Online Learning Environment Features
Develop and demonstrate critical-thinking skills and other cognitive abilities in online courses.
- Participate in class discussions via threaded discussions, blogs, and wikis on the course website.
- Collaborate with other students in group projects using communication features on the course website.
- Complete course projects and assignments via the course website.
Online classes help you build and participate in learning communities.
- Courses are designed to connect you with instructors, mentors or teaching assistants, and your classmates. The course website helps you stay in touch through communication features that include:
- Class announcements - Instructors can remind and alert students about changes and upcoming class events.
- Class e-mail - Send e-mail to selected class members or to the entire class.
- Threaded discussions - Contribute to ongoing, asynchronous discussions that take place on course website, at your convenience.
- Virtual classroom - Class members can use chat room for spontaneous exchanges.
Flexibility
- You can "attend" classes and complete a majority of your work without leaving your own community or coming to our campus.
- You can plug in to classes from any place that has an Internet connection and a current computer with an Internet browser.
- Your electronic classroom is the course website -- designed to provide easy access to course information, academic materials, and communications with faculty and other students.
- You connect to the course website at your convenience, 24/7.
- Using computers and the Internet, students and instructors exchange ideas and course work, whenever and from wherever they choose. Imagine asking a question, receiving answers, or entering a class discussion via e-mail or threaded discussion any time, day or night.
Learn New Relevant Tools
- Through our online learning environment and assignments you will become fluent with a variety of online tools and services, including wikis, blogs, RSS, podcasting, chat, and social bookmarking.
- This will help you to select and implement online learning environments that support professional development in your workplace.