May 2004, Vol. 3, Issue 5
SHRINKING THE LARGE LECTURE & LAB COURSE: HOW PACE
UNIVERSITY CONVERTED A CORE INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING COURSE
INTO AN EFFECIVE BLENDED LEARNING FORMAT
At Pace University, an Introduction to Computing course
(CIS101) has been a core requirement for all of its students
for the past 20 years. Up until the Fall 2002 semester,
CIS101 was offered strictly in a traditional face-to-face
format. Today - after two pilot runs during the 2002-2003
academic year - CIS101 is offered strictly in a blended
learning format.
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FIVE TIPS FOR MANAGING A DISCUSSION BOARD, COURTESY OF PACE
UNIVERSITY
The discussion board is where a lot of activity takes place
in the online learning environment. Students will (or may)
post questions and respond to discussion topics each week.
It’s a good idea to post a new discussion topic each week so
the students can reinforce what they are learning in other
sections of the class. Listed here are some ideas, created
by the Pace University Computer Learning Center, that have
worked well when developing discussion topics.
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DISCOVERING OUR INNER CHEFS: A STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING
BLENDED LEARNING
Blended learning in higher education continues to progress
in promising new directions. At a recent workshop on blended
learning held this April by the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C),
in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago,
about 40 educators from around the country formed a general
consensus that blended learning in higher education involves
combining elements of online and classroom learning
activities and is much more than simply "Web-facilitation,"
i.e., information and communication functions (syllabus,
course announcements, and the like).
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