Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Friday, February 22, 2002

http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002022201u.htm

Students in an Online Course at U. of North Texas Explore Cultures Through Film
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In a popular course at the University of North Texas, students examine anthropology and societal development as seen through the camera lens. Lectures and discussions are online, but the meat of the course is a series of ethnographic and documentary films offering first-hand glimpses of cultures spanning the globe. David Hartman, a professor of anthropology at the University of North Texas, developed "World Cultures Through Film" as a lecture-hall course. But Mr. Hartman found that his additional duties as dean of the university's School of Community Service often took him off campus, so he modified the class to accommodate online lessons and discussion....



 



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