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WebCT/Active Learning Institute

January 14-18, 2002
116 Pearson Hall

Beginning January 15 morning hands-on sessions will introduce specific WebCT tools. In the corresponding afternoon sessions, an experienceD WebCT faculty user will guide participants through exercises designed to connect those tools to their own courses. Listed below are the afternoon sessions

For more information and to register go to http://present.smith.udel.edu/calendar/cal.php3 and view the calendar for January 2002.

Prerequisite: Prior attendance at the "WebCT: Introduction to Student Activities" class is required.

Using DISCUSSION GROUPS for Active Learning
Date: 1:30-4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15
Where: 116 Pearson Hall
This session is designed to make personalized, specific use of discussion groups feature. Valerie Hans, Criminal Justice, will review how she uses the tool in her classes. She and George Watson and PRESENT staff will lead a discussion on best practices and exercises for integrating discussion groups into participants' own classes.

Using WebCT's CONTENT MODULE to Promote Active Engagement with Material
Date: 1:30-4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16
Where: 116 Pearson Hall
This session is designed to show how effective use of the Content Modules can facilitate active learning. Katrien Christie, Foreign Languages and Literatures, will review how she organizes her course content in WebCT. She and a PRESENT staff member will lead a discussion on best practices and planning exercises for integrating this tool into participants' own classes.

Using WebCT's GRADING Feature to Assess Student Learning (Intermediate)
Date: 1:30-4:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17
Where: 116 Pearson Hall
This session will demonstrate ways to personalize the use of the grading features in WebCT. George Conrade, Hotel Restaurant Management, and Cathy Davies, Animal and Food Sciences, will review how they use the grading tool to assess their students' performance. Along with a PRESENT staff member, they will lead a discussion on best practices and planning exercises for integrating WebCT grading into participants' own classes.

Using WebCT's PRESENTATION Feature to Promote Student Collaboration (Intermediate)
Date: 1:30-4:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18
Where: 116 Pearson Hall
This session is designed to show how faculty can increase collaboration among students through the use of the Student Presentations tool in WebCT. John Deiner, Political Science and International Relations, will review how his students have worked in groups to create newsletters using this feature. Along with the PRESENT staff, he will lead a discussion on best practices and planning exercises for integrating this tool into participants' own classes.


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