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hi
everybody, we just got a go-ahead (thank to Karen as always!) to start putting
together support materials that we can share on the internet as a common
resource for College online courses. it's pretty clear that students in our
courses have some common needs, but so far online instructors have not had an
easy way to share those materials with each other. yes, we've been reinventing
that famous proverbial wheel for each of our separate classes...
so, for our
meeting this Thursday I was thinking it would be great to brainstorm a WISHLIST
of materials (we've talked about many possibilities in previous meetings:
readiness assessment, writing skills, computer tutorials, research and study
strategies, etc.).
also on
Thursday we could try to PRIORITIZE that wishlist so that we can get the
most important materials done over the summer in time for people to use in
their online courses in the fall.
I know
especially at this time of the semester it might be difficult for folks to find
the time to come to a meeting in person, so I will definitely make sure
to circulate a list of possible materials via this listserv so that people
can voice their priorities even if they cannot attend the
meeting.
meanwhile, I'll see some of you on Thursday I hope -
we're in Ellison as usual, 3:30 on Thursday. thanks
everybody!
Laura