the same gospel. Book...I've been preaching from the same gospel. Books didn't eliminate big lectures, nor did videotapes. What is an online course but text and pictures (still and moving) perhaps combined with a Usenet-like discussion board? Oh, that's right: this unique synthesis of resources is unlike anything that came before, so it will be better this time! Except that available research shows that it&#Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43349083915450589922015-04-23T06:46:11.139-04:002015-04-23T06:46:11.139-04:00As an Ontario kid, I actually did Grade 13, and I ...As an Ontario kid, I actually did Grade 13, and I resemble that remark!<br /><br />I also remember visiting the campus of Big City U (it was Trawna) during Grade 13, when I was deciding where to go to university. This was back in the day pre-internet. The tour guide proudly explained their new initiative to structure the big first year Intro to Hamsters course as a series of video modules Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1168756402910412462015-04-22T23:13:53.421-04:002015-04-22T23:13:53.421-04:00Freshman year is the one that most needs to be don...Freshman year is the one that most needs to be done in meatspace. It is not merely Grade 13.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64776470622320186842015-04-22T22:16:09.201-04:002015-04-22T22:16:09.201-04:00What she said.
But ASU just announced a plan to ...What she said. <br /><br />But ASU just announced a plan to develop a dozen intro-level MOOCs (which you can take for credit for $45 + $200/credit hour) to "replace freshman year"...Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64281129989039157912015-04-22T19:43:09.110-04:002015-04-22T19:43:09.110-04:00"I'm not sure online ed has any place in ..."I'm not sure online ed has any place in community college programs aimed primarily at preparing for transfer/receiving the AA degree."<br /><br />I'm there, I've taught online, and I agree. Our population is not ready in terms of academic skills or the meta-skills like awareness that one doesn't understand something and needs help. In about 10 semesters of a teaching anAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29543611126735343202015-04-22T18:56:55.412-04:002015-04-22T18:56:55.412-04:00I teach online on a regular basis, don't mind ...I teach online on a regular basis, don't mind doing so, and think I'm reasonably successful at it, but I'm not surprised by any of the above. Basically, the more experienced/prepared, mature, and self-disciplined the student is, the better online education works. It's an excellent medium (especially when combined with infrequent but intense face to face sessions) for advanced, Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com