WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.433 [Music] 00:00:08.433 --> 00:00:20.233 My classes include a variety of media including text based lectures but I also record videos for my students every week 00:00:20.233 --> 00:00:25.599 and there is a lot of interactive activities in which students can engage. 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:31.566 Like a wiki which enables students to coauthor a document together 00:00:31.566 --> 00:00:34.232 I use group work occasionally in my classes 00:00:34.233 --> 00:00:42.099 [Music] 00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:48.066 When I teach an onsite class my student spend 4 hours and 10 minutes in class. 00:00:48.066 --> 00:00:51.732 Although I give them 10 minutes break in between the 2 hours 00:00:51.733 --> 00:00:56.966 So anticipate spending that much time accessing the material if you're good reader you 00:00:56.966 --> 00:01:03.266 have to think a lot of the material in an online environment will be in written form so if 00:01:03.266 --> 00:01:09.299 you’re a slow reader it might actually you might actually spend a little more time accessing the material 00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:18.533 So anticipate spending that 4 hours you would spend in onsite class just dealing with the weekly material in a week add to that 00:01:18.533 --> 00:01:24.066 readings writings other assignments that would take place in the online environment 00:01:24.066 --> 00:01:26.032 so... ah... 00:01:26.033 --> 00:01:27.433 generally... 00:01:27.433 --> 00:01:36.133 a good rule of thumb is 1 hour of classwork equals 3 hours of out of class work so if your planning on 4 hours in on an online class 00:01:36.133 --> 00:01:41.199 anticipate another 12 hours of work other than actually being in the online environment 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:49.600 [Music] 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:56.733 No, you don't have to the main campus fortunately a long time ago a man named Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 00:01:56.733 --> 00:02:01.833 an so we can actually talk on the telephone we can talk through skype we can use e-mail. 00:02:01.833 --> 00:02:04.266 Certain professors are better at e-mail than others. 00:02:04.266 --> 00:02:08.532 Certain professors are excellent at e-mail and they prefer that is a main source of communication 00:02:08.533 --> 00:02:17.466 Other professors like myself are not so good at e-mail and prefer face to face contact ... Voice contact... 00:02:17.466 --> 00:02:21.032 and, so in that since you do not have to come to campus. 00:02:21.033 --> 00:02:28.366 I mean that kind of defeats some of the purpose of online courses especially for those students who are hours away from any campus 00:02:28.366 --> 00:02:33.299 and um that’s why they are taking an online course in first place ... 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:38.200 most of the time it's e-mail, its skype, its telephone, usually 00:02:38.200 --> 00:02:42.166 usually professors have office hours and during those office hours .. 00:02:42.166 --> 00:02:46.366 those office hours include telephone calls and so they can post office hours 00:02:46.366 --> 00:02:56.399 and you can call them on the phone during those office hours and communicate directly with the professor 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:07.300 [Music] 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:12.833 There is a couple of avenues.. The discussion boards are a big place for them to get to know each other 00:03:12.833 --> 00:03:18.733 as they're responding to each other in the topics for the week. 00:03:18.733 --> 00:03:23.899 They can message each other they can interact through group assignments. 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:28.433 If there happens to be a group assignment where they are working together. they can e-mail each other 00:03:28.433 --> 00:03:35.833 But there are boundaries of student conduct that need to be followed when they are doing that 00:03:35.833 --> 00:03:39.799 you need to respect each other and respect each others time. 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:47.966 [Music] 00:03:47.966 --> 00:03:54.732 Students are graded in a variety of ways from there discussion post whether 00:03:54.733 --> 00:04:00.833 they are addressing the question whether they are covering the topic thoroughly and whether they're um ... 00:04:00.833 --> 00:04:03.333 also where they are posting to other students. 00:04:03.333 --> 00:04:11.933 its a requirement in many classes for students to engage with other students that is just one component 00:04:11.933 --> 00:04:21.166 any kind of simulation any kind of exams projects that they are required to do are usually weighted i personally use points 00:04:21.166 --> 00:04:25.232 the students get so many points for doing a particular activity. 00:04:25.233 --> 00:04:36.266 Um... for reviewing videos for doing journaling which are private between you and your instructor. 00:04:36.266 --> 00:04:44.332 So.. Those combination of points works out to a percentage and there is a grade scale in each of the syllabuses 00:04:44.333 --> 00:04:48.899 that indicate what the expectation and what the grades will be 00:04:48.900 --> 00:04:58.400 [Music] 00:04:58.400 --> 00:05:02.200 I'm not going to give you specific dates because those are going to vary from semester to semester 00:05:02.200 --> 00:05:09.200 the first one is a refund day if you want to drop a course and get a refund for your course fees you have to drop by that date 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:13.600 it's often referred to as the 10% date but it doesn't occur at the 10% time 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.333 the second important date is census which would be to 20% date 00:05:17.333 --> 00:05:22.799 that's the last date you can drop a class without having a W show up on your record 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:28.566 and then finally the last important date is the 60% date that's where if you drop a class ... 00:05:28.566 --> 00:05:32.032 the last time you can drop a class with a W on your record 00:05:32.033 --> 00:05:35.533 after that you have to receive a letter grade in the class and if you're not attending 00:05:35.533 --> 00:05:40.999 or if you stopped participate in the class that might very well be an F 00:05:41.000 --> 00:06:01.800 [Music]