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I have been somewhat familiar with wikis, but I decided to investigate them a little more after they were mentioned in the this course because I feel they may be a good tool for group projects. The current system one of the institutions I teach for is a little cumbersome and it is not always easy for students to see the work other students have done. The one in particular I am going to research is Wikispaces. The only issue that I can see is the fact that this tool exists outside of the university's LMS and therefore is not… >>>
Over the years, I have taught numerous history courses for a number of institutions and I have found that the material I use for these courses often overlaps. For some time now I have given thought to how I can construct such a database that will help me organize this material and make it easily accessible based on the learning objectives for a given class. I am hoping that as I continue this course, I will learn how to construct such a database as I have not been able to come up with a good way to do so yet.… >>>
In teaching for a number of schools, I have found that the way in which discussion boards are structured have a significant effect on student interaction. For instance, it is the requirement of one school that students must post an initial response to the DB by Thursday and respond to two other students by Monday (in a Tues-Mon class week) in each of two discussion threads for each week. I am required to respond to every student post between the two posts by the end of the week. Another school I teach for requires the same student participation (in a… >>>
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