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I particullary like the forums. I tend to read most of them. They provide as much material as the class does and permit some discussion of the various points of view.
I am in my early 60s and was somewhat nervous regarding taking online classes and tests. I have found these calsses, (two so far), to be a wealth of information both in the class content as well as the discussions in the forums. These two have given me many new ideas on how to be a better instructor and how to help the students to do their best.
In the forums there is a definite advantage to having an effective class size in the hundreds. The information exchange is fabulous.
I do miss the face to face interaction of the traditional… >>>
I will also roam during a test; however I noticed that there was strong similarities between certain peoples tests resulting in a few grade point averages making a remarkable improvement. I found a way to locate the cheaters from the workers.
I generated 5 copies of a test that had mostly math questions on them. Though the questions looked identical, some of the values were different so that the final answer would be different. It was amazing to see the answers that matched the students that had good grades.
When reviewing the test with the class after they had been… >>>
As a first time instructor, I took away quite a few ideas that I can experiment with over the next months. The best part was the Forums. The many comments and Ideas that I found there was impressive and in several cases reflected information I needed currently. Other items I made note of for future use.
Definitely time well spent.
I am looking forward to the next module I am to take.
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I have to agree with Miriam, the breaks are necessary. When teaching very technical subjects I will even have more frequent breaks where we just talk about the topic in more of an overview. We may even go off topic for a moment. It allows the new material to sink in.