My server said it couldn't find your web site.  Any suggestions?
Nancy
 
At 10:53 PM 11/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob Hamill asked
>
>"I would like to be the first one at my school to put B-Law on-line.
>Does anyone have experience in this area or any ideas as to where I
>could search for additional info?"
>
>I have a course on-line at
>
>http://www.sinclair.edu/sec/law101/home
>
>The course uses video tapes produced by my college. The tapes,with
>occasional updating, have been used since about 1981 for Distance Learning
>students. The Web course version has been up since January 1996.
>
> The Web course allows for interaction with students through a 'Dialogue
>About the Law" page using Allaire software. Interaction is required as
>students are evaluated on responses to "Discussion Cases" on the Dialogue
>page.
>
>When I was creating the Web pages (having great fun doing so), I kept
>thinking "How Great! Now I will have more interaction with the students
>than I did just using video."
>
>I have had interaction, but not the amount I would have liked. Students
>will respond to my posted cases but will not enter into conservations with
>me or other students at the page. Perhaps there is a critical enrollment
>number (30?) which will induce good discussion. To date the largest number
>enrolled is 11.
>
>Students have sent me regular e-mail message but usually to let me know
>they had trouble with their computer and had not been able to get on-line
>until the 4th week of the quarter (like, "I wasn't here for the test
>because my grandmother died.")
>
>The administration work in keeping such messages so I can remember which
>student is which, maintaining e-mail address and a host of other similar
>work is not fun.
>
>I have created more Web courses and helped other faculty to do the same.
>But... I think the fun is in the creating. I have not gotten much of a kick
>out of offering the course.
>
>Don't let this deter you. You may have a different audience. As soon as I
>can (now have non-teaching responsibilities), I will enhance my classroom
>course with material on the Web. Maybe I will have a greater response in
>this format.
>
>Garnett McDonough
>Sinclair Community College
>Dayton, Ohio
>
>
Nancy Hauserman, J.D.
Williams Professor
Dept. of Managment and Organization
C352 PBAB
University of Iowa
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