ED392+2000+by+Nadine+Nader-Davis


=ED 392 Internet Teaching Techniques=

[|A. Nadine Burke] (517) 686-9015 S-9 Fine Arts Building Delta College University Center, MI 48710 anburke@alpha.delta.edu

Welcome to Ed 392: Internet Teaching Techniques for Teachers! I am excited that this course will create a community of Internet users who are interested in using Internet techniques in their classrooms. My plan is to have the course simulate what it is like to learn using Internet tools. Rather than reading and discussing the ways these tools can be used to teach, I am going to use them to teach you the course content. Of course, reading and discussing will be a big part of the course, but much of the discussion will be virtual. Readings, aside from the course textbook that I am assigning as reference, will be from the World Wide Web (WWW) or handouts provided in class.

You will be expected to participate in the class discussion board at least twice weekly throughout the fifteen week course, participate in the virtual sessions, and use the WWW to retrieve assignments and reading materials as well as to research what types of Internet instruction is happening in your field of expertise. All of us come to this course with varying levels of Internet experience. Experience in using e-mail and the WWW is important. I am assuming you have a degree of comfort in using these two tools. This experience is critical to your success of this course. However, I would like to see a sharing of expertise and mentoring of each other. We are the most valuable resources in the class: our expertise in our academic field, our energy, our creativity, and our dedication to our profession.

Course Description & Outcomes and Objectives

Course Description

This course provides those with basic Internet skills the tools and knowledge to create strategies and practices that use Internet tools (e-mail, discussion list, WWW, search engines, chat programs) to enhance student learning.

OUTCOME: Create a project for use in a classroom situation that uses at least two of the Internet tools taught in the course.

Objectives: Write rationale for the use of Internet strategies into their existing curricula based upon course readings, lectures, use of Internet tools, and guest lectures. Create strategies and plans to implement the Internet into their course curricula. Create exercises related to existing curricula.

OUTCOME: Create evaluation strategies for their Internet Project.

Objectives: Evaluate models of already existing Internet-delivered courses and strategies. Evaluate research on using the Internet instruction. Cite the uses of a discussion list in a traditional classroom and in distance learning situations. Search the Internet for discussion lists relevant to curriculums. Cite the uses of WWW in a traditional classroom and in distance learning situations. Cite uses of synchronous chat tools in traditional classroom and distance learning situations.

OUTCOME: Implement their Internet project in their classroom.

Objectives: Manage a discussion list for use in the classroom. Display classroom management techniques related to the use of discussion lists at various instructional levels and curricula. Demonstrate search strategies on the WWW. Create a web page that presents instructional materials. Demonstrate the elements of instructional design in creating web pages. Use at least two synchronous chat tools. Lead a discussion in a synchronous chat environment.

OUTCOME: Create a notebook/file of Internet resources. (This can be kept electronically.)

Objectives: Demonstrate their knowledge of this pedagogy in the creation of appropriate learning activities for their students to use. Create discussion questions and activities to use with a discussion list. Create exercises related to existing curricula that use synchronous chat.

Books
 * REQUIRED: Palloff. //Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace//. Jossey-Bass. 1999.
 * REQUIRED: Boettcher and Conrad. //Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web.// 2000.
 * RECOMMENDED: //Teach Yourself Netscape Communicator 4.5 in 24 Hours.// SAMS. Policies

Attendance: Attendance at orientation on September 8 from 12-2 PM is required. This will be the only required meeting; however, the instructor will be available in K-110 from 12-2 PM each Friday //as needed// to provide additional help. Please send e-mail or leave voice mail if you plan to attend Virtual Attendance: You must participate on the class discussion board located at the Blackboard Course Web Site at least twice a week. You must regularly visit and participate in the virtual discussion throughout the months of November and Decemberl. Synchronous chat using Blackboard and AOL Instant Messenger will be required. You must also participate in small group discussion using the Group Discussion options provided at the Blackboard site. You must also regularly correspond with classmates via e-mail and small group e-mail discussion. You must communicate regularly with your instructor by e-mail and synchronous chat.

Assignments: Use must use the World Wide Web to retrieve assignments and research information. Assignments will be found at the course site and will not be given in paper format. Please feel free to print assignments as needed. You will need to practice search skills throughout the semester. Research using the library and the Internet is required.

Grading The course is collaborative in nature; for this reason, assignments will not be accepted late. Grading will be done on a point basis. These assignments are essential to help you see how a classroom discussion and activities can be simulated virtually. You must post at least twice for each unit discussion question at the Blackboard site throughout the course. Point values are posted in each unit; however, for most unit discussion questions the point value is 10. During the virtual component of the course (November and December) you must participate two times a week. These activities are essential so that you can experience what it is like to be a "cyberstudent." In addition, some of these assignments will involve working in small groups with classmates in a virtual situation, demonstrating competency in using an Internet tool, and researching what is happening with Internet delivered instruction in your content area. These assignments will have point values assigned. The point values will be listed at the site where you find the assignments. Generally, assignments will be worth 25-50 points.
 * Participation in the course discussion board at the Blackboard site.
 * You are required to complete the discussion/writing assignments given throughout the course. These assignments are usually sent to the instructor for grading.
 * You will create two - three Internet assignment that you will use in one of current courses. Point values are posted within each unit.


 * Final Exam: A final exam will be given at the Blackboard site. The exam is help you reflect upon your experiences in ED 392 and decide upon what works for you and what might work for your students online. It is not designed to "test" you. In addition, you will use the Blackboard testing tool to see its features.

Nadine Burke and Delta College 2000