by Ruby Patel
While surfing through the web, I came across a very interesting article that combined what we were discussing in UW and the influence of the internet and a UW group 2 project. The article is written for teachers at Dartmouth College and encourages them to harness the global communication abilities of the internet along with newly developed technologies to create the perfect classroom setting. This global classroom combines internet classes with some physical class sessions to promote learning and convenience.
This new template for classes does not only use online courses leading to a lack of student-professor interaction but also does not rely on daily classes to teach students either. It is broken down into an online classroom, an occasional face-to-face class session, a website, and online professor-student and student-student discussion.
After learning about this model, I think that it is the best type of classroom because (as was experienced in the online class we had in UW) there is no confusion associated with online discussion classrooms, and there is the convenience of only having class occasionally. What do you think is the ideal classroom model and how does it compare to this one?
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December 14, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I feel as if this “global” classroom concept is an ideal way to stimulate learning within the classroom environment. Not only does it include required physical class interaction but it also incorporates online interaction between professor and student. Since we do live in a technology driven and inspired society, it is about time that we incorporate and take advantage of the fact that we do have different resources. What better way is there to apply these technological resources to the education system, where the future generations will eventually control many aspects of our society.