Scenario One:
A Tale of Two Cities
Getting a last-minute notice about adding a new class cite with 15 students in a collaborating university 200 miles from your classroom? And the class will start in two weeks!
Is it the same way teaching your face-to-face class? What about your teaching materials? You have syllabus already posted to Blackboard, but what about the wonderful VHS tapes you have found and want to show to the class. Many topics in group discussions will be from stories in those videos. How are you going to engage students at remote sites?
Mission One
You will be divided into two groups and have one week to prepare a pilot class of 30 minutes for the above scenario. Each of the group will select a presenter to teach your group's pilot class, of a subject of your choice. The other members will prepare lesson plans, class activities, taking into account the 15 students at the remote site.
Mission Two
In the next class, you will first be located at two different classrooms, adjacent to each other but connected by videoconferencing.
Each group will be teaching the pilot class from their classroom. While the other group is presenting their pilot class, each of your will evaluate their performaces, in terms of the pros and cons of their practices, how do you feel without the instructor's presence, and what practices you think could be used in the class.
Mission Three
Then you will be regroup in one classroom and discuss your findings and share your perspectives from each others' presentation.
Mission Four
Write down in your journal your reflection on this scenario, and what you have learned from the pilot class and how to incorporate those effective practices into your class.