tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932763.post419016280749749831..comments2023-09-12T21:17:32.693-07:00Comments on Brad Boydston: My CV & online teachingBrad Boydstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08201335149386731937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932763.post-9554621212276596932009-03-31T04:31:00.000-07:002009-03-31T04:31:00.000-07:00I really like the hybrid model that I've used a fe...I really like the hybrid model that I've used a few times. Half of the work is in the classroom and half is online. You get the best of both worlds that way. Many of our students will not speak out in class -- many women in particular seem reluctant to respond to something a man says -- at least face-to-face. (Some island cultures are that way.) But if we put them in an online forum they'll often speak their minds more readily.Brad Boydstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201335149386731937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932763.post-20799351951391087032009-03-30T21:57:00.000-07:002009-03-30T21:57:00.000-07:00One of the perils of online learning is that a stu...One of the perils of online learning is that a student's instructor can look in and see exactly what, when and for how long s/he has been interacting with the online material.(At least this is what I am able to do at Northwest Christian University using Moodle.) <BR/>Traditional students can often simply sleepwalk through class, especially if it is a large group. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I find online teaching to be much less stimulating. It's been much more difficult to get students to participate in online discussions, and I never get to really know them, the way I do when we are able to linger after class, or have coffee during breaks. Sometimes that's where the best learning happens!Beth Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080711997032932991noreply@blogger.com