Comments on: Psyche “101″… http://lylemad.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/psyche-101/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sunnytechgirl http://lylemad.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/psyche-101/#comment-80 Sunnytechgirl Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:00:12 +0000 http://lylemad.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/psyche-101/#comment-80 It doesn't really sound very appealing. I guess you had to see it. One advantage to grad classes is the class size. A huge advantage of this course is the online interaction and collaboration. In a class the size of that one, even with tutorials, it would be pretty easy to get lost in the shuffle. I can see in classrooms in the future though where a teacher would have classes that were "live" and students would have the option of attending in person or online. The teacher would still be able to interact via audio/video and maybe all the class would be connected via software whether they were present or virtual. I wonder how this will affect students with special needs. I would think in some cases where discussion groups and blogging don't depend on immediate responses it might actually be to the advantage of students who have difficulties responding quickly due to physical limitations. It doesn’t really sound very appealing. I guess you had to see it. One advantage to grad classes is the class size. A huge advantage of this course is the online interaction and collaboration. In a class the size of that one, even with tutorials, it would be pretty easy to get lost in the shuffle.

I can see in classrooms in the future though where a teacher would have classes that were “live” and students would have the option of attending in person or online. The teacher would still be able to interact via audio/video and maybe all the class would be connected via software whether they were present or virtual.

I wonder how this will affect students with special needs. I would think in some cases where discussion groups and blogging don’t depend on immediate responses it might actually be to the advantage of students who have difficulties responding quickly due to physical limitations.

]]> By: glen http://lylemad.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/psyche-101/#comment-79 glen Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:03:30 +0000 http://lylemad.wordpress.com/2007/11/13/psyche-101/#comment-79 I read about the 3200 student course. Very interesting. I wondered about the 2 hour weekly F2F tutorial as well. The tutorials are lead by 2 and 3 year students in sections of 50 students. I wonder what value the 1st years get out of that. I suspect it is more for the institution than the student. It might be very threatening to the bricks and mortar folks to see that online education can accomplish as much or more than F2F. So 3200 students at $350.00 tuition each, let see that is.... a whack of money!!! One full time prof making $100G/yr and 64 students making $8.00/hr. hmmm. That's higher ed folks. I read about the 3200 student course. Very interesting. I wondered about the 2 hour weekly F2F tutorial as well. The tutorials are lead by 2 and 3 year students in sections of 50 students. I wonder what value the 1st years get out of that.
I suspect it is more for the institution than the student. It might be very threatening to the bricks and mortar folks to see that online education can accomplish as much or more than F2F.
So 3200 students at $350.00 tuition each, let see that is…. a whack of money!!! One full time prof making $100G/yr and 64 students making $8.00/hr. hmmm. That’s higher ed folks.

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