Asynchronous web conferencing based |
Time and place independent for all participants |
Easy web interface |
Only requires a web browser for access - no proprietary client or plug-in |
Variety of modes from lecture to specialist panel to whole group discussion |
Structure the classroom to meet learning objectives |
Easy placement of files, images, audio and video clips in discussions |
Allows for presentations and discussions to use multimedia and files prepared using standard word processors |
Secure file library for each classroom/seminar room |
Share resources between students and faculty |
Based on one web server |
No discontinuity in conversation and discussion due to uploading and uploading and replication at different times - everything is web based |
Teacher/Facilitator easily controls the look and feel of the classroom and participant activities |
Allows the teacher/facilitator to design the environment to meet learning objectives |
Web-conferencing using item-response scrolling system |
Advanced organizer of conversation into a coherent and flowing dialogue - is natural and enables real conversation |
System tracks who has seen what |
Easy for student and faculty to monitor and track progress on assignments |
System can only present "new" material |
Enables students to keep up-to-date on all material |
All material is key word search able |
Easily find material anywhere in the classroom |
Classroom members roster easily viewable |
Allows personal 1:1 communication |
Secure area for only those students on the particular course |
Develops group awareness, sense of shared learning experience, and potential of learning community |
Hyperlinking to anything on the campus and to web resources from anywhere |
Harness the power of the web to link together related information embedded in the system |
Feature |
Benefit |
Web-based resource center |
Links to the web |
Project area |
Continually growing base of course participants produced resources available on the web enabling easy access by anyone on the web. |
Multimedia resources for each course |
Easy organization of media for each course |
Feature |
Benefit |
Designed for social interaction |
Contributes to group sharing |
Participants free to create anything |
Explores topics outside of course curriculum |
Lounges, water coolers, pubs and student unions |
Different places for relationships to develop |
Structure promotes spontaneous discussion |
Promotes informal learning |
Feature |
Benefit |
Each student participant has own journal space |
Encourage critical reflection of course content and process |
Reflective questions |
Develop meta-cognitive awareness |
Feature |
Benefit |
Journal organized by name, date, and time |
Enable close personal interaction among faculty and students |
Web-based student-participation assessment of learning |
Encourages transformative learning |
Distance learning testing system available |
Secure testing process if needed |
Tracking system that shows who has read what and percentages of contribution and time "in class" |
Enable the professor/teacher/facilitator to monitor progress of each student and the group |
Pre-course web based Myers-Briggs indicator |
Adjust course approach to reflect learning preferences of students |
Feature |
Benefit |
Registration area with forms |
Information entered directly from web into database |
Faculty Rooms |
Places to meet and prepare courses |
Campus members contacts |
Easy access to phone, email and webpage authoring |
Technical Support and help |
One place where all credit information is accessible |
Course records and credit information |
One place for information about how to use the campus and to create and upload web pages |
Our Virtual Campus is a place on
the World Wide Web designed for learning. It can be customized to meet specific learning objectives. The virtual campus we use for our courses reflects our design approach and consists of six components all present in a secure environment on
the web. The keystone of the design is based in the belief that learning occurs through good conversation and experiences that touch our emotions and intellect. The six components are:
These integrated components use web-conferencing, chat, Internet e-mail, OBDC databases, and assessment software in a seamless web based interface.
site update June, 2002
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