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The Convergence of Teaching and Design in WebCT
by Sharon Widmayer

  

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Key Project "Puzzlements"

For me, teaching this course with WebCT was an opportunity to learn more about how OCMS affects the teaching environment. Accordingly, I decided to focus on five key project puzzlements as I taught ENGL 302B.

  • How does using a course management system such as WebCT affect teaching?
  • How can one design course material for online learning in a writing course?
  • How can these online materials be adapted for face-to-face classes?
  • How can both face-to-face and distance student writing effectively be assessed?
  • What challenges are presented when teaching with technology in a "wired" classroom (a classroom with no computer or projector present but wired for the Internet)?

I traced my engagement with these "puzzlements" with through a course journal which illuminates some of the conclusions I draw below.

Redesigning
English 302B