1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,433 [Music] 2 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 3 00:00:20,233 --> 00:00:25,599 and there is a lot of interactive activities in which students can engage. 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,566 Like a wiki which enables students to coauthor a document together 5 00:00:31,566 --> 00:00:34,232 I use group work occasionally in my classes 6 00:00:34,233 --> 00:00:42,099 [Music] 7 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:48,066 When I teach an onsite class my student spend 4 hours and 10 minutes in class. 8 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:51,732 Although I give them 10 minutes break in between the 2 hours 9 00:00:51,733 --> 00:00:56,966 So anticipate spending that much time accessing the material if you're good reader you 10 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 11 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 12 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 13 00:01:18,533 --> 00:01:24,066 readings writings other assignments that would take place in the online environment 14 00:01:24,066 --> 00:01:26,032 so... ah... 15 00:01:26,033 --> 00:01:27,433 generally... 16 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 17 00:01:36,133 --> 00:01:41,199 anticipate another 12 hours of work other than actually being in the online environment 18 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:49,600 [Music] 19 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 20 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. 21 00:02:01,833 --> 00:02:04,266 Certain professors are better at e-mail than others. 22 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 23 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... 24 00:02:17,466 --> 00:02:21,032 and, so in that since you do not have to come to campus. 25 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 26 00:02:28,366 --> 00:02:33,299 and um that’s why they are taking an online course in first place ... 27 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:38,200 most of the time it's e-mail, its skype, its telephone, usually 28 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,166 usually professors have office hours and during those office hours .. 29 00:02:42,166 --> 00:02:46,366 those office hours include telephone calls and so they can post office hours 30 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 31 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:07,300 [Music] 32 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 33 00:03:12,833 --> 00:03:18,733 as they're responding to each other in the topics for the week. 34 00:03:18,733 --> 00:03:23,899 They can message each other they can interact through group assignments. 35 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 36 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 37 00:03:35,833 --> 00:03:39,799 you need to respect each other and respect each others time. 38 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:47,966 [Music] 39 00:03:47,966 --> 00:03:54,732 Students are graded in a variety of ways from there discussion post whether 40 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 ... 41 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:03,333 also where they are posting to other students. 42 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 43 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 44 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:25,232 the students get so many points for doing a particular activity. 45 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:36,266 Um... for reviewing videos for doing journaling which are private between you and your instructor. 46 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 47 00:04:44,333 --> 00:04:48,899 that indicate what the expectation and what the grades will be 48 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:58,400 [Music] 49 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 50 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 51 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 52 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,333 the second important date is census which would be to 20% date 53 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 54 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 ... 55 00:05:28,566 --> 00:05:32,032 the last time you can drop a class with a W on your record 56 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 57 00:05:35,533 --> 00:05:40,999 or if you stopped participate in the class that might very well be an F 58 00:05:41,000 --> 00:06:01,800 [Music]