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Using WebCT and Laptops For Active Learning in the Classroom Can Akkan Graduate School of Management Sabancı University
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Agenda My ultimate goal in using technology in the classroom Methods by which I try to accomplish this How these methods are implemented using available technology Q & A
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Primary Objective Make a large class feel like a small one
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Large vs Small Class Small Class: –Interactive –Students think along –Students know each other –Students can get help easily outside class Large Class: –Monologue –Students fall asleep in class –Students do not know their neighbors –Help? What help?
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Making MGMT 201 a Small Class Interactive Students think along Students know each other Students can get help easily outside class Students have many ways to give feedback In-class exercises Initial Survey Online discussions Two-Minute- Papers
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Exercises could be both quantitative and qualitative Possible tasks: –Recall prior material –Answer a question –Start a problem solution –Work out next step in a calculation –Think of an application or an example –… etc. In-Class Exercises
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Using Technology … To easily collect in-class exercises and evaluate them –Exercises done in Excel workbooks Students download a file from WebCT Complete the exercise Upload the file –Grading Download all files from WebCT An Excel macro is used to create a table of all students’ work
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Get-to-Know-You Survey Gender Year Faculty Program choice Town family lives Student club membership Internship experience
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2 minutes before the end of each session students fill out a survey asking: 1.The main point(s) 2.The muddiest (least clear) point(s) Two-Minute Paper
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Exams Using laptops as well Can’t use WebCT –Can’t stop students from communicating with each other Using a special purpose server to distribute and collect files
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Next, some screen shots …
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An In-class Exercise
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After Downloading Student Files
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The Grading Macro
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Output of Grading Macro Grade entry to WebCT is done manually
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Results of the Minute-Paper Surveys
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Thanks! Any questions ?
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