Karla helping me with online course development
My first online class went “live” this semester: American National Government. This is my first online class. And this is the first online course that our Department has offered (the Department of History and Politics, which includes History, Political Science, Philosophy, and Art History) During Summer A I video recorded all of my lectures for the course. Each Unit of … Continue reading
Instructional Designer Elizabeth Hanna with Instructional Technologist Nicole Emert. On the whiteboard are Quality Matters standards and how they relate to course content.
Associate Professor of Finance Todd Shank, Ph.D., is the first USF St. Petersburg faculty member to obtain the Quality Matters Program certification for an online course. Dr. Shank’s International Finance course meets the highest standards under the national Quality Matters review process. USFSP joined Quality Matters in 2010 to assist faculty with developing high-quality online courses. The QM seal is … Continue reading
Developing my online course with Karla, the Instructional Designer extraordinaire
While teaching American Government this summer, I simultaneously was developing it as an online course for the Fall 2012 semester (and beyond). The truth is, I have resisted online teaching. I enjoy the interaction with my students in the classroom. I incorporate civic engagement opportunities and experiential learning opportunities in every course that I teach. I have worried about how … Continue reading
"Road to the White House" Students with Dr. Scourfield-McLauchlan and Dean Heller
Faculty are “9-month” employees, and so they have no officially assigned duties (or paychecks) during the summer months. Some mistakenly assume this means that faculty take their summers “off.” This could not be farther from the truth. I am as busy now (if not more so) than I am during the Fall and Spring semesters. I thought I would take … Continue reading