Good morning developers,
I hope everyone had a very enjoyable weekend! As you are working toward 100% completion of your developments, please don't forget that part of this cycle's development process also includes converting your 12-unit course to a 10-unit course as the summer quarter this year will be 10-week's in length. Once you have your 12-unit course complete, please let me know and I will copy your completed course to a new master shell for you to work in for this conversion. Please remember both of these masters are due by Monday, May 11.
I also wanted to share with you the benefits of implementing a Wiki into your course development. Research consistently reports the benefits of group work in understanding course concepts as well as preparing students for work in their professions. However, in the online classroom, the logistical idea of a group project can be daunting at times, but it doesn't need to be. A Wiki is an excellent way to implement group work and have groups work with one another virtually. "Wikis drive engagement and collaboration" (PBWiki.com).
A Wiki I particularly like is PBWiki as it is very secure, it can embed videos and audio to embrace the technical side of students if they would like, it can create tags and RSS feeds, it offers access controls, and what I like most is it offers student accountability as it indicates who participated in the Wiki when, where, and how. Click on this link to check it out and see if it is something you could implement into your course: http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns as you are working on your courses.
Thanks!
Heather
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