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There are no exams. The grading is criterion-based. If a particular assignment would not receive at least an A-, you will be told what work is needed. If you choose to do so, you may revise the assignment in order to improve your grade. Below is an outline of activities and the grading model:
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| 10% | Each week poses a problem. This could be to find something on the web, to propose a research project, or to examine an issue such as access. Treat this problem as a common base for our class discussions. Where there are readings, you
should look at all of them, but you'll probably go more deeply into some than others. Also, you may find additional sources you can share with the
class. There is usually some item to submit, either through web board or on your ePortfolio.
At the end of the week,
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| 10% | Each week, you'll share what you learn in the web board asynchronous conference. If the week's problem is a question such as, "How should we read the web?", I'm less interested in a straight quote from an "expert," and more in your own ideas backed up by evidence, including your experiences, quantitative data, ideas from readings, research studies, or what you've learned from classmates, what you've observed students doing. | |
| 10% | There will be synchronous internet chats approximately once every two weeks. The purpose of the chat sessions is to have a somewhat more lively interaction, where
we can talk about things such as project ideas or technology issues in different learning contexts. This is not for specific technical problems, which are best
addressed to the tech support team.
Depending on your interests, we may use the chats in various ways. For example, we might decide to run multiple chat rooms simultaneously. You can also use the chat rooms yourselves at any time: You could set up a time for your project group to to discuss project strategy. | |
| 50% | Project | Throughout the course you will work on a semester project. Each project has five milestones: (1) Project Proposal,
(2) Annotated Bibliography, (3) Outline, (4) Presentation, and (5) Final Report.
The project may be done individually or in a small group. In most circumstances, a group project is assumed to receive roughly equal contributions from the group members, and is expected to be more substantial than an individual project. Work must turned in on time to receive full consideration. |
| 10% | ePortfolio | During the course, you will create and maintain an electronic portfolio or, "ePortfolio". The last step in completing either a weekly activity or a stage in the semester project is to link a file showing your work from your ePortfolio page.
Your ePortfolio will be accessible to anyone on the web who knows the URL of your ePortfolio page. This will provide a valuable resource for other educators. If you feel that certain portions of the ePortfolio should not be shared in that way, you can keep links ot those portions hidden. |
| 10% | Reflection | The final piece of the ePortfolio is a final reflection paper. |