Class Formats
1999-2004
Format
- RealMedia
- Mimic the classroom; all the benefits of the on-campus experience
- Cameras for the whiteboard, class and the instructor
- Do it on my own using mutliple cameras
- Live class for anyone up at 8 AM
- Three classes per week is better than two classes
Challenges
- Mimicking the live classroom
- Live students and creating a distance version
- Priority to the live students
- Remembering to repeat a question or an explanation
- Audio quality
- Students were not as responsive
- Taping might
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2004-2008
Format
- RealMedia to Windows Media Video
- Continue to mimic the classroom
- One camera (w/ assistant) the whiteboard, class and the instructor
- Mic'd instructor (part of the time)
- No live class
- Two classes per week (T/H)
Challenges
- Tuesday/Thursday not enough time
- Difficult to capture the classroom
- Continued grading burden
- Continued priority to the live students
- Still forgetting to repeat a question or an explanation
- Audio quality issues (see the sample videos)
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2008-2011
Format
- Windows Media Video
- Talking head
- Distance student is the entire focus (video used
- M/H schedule (more time to finish)
- One camera / Two instructors / Team teaching /
- Time savings (Team teaching / dynamic developing web space while other teaching)
- Mic'd instructor (part of the time)
- No live class
Challenges
- Concurrent development of the course
- Minor technology issues
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2011-present
Format
- Same essential format as 2008-2011
- Replaced some projects with live conversations
- Using Skype in future semesters
- Simplified submission system
Challenges
- Technology level frustrating for 1 or 2 students
- WMV is not viewable on some portable devices; QuickTime next time
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