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DOING IT!

Computer-Mediated Undergraduate Instruction Using the Internet

J. B. Owens

http://www.isu.edu/~owenjack/bookmarks/dawg.html

This page has been prepared to support the presentation of J. B. Owens, Professor of History, Idaho State University, on 23 October 1998. The program has been arranged by Paul Tate, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Graduate Studies, and the ISU Women's Studies Program.

More detailed discussions:

Topics in World History, 1350-1800

Virtues and Vices of Computer-Mediated Teaching and Learning

Ways of Teaching and Learning in Cyberspace

History On-line: Teaching on the Internet

I.

• asynchronous and synchronous (real-time) interactions
• Internet course
• online course
• Web course, Web-centered course, Web-enhanced course

II.

• electronic mail or e-mail
• web pages
• lists
• MUDs, MOOs, and chat rooms

• Access to People; Access to Information

  The ability to pursue a topic to the limits of interest and time.
  "Not all who wander are lost" (J. R. Tolkien).
  

  Active, Nonlinear, Extended Thought

  Resources

  Labyrinth

  American Memory

  Ecclesiastical Culture

  Scholarly Links of Interest

  Information Search Design

  Examples

  Renaissance Creativity

  The Spanish Empire

• Amplified Interaction

  Asynchronous Interaction

  Resources

  ISU Electronic Mailing Lists

  Real-Time Interaction

  Resources

  MOO at ISU

  New Tools for Teaching of James J. O'Donnell

• Collaborative Learning and Teaching

  Learning Communities

  Examples

  Institute for Constitutional Research

  World History Network

  World Lecture Hall

• New Approaches

  
  

  Cyberclass Checklist

  A useful list of matters to consider when designing a computer-mediated course. Provided by Lynn Ryan of the University of South Florida.

• Faculty Productivity

  
  

• More Professors!

  
  

• Administrative Recognition

  
  

• TIME!

  
  

• Quality Training

  
  

  Resource

  Syllabus Magazine

• Access to Hardware and Software

  
  

• Institutional Support Structure

  
  

All contents copyright © 1998.
J. B. Owens
All rights reserved.

Revised:  23 October 1998

URL:  http://www.isu.edu/~owenjack/bookmarks/dawg.html