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1 UD Update University of Indiana October 16, 2003

2 Topics WebCT growth Course Redesign Projects New refreshed PRESENT web site Code of the Web GIS award Winter Faculty Institute Consolidated grants program E-portfolios

3 Student usage

4 Number of courses

5 Support Strategies Moving from creation to support Creating an online introduction Hiring graduate assistants Streamlining our course creation process

6 VISTA version Database version (currently flat files) 6 figures New SIS system Will it solve any of our support problems?

7 Issues Supporting uses of WebCT not related to courses  Occupational Health and Safety Training  Training Ice Skating Judges  K-12 students in Engineering and Marine Studies Enticing faculty to optimize their usage

8 Course Resign Projects Virtual MicroscopeMicroscope  Students were failing the practical lab experiment  Teaches microscopy; not a virtual lab Available from MERLOT Other efforts to more closely align lab and lectures

9 Psychology—Learning & Motivation Revitalizing the “Keller method,” self mastery of textbook material Hypothesis: computer technology can overcome problems that led to its decline Course Changes  On demand (on line tests)  Replace lecture with small groups Technology  Development of tests  Secure testing center

10 Secure testing center

11 Proctor tools

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13 WebCT access and resource www.udel.edu/webct

14 Problem Based Learning

15 Responsible Computing Goal--student attention Virus protection Updates Copyright Netiquette

16 US Geological Survey US Geological Survey Award—mapping to aid informed decision making Public access to web- based mapping tool Multiple partners Most current DE data Users to participate in updating DE’s geographic data USGS:The National Map Pilot Project The Delaware Data Mapping and Integration Laboratory (DataMIL) http://datamil.udel.edu

17 Open Source Initiatives U-portal development E-portfolio development

18 Resources PRESENT, UD’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center www.udel.edu/present WebCT Access and Information www.udel.edu/webct Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education http://www.udel.edu/inst/ Datamil project http://datamil.udel.eduhttp://datamil.udel.edu at The University of Delaware


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