Tag: WC

SPAN Courses

Transition to Courses 001, 002, 003, & 131Background/History on the coursesWenyi, original designersJuan did a revision 2 years ago (?), no IPS (sometimes Sing)lot of graded assignments, grade book overwhelminglot of flash elements in 1, 2, 3131 is a little…

Transition to Courses 001, 002, 003, & 131

Background/History on the courses

  • Wenyi, original designers
  • Juan did a revision 2 years ago (?), no IPS (sometimes Sing)
  • lot of graded assignments, grade book overwhelming
  • lot of flash elements in 1, 2, 3
  • 131 is a little different, all content in HTML, instructor wants a lot of freedom, everything in lessons tab is managed by the instructor, just keep an eye on things, not changing course content
  • all instructors are very friendly, willing to work with us, easy to take care of
  • they have E-Live sessions (set up by the instructor and students themselves), bi-weekly w/ students, and s-s interaction (links to recordings to T)
  • exams: non-proctored, timed; they have been converted into Asssessments
  • two to three section, 131 has one section
  • Harrisburg is merged with WC version, why?
  • PA: Kelly Ball, all communication; PM: Sue Repine
  • 131 will have a new textbook in July, Fall revision for Summer ’11 new version
  • they run every semester
  • instructors are generally very consistent

Check in PACTS for materials, If Kathy doesn’t update me about new versions assume that we’ll use the customized version of the materials.

Generally just the course schedule get’s updated each semseter.

student home pages also need to be updated each semester

peer evals are not used

ask instructors when to start and end specific lesson folders, T’s want to open and close at different times, maybe a week before or after; they want to do this because they want to guard against future cheating

i should ask them for more questions to use in questions pools

Rox and Maria, sec 1 and 2 (002) are slightly different
be sure to pick up the phone!

131 – first book Burns book is coming out in July
revision usually just changes readings
instructor has a lot of ideas for RI courses, might be able to apply them for the summer revision; Tim Wilsie (revision author) 25% revision… Andrea should we beef up the revision? maybe 50%? depends on the changes made to the new textbook

give instructor 131 one month of time before the course opens to make his changes, he’ll make all of the changes except of the syllabus

real-to-real not from DEV space

eLearning vs. Distance Learning

What is the difference between elearning and distance learning?eLearning – refers to any learning supported by electronic technology which could include face-to-face forms of delivery (see more)Distance Learning – refers to a delivery format where the students are not physically…

What is the difference between elearning and distance learning?

eLearning – refers to any learning supported by electronic technology which could include face-to-face forms of delivery (see more)

Distance Learning – refers to a delivery format where the students are not physically present for the instruction in a traditional sense (see more)

You could have an eLearning-Distance Learning format similar to many of our World Campus Online courses. The World Campus used to offer distance learning via correspondence courses. Of course, we offer resident online courses for local students.

On our own with Protected PASS

Linas and I have been trying to figure out how to access protected content in PASS. We know how to manage content in the www_Protected directory using the PASS Explorer and SMB server access. We know how to manage the…

Linas and I have been trying to figure out how to access protected content in PASS. We know how to manage content in the www_Protected directory using the PASS Explorer and SMB server access. We know how to manage the permissions using the web-based Access Control Manager Wizard. All we needed to know is what URL to use to access protected content.

Unfortunately the Learning Design IT staff either didn’t know how to do it themselves or they didn’t make the time to give us a quick hand. That was frustrating because I knew it was an easy answer that was just out of our reach. So, what is the answer?
The base URL for my protected space is: https://protected.personal.psu.edu/kkm11/
And that information can be found at: http://kb.its.psu.edu/article/1103
I hope that helps someone else in the future.