The following page has some examples of technology that is available for use in a course.
New Syllabus
The new syllabus design/approach is launched for GEOG 438W - followup on usability and preference will be done with students after the current offering concludes. If anyone is interested in applying this new look, contact Carl.
Demonstration of Online Courseware
- A "Program Office" Website: Energy and Sustainability Policy Degree (online B.A. program) and Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems (online masters program)
- An orientation course for a degree program - EM SC 302 (Orientation to Energy and Sustainability Policy)
- A large enrolling course - GEOG 030N
- A smaller enrolling course - GEOG 469 (GIS for the Energy Industry)
- A Writing-intensive Course - GEOG 438w
GEOG 438w is a writing-intensive course where the authors (Brent Yarnal and Brandi Robinson) have included a variety of activities to engage students. Each lesson has a nice overview of what students should complete for that lesson in a section called To Read, To Write, To Discuss, and also good instruction and rubrics for the writing assignments.- Instructions for writing assignments
- We also included a writing sample so that students could see the requirements in action
- All writing assignments used the following writing assignment rubric
- There was also a discussion rubric
- The online component of a foreign exchange course - EGEE 299
Specific teaching and learning strategies
- Animations -
- EGEE 102 (Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection) has animations demonstrating conduction and convection of heat
- FSC 432 (Petroleum Processing) has a simple animation demonstrating the oil refinery flow as well as another one that shows the four types of processes used in a petroleum refinery
- Interactive experiments -
- FSC 432 (Pretoleum Processing)
- Script embeded on the page to allow a student to explore calculating VABP, MeABP by entering the distillation temperatures in the table
- Knowledge checks -
- EARTH 104 has exercises to help students "activate" their learning through a number of different activities which they write about their findings and get general feedback
- EARTH 111 uses graphics and knowledge check questions to help students understand the important content before making them stop and think and they write about what they just learned
- EGEE 102 has questions integrated into the content page to check student understanding while learning
- MATSE 202 uses randomly generated mathematical equations to check student understanding
- EARTH 103 uses an H5P element to help student check their knowledge before moving onto a new topic
- Narrated screen capture -
- There are a variety of Jing movies Eliza Richardson uses in her EARTH courses for different purposes. Below are a few:
- Explaining a still graphic (2 examples):
- Using a virtual whiteboard to explain a concept
- Answering a student question about why the San Andreas probably won't produce a big tsunami
- Providing feedback on a student's assignment
- Explanation of how to set up a calculation in a problem set
- Explanation of graphics used by fuel science professionals in FSC 432
- There are a variety of Jing movies Eliza Richardson uses in her EARTH courses for different purposes. Below are a few:
- Real-life case studies - GEOG / EME 432 (Energy Policy)
- Simulations - METEO 469 (Understanding Global Warming) METEO 469 has an interactive activity using a tool that was built in Flash.
- The activity is a Statistical analysis of climate data activity
- A linear Regression tool was used in this activity
- Videos
- Lesson Introduction, on location with help of videographer: EARTH 103 (Recent Climate Change)
- Photos with voice over to tell a story: EARTH 104 (Dealing with Drought)
- Concept explanation on location with help of a videographer: EARTH 104 (Example of Energy)
- Expert interpretation of a complicated graph with voice over: EARTH 104: (Energy Use)
- Interviews with content experts: EARTH 501 (Controversies in the Earth Sciences)
- Site visits and field trips: EARTH 530 (The Critical Zone)
- Adding instructor presence: GEOSC 010 (Geology of the National Parks)
- Student-generated content: GEOSC 010 (Geology of the National Parks)
- Explaining a concept: EGEE 102 (Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection)
- Many more examples! - Through our Open Educational Resources initiative website, you can look at more than 70 complete online courses. (We also "publish" information about our OER at the OER Commons.)