by the Principia Wire
This fall, the College launched its first “online-in” course. Dr. Clint Staley (C’80), a professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, taught Introduction to Java Programming from California to students in Elsah. The goal for classes like this one is to supplement (not replace) current course offerings with instruction by highly qualified, Christian Science professors with areas of expertise not represented among the faculty on campus. Dr. Staley met in person with students for the first week of the course, but the rest of the instruction was entirely virtual, with online lectures and “chalk talks.” The latter allow students to watch diagrams being drawn on their computer screen as they listen to a recorded lecture. There’s no talking head—just a voice and diagrams. (Imagine sitting in a traditional classroom with a teacher talking and writing on the blackboard, but the teacher is invisible.)
http://content.principia.edu/wire/2011/01/launching-online-learning/
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