From intellectual property to American cinema, this year's WebCT exemplary courses break new ground.LYNNFIELD, Mass. -- Educators from high school through higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. showcase advances in coursework development WebCT, provider of higher education's most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, today announced the winners of the world's most prominent and longest-running honor for online learning faculty achievement. The WebCT Exemplary Course Project awards went to six courses spanning a wide range of content, formats and philosophies. For the sixth straight year, WebCT's Exemplary Course Project has singled out online courses for displaying best practices in course design, interaction/collaboration, assessment/evaluation, meaningful technology use and learner support. This year's selections are:
Frank Wright, Lecturer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
International Business
Patricia Cukor-Avila, Associate Professor of English
and
Shobhana Chelliah, Associate Professor of English
University of North Texas
General Linguistics
Donna Matsumoto, Instructor in Writing
Leeward Community College, part of the University of Hawaii
system
Expository Writing
Thomas Valasek
Professor of Film & Communication Studies
Chair of Communication & Languages Department
Raritan Valley Community College
The American Film
Virgil E. Varvel, Jr., CAI Specialist/Instructor
University of Illinois
Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues in Education
Gail B. Wortmann, Instructor/Developer
Iowa Learning Online
Anatomy and Physiology
It was a ground-breaking year for the Exemplary Course Project. Wortmann's award for a high school course that exposes students to the general structure and function of the human body underscores how WebCT customers at that grade level are increasingly deriving e-learning benefits on par with colleges and universities. The University of Illinois' copyright/intellectual property issues course is the first Exemplary Course Project winner developed for a faculty audience. Judges hailed the course's graphics, organization and sophisticated use of the discussion tool, saying the instructor made a concerted effort to build a strong sense of community among the students. "WebCT gives instructors more control over the look, feel and behavior of their courses than other course management systems," said instructor Virgil E. Varvel. "The discussion tool has all the features I need to get students to break the ice, challenge one another's preconceived notions, and walk away with a deeper understanding of the subject matter. The tool is great, but it's all about what you do with it. And WebCT offers many possibilities." The totally online American film course also makes extensive use of online discussion for critical analysis, as well as film-related Web sites instead of textbooks. The expository writing Expository writing is a mode of writing in which the purpose of the author is to inform, explain, describe, or define his or her subject to the reader. Expository text is meant to ‘expose’ information and is the most frequently used type of writing by students in course employs a fictional character named Dr. English and engages students with video, word puzzles, graphic organizers, games, external links, voice narration, ink-streamed whiteboard files and peer review. In course evaluations, students strongly agreed that the online environment made the content even more engaging than the face-to-face approach. RPI's international business course employs video streams that enable students to relive classroom moments and use them as launching pads for lively online discussions. The totally online linguistics course asks students to apply material from their own communities and collaboratively negotiate meaning in online discussions. The Exemplary Course Project evaluation was conducted for WebCT by Dr. David Graf, director of technology support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services at the Fischler Graduate School of Education & Human Services at Nova Southeastern University History Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences. ; and Maisie Caines, WebCT faculty development specialist at the College of the North Atlantic's Clarenville Campus. Working with Graf and Caines on the evaluation of the WebCT 2005 Exemplary Course applications were the following WebCT Institutes: University of Alberta, University of Alberta, University of, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1906, opened 1908. It has faculties of arts, engineering, medicine, agriculture, law, dentistry, education, pharmacy and pharmaceutical science, science, graduate Central Florida, California State University Enrollment  (Chico), Univ. of Northern Iowa, Utah State University Utah State University, mainly at Logan; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1888, opened 1890. It publishes Utah Science, Western Historical Quarterly, and Western American Literary Journal. ,
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"I continue to be inspired by the creative ways in which instructors and course designers marry their content with WebCT course management capabilities," said WebCT President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Carol Vallone. "Our goal is to continue to recognize powerful pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic also ped·a·gog·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy. 2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner. achievements and to provide unlimited flexibility so course designers can continue raising the bar." For more information and to view the winning courses, please visit: http://www.webct.com/exemplary About WebCT WebCT has set the standard for e-learning systems in higher education. Based in Lynnfield, Mass., WebCT provides a highly flexible e-learning environment that empowers institutions across the educational spectrum with the ability to achieve their unique objectives for faculty empowerment, administrative efficiency and student outcomes. Colleges and universities around the world - from community colleges to large university consortia - are using WebCT to expand the boundaries of teaching and learning. For more information, please visit webct.com. |
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