Online Tools for Teaching: Syllabus
January 6 - January 10, 1997
Monday: Introduction The first web page
- Who we are, what we'll be doing, the schedule for the rest of the
week, how things fit together.
- The first web page, the public_html directory, the index.html
file, the basics of html.
- The cut and paste way of life; every web page is a template for
more web pages.
- a faculty template
Tuesday: Creating a syllabus
Wednesday: Creating a course resource
list
- designing the resource list
- how to think like an X-ologist
- how to study X
- hints and examples
Thursday: Creating online discussion
groups
- from lurker to participant
- online supplements
- the power of the grade (from 10% to 90%)
Friday: Student assignments using the
web
- short written assignments - book reviews, web reviews
- long written assignments - term papers, published via the web.
- course portfolio
- course journal
Beyond
1997.01.06,
Steve.Cavrak@Uvm.Edu