Hello everyone,
The monthly meeting of the CAS online discussion group will
be this Thursday, April 7, 3:30 PM
in Ellison 336 (Norman)
and 1J10 (Tulsa). (Tulsa faculty please let me know if you plan
to attend.)
Topics for this month’s discussion are:
- The new course management
system, D2L
- Common understandings about
online courses
- What is a reasonable amount of
work for a week in an online course?
- What are reasonable quizzes
and with what frequency?
- What are reasonable
assignments?
- What is reasonable
availability of the instructor--how fast should questions be replied to,
how often should the instructor be available for phone calls?
- What is good teaching in the
online environment?
- Any other items you’d
like to discuss
The May 5 meeting
will be held on the Norman campus in the Library School
lab, Bizzell 118A. Time has been changed to 3:00
PM. Topics for that day will be hands-on overview of Desire2Learn
for online course instructors, and end of semester Q&A.
Tulsa faculty,
plans are in the works for bringing D2L training to you. Beth McCoy and Alisa
Dougless are working on dates/times, and will notify you as soon as plans are
firmed up.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
Karen
Cozart
Coordinator, Distance Learning Programs
College of Arts & Sciences
University of Oklahoma
(405) 325-7943
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