Hi Group,
I can across an interesting website that I wanted to share: http://www.public.asu.edu/~lauralou/teaching/athena.html
This is the site for the Athena Project. It is an outline from Arizona State University on a project they implemented to "help teachers move into learner centered computer classrooms". It is a short article but I wanted to share it with the group because it could be used as a template at our institutions. I am sure that we will work with the administration to increase or improve the number of online classes currently offered.
I will admit that the article maybe a bit weak but it does emphasize the need for learner centered strategies as we transition from a tradional to technology based lectures. I also liked the fact that the participants in the program shared their experiences by serving as mentors for the next group. This will ingrain the positive results of the program.
Thanks, Ken
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Thanks for sharing this article as I enjoyed reading it. I agree that too often instructors are just thrown into a computer classroom (or online course) without any preparation. This is an increasing problem at my college in which instructors are “encouraged” to teach online courses, however, most have very little if any technological background. The Athena Project sounds like a good idea to help encourage instructors to increase their technological knowledge. After reading the goals of the project, it appears to be a comprehensive training program. It will be very interesting to hear the results of this project.
Hi Ken. What do you think about the "Specific Goals" of the project? From reading this, they seem very abstract...they don't mention a metric how increased student achievement can be assessed. For example, #3 is "Increasing student interaction with technology and course content leading to improvement of student achievement, confidence, and motivation" This is such a broad statement, it would be hard to find a way for it not to be true. Although admirable, I think the Athena Project needs to restate their goals in quantitative terms. Any toughts?
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