Administrators indicated in e mails that this was causing stresses on the timetabling process, leading to high incidences of class clashes, which effectively reduces the number
of courses open to students.
Each year, the number
of courses being delivered over the internet is increasing.
ADAA Courses: A minimum of 50 Fellowship hours must be earned for completion
of courses provided by national, state or local components of the American Dental Assistants Association, of which 12 credit hours must be ADAA home study courses.
Of course, you'll need a computer and Internet access for online instruction, but most professionals are set up to do this both at home and in the office.
(1984) found a clear pattern of "enrichment" in these kinds
of courses: more reading (88%); more discussion (88%); independent study or research (81%); problem-solving (81%); more writing (81%); higher-level critical thinking development (75%); and so on.
The point,
of course, isn't that any of these courses are inherently worthless.
There will,
of course, always be a need for teaching rubber science, and not just to maintain our current knowledge.
In higher education, where distinct departments and disciplines create the contours of knowledge and power, achieving a truly interdisciplinary program is a continuing challenge: how should curriculum committees move beyond simply cobbling together a patchwork
of courses from various disciplines, without overburdening the faculty and administration?
"We're very stringent about what will work for our [online] students and,
of course, the online course must meet our state standards," says Glowa.
At the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) the job
of course manager is inherently full of complex and demanding challenges in analyzing the needs of students and matching them against available resources.
allow use
of course and exam marks as well as GPA in reporting group data and allow the use of anonymous comments from course evaluations to be used).
They posit that the first phase of integrating e-learning would be faculty embrace
of course enhancement applications, like the use of PowerPoint to create lecture notes or using e-mail to contact students.
Study questions that were used as exam questions were also provided within lecture presentations as well as within class notes in the course schedule, thus increasing the students' exposure to and processing
of course content.
Due to the unique nature of each department's data systems used to track and monitor FMS case performance from development through closure, it was determined that the majority
of course hours be conducted in service unique seminars utilizing a hands-on instructional methodology.