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Dangerous Discussions - Class Size
John Sener, Cindy Russell, Steve Gilbert
June 1-9, 2005

• Click here for more info about pilot workshop

• Click here for June 1 Slides
  from John Sener & Steve Gilbert as one set

• Click here for text of June 1 Chat Discussion

• Click here for PDF copy of "Whiteboard" comments reflecting discussion during June 1 Webcast.

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• Click here for Not-Quite-Assignment - prep for June 9!

• Click here for blog for Class Size Dangerous Discussion Not-Quite-Assignment

Hot Links from Sener's Slides about
Emerging conventional wisdom about [mostly online] class size:

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Session May 18, 2005, 1pm Eastern
Dangerous Discussions - Topics, Activities, Roles for Students
                                               - Preparation for June 16-19, etc.

A.  Simple Web + Phone Option

• Slides for the session are already available on this Webpage: 
  click here to view slides now or during the session.

• Sound available during the session via (toll-free within USA) phone conference call
  (1-866-330-1200 pin code: 270 8312 #)

B.  Integrated Internet-Based Synchronous Option (Elluminate)
Desirable, but slightly more technically challenging alternative:

• Sound AND slides and text chat, etc., available via Internet Elluminate Session
  using “TLT Group Virtual Office” 
  For instructions about how to log-in and prepare for this Elluminate session,
  click here. 
  For even more detailed instructions,
  click here.

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Websites

Dangerous Discussions Class Size home page

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Slidesets
Click here for DD Undergraduate Programs - FAHE Conference June 18, 2005
 

Click here for DD Class Size June 1, 2005 Session Slides from John Sener & Steve Gilbert as one set

Click here for CLASS SIZE ONLY set of Steve Gilbert's Slides 5/11/2005

• Issues, Factors, Resources

• Restating the issue/questions (4 versions)

• Discussion/Activity
   

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Click here for FULL SET of Steve Gilbert's Dangerous Discussions Slides 5/11/2005

• Introduction, Background, & Resources

• Class Size
  Issues, Factors, Resources
  Restating the issue/questions (4 versions)
  Discussion/Activity

• Other Topics
  Discussion/Activity
  Sample Topics

• Guidelines & Ground Rules

• Closing
  Vision Worth Working From (Gandhi’s List)
   

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Not-Quite-Assignment  for Online Workshop Pilot June 1-9, 2005
Dangerous Discussions - Class Size John Sener, Cindy Russell, Steve Gilbert

1.  WANT/NEED:  Identify (describe) issues/situations for which you want help/collaborators.

a.  Overconscientious Teachers
Teachers being “overconscientious” and setting requirements that demand too much of themselves and/or their students.
E.g.,  Misuse of online tools by requiring too frequent interaction … requiring every student to respond to two questions per week on a Web-based threaded discussion board with the expectation that the teacher will read and grade all student contributions and respond to most of them within the same day they were made.

b.  Your Alternative
(Click here to add your alternative as comment to the DDClassSize blog.)

2.  PROVIDE/HELP:  Describe what has been working well at your institution or in your experience in response to this issue/situation.
(Click here to add as comment to the DDClassSize blog your brief description of a useful option - please include contact info for getting more information about it. )

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Future

Past

• June 16-19, 2005 - FAHE/TLTG
  <http://www.haverford.edu/hcweb/fahe/>
      Haverford College
  Click here to register for June 19, 2005 TLT Group special sessions, program!
• June 1-9, 2005 Dangerous Discussions - Class Size
  Click here for more info about this pilot workshop
• May 18, 2005 1pm Eastern Planning Event
• "Dangerous Discussions" online TLTG workshop, February 23 to March 9, 2005:
  <<http://www.tltgroup.org/Registration/DescriptionPage
  /DangerousDiscussionsWorkshop.htm>>

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