- Demonstration of an Internet Course in Biology, With Software for Course Development Grading, and Instructor-Student Interaction
- NeO! (Northeastern Online)
- Educational Evolution: Moving to Technology-Enhanced Teaching
- Instructional Technologies at SIUC
- An Online Self-directed Introduction to Finding and Evaluating Information on the WWW
- Exploring Organic Chemistry: An Electronic Text
- Teaching in Computer Science Using The Web
- Simplifying Course Logistics Through Web-Based Portfolios
Demonstration of an Internet Course in Biology, With Software
for Course Development Grading, and Instructor-Student Interaction
This presentation demonstrates an active Internet biology course in
human evolution. Display includes Internet access to the course home page,
study guide and assignments with examples of actual student responses.
Software for a grading tool with capability for detailed instructor-student
interaction is actively demonstrated. The presentation also includes a
display of software for the development of similar Internet courses in
a variety of disciplines by use of the same paradigm.
NeO! (Northeastern Online)
A demonstration of Northeastern Illinois University's online presence.
The session will show how NEIU professors use online tests, syllabi, multimedia,
and courses to improve teaching and learning.
Educational Evolution: Moving to Technology-Enhanced Teaching
http://www.ceet.niu.edu/faculty/murali/other.htm
Professor Murali Krishnamurthi has expanded the use of technology in
his engineering courses to include computer simulation, information systems,
and artificial intelligence and expert systems. He will share some of his
lessons and discuss the on-line course he will be teaching this summer.
The presentation will also feature the course page template initiatied
by the 1997 Summer Faculty Institute group from NIU.
Instructional Technologies at SIUC
Various web-based technologies developed by professors from SIUC will
be presented including course WWW pages, interactive practice exams, course
bulletin boards, electronic reserves, Real Audio, and more. The home
page for the poster session also features the use of Cascading Style Sheets.
An Online Self-directed Introduction to Finding and Evaluating
Information on the WWW
Exploring Organic Chemistry: An Electronic Text
Teaching in Computer Science Using The Web
This semester I have attempted to create Web pages for five of my courses.
Some have been much more successful than others. At this point most of
my Web pages are information providers with very little real teaching being
done through the Web. Next semester, (Fall 98) I want to offer our
Introduction to Computing 101 which is Wordprocessing, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint
and Literacy through the web. My primary concern is how do I answer
student questions when they become frustrated and need help. In the
past, I have been able to stand behind them and look at the screen.
Now I will have to develop alternative mechanisms to answer their questions.
In the Spring of 99, I want to offer a similar course for Teacher Education;
here the problems will be compounded and I hope that I will have some solutions.
Simplifying Course Logistics Through Web-Based Portfolios
Students are sometimes evaluated on the basis of portfolios rather
than tests. The emphasis in this case is on evaluating the body of work
created over an entire semester rather than a one-time evaluation. Portfolio
grading often results in a logistical problem: frequent exchange of assignments;
many different components to track. With support from the campus Educational Technologies
Board, I have developed a Web-based portfolio system that simplifies course logistics.
All assignments are in digital form using Adobe's Portable Document Format.
From one Web page, each student's work can be easily viewed and retrieved;
information about assignment (date and time of submission, for instance) is also
available. Instructors can quickly access student work sorted by student and by assignment.
These Web pages are created dynamically using information stored in an Access database which
can be easily modified.
Peter Gunther, Ronald Brubaker, Steve Shih, and Ed Cehelnik
- Governors State University
http://www.govst.edu/user/gunther/
Jim Lucas - Northeastern Illinois University
Carol Scheidenhelm - Northern Illinois University
http://www.niu.edu/acs/curriculum/template.html
Shane Nackerud, Maurice Methot, Fern Logan - Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
Annette L. Valenta & Joan Radtke - University of Illinois
at Chicago
The Sloan-funded research transforms traditional classroom pedagogy into
ALN courses with WWW technology. This online module combined content of
two lectures, teaching the basics of identifying, locating, and critically
evaluating online reference materials. Existing lectures were abstracted
and expanded and evolved through iterative rework. Cosmetic, functional,
and dynamic restructuring was required for online effectiveness.
Gary Trammell - University of Illinois at Springfield
David Ballew - Western Illinois University
R. Varkki George - University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign