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*Health Science 101*Stephen Johnson
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*Frequently Asked Questions
• Self-motivated and self-starters • Have good organizational skills
• Have good time-management skills
• Are familiar with computers and the Internet
• Are resourceful and actively seek
answers and solutions to questions and problems.
• Identify yourself by name in each email or postings.
• Be supportive and constructive in your comments to each other.
• Everyone will benefit from a positive online learning environment.
• Read information on Online Etiquette (use the back button to come back and finish the presentation).
• Course objectives
• Course expectations
• Assignments How to submit assignments How to label files
• How to address your e-mails to
the instructor
• Grading Policies
• Other course issues
You must not:
• Take others’ thoughts or words without appropriate acknowledgment.
• Submit work that has been written or revised in part or in whole by another person.
• Submit work that you have submitted for another class.
It is a violation of college policy to plagiarize or to recycle work.
• Most online classes are NOT self-paced.
• Usually homework, other activities, and online class participation must be completed by deadline.
• Many Instructors set the deadline for midnight on Saturday to assist those who work Monday-Friday.
• Use a calendar for deadlines.
• Set aside time each week to login.
Answer: NO
Answer: That it is up to you.
• You should plan to spend at least the same amount of time you would spend on a face-to-face class.
• For a one unit class - you'll spend a
minimum of one hour a week looking at some of the class resources, checking on assignments, contributing to discussions, and posting homework.
• You’ll probably spend another 3 hours
on reading, practice activities and homework.
Answer: Usually not
• You will have deadlines by which to submit your homework, but WHEN you complete that work is usually up to you.
• Your instructor MAY require chat sessions or other real time activities.
• It’s important NOT to leave it to the last minute to do your work or to submit it.
• If you have trouble connecting to your ISP
or the course website, then your assignments will be late.
• Other than the orientation meeting, most online courses don't really "meet" in a physical face to face sense.
• We'll interact regularly through the
Internet.
• We'll be using some software called Desire2Learn and using the Los Rios eLearning web server.
• Course materials are available on the
course web pages, the bulletin boards, announcements and email.
Answer: Online, not in a classroom.
Answer: In many ways.
• We'll communicate with each other using web-based bulletin boards, chat rooms and email.
• The instructor is available to you through email, voicemail and virtual office hours.
• On-campus office hours are also available by appointment.
• These same tools will be used for student-to-student communication also.
Answer: No
• Some students think an online class is even more demanding than a face-to-face class.
• You have to stay motivated and stay on top of your work for the class.
• The workload in an online class is usually identical to an on-site class on the same topic.
Answer: No• Access to a computer at home makes it
easier, but you do NOT have to own a computer for an online class.
• Students can access computers on the campus in several locations (the Learning Resource Center, and the Business Computer lab, for example) or at other district colleges.
• Some students complete online classes
from work (with permission from their employer, of course).
Answer:
• Know how to use a web browser. • Know how to use an email program.• Know how to make and organize bookmarks in your
browser software.
• Some familiarity with web-based interactions bulletin boards, chat and mailing lists will also be useful. • Some familiarity with word processing. • Experience in successful Internet searches using a
variety of search engines.
Answer: • As in a regular face-to-face class, your instructor expects that you will adhere to standards of:CourtesyProfessionalism
Academic honesty
• Participate with appropriate consideration for each other and for the instructor.
• Your emails and web postings should:On the topic at handBe appropriate
Should reflect a professional demeanor
• Online links GCCCD Online Tutorials
http://www.gcccd.net/online/tutorials/tutorials.htm
GCCCD Online Orientation http://www.gcccd.net/online/orientation.htm
Login to Blackboard at GCCCD http://bb.gcccd.edu
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