Last Updated: 3/6/02
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Web.Edu Agenda 7
for class on March 7, 2002

  1. Startup
    1. Reminder to sign in during the class, using the online signin form on the course web site
    2. Reminder about regular online work: conference postings, online weekly course reports
    3. After tonight, we do not meet until April 11 - work online instead. I will be posting "lectures" on the course web site.
    4. April 11 and April 18 classes will be 6 to 7 PM as originally scheduled.
    5. Handout: outline for conference talk on this course
    6. Web page on taking online courses. Sections:
      1. Why Think About Taking an Online Course?
      2. Questionnaire: Are You a Good Candidate for Taking an Online Course?
      3. Practical tips for working in an online course
      4. Motivating yourself
    7. Web page on course web site for attaching files to an email message using Hotmail
  2. Tech - copying and pasting into the computer conference - problems with different file formats - in Word, should work if you Save As text (txt) - three formats
    1. Word processor formats - content and formatting (proprietary)
    2. HTML (web) - content and formatting (I think this will take over)
    3. Text (content only, the Lowest Common Denominator)
  3. Online life at WSU is being upgraded rapidly
    1. http://pipeline.wayne.edu - portal or online hub, probably with links to all of the following
    2. Access ID will be common WSU logon as well as present WSU ISP and email accounts. Mailed to every student during their first semester. Access ID is two letters follows by four numbers, e.g. aa2012 for me. Will still need student ID number - "P" followed by 
      http://support.wayne.edu/ (also general computer support), http://support.wayne.edu/student/accessid/
    3. (existing) WSU online directory for faculty and staff - supply any one piece of information
      http://support.wayne.edu/acctmanagement/ldap_search.php3
      Students are not listed unless they choose to be. Consider doing this - instructors, other students and employers will be able to contact you. Probably name and email only for students.
    4. Library services (existing)
      1. Online card catalog (covered in UGE 1000)
      2. Many journals and databases (e.g. Nexis/Lexis) available online using Access ID
    5. Library services (new)
      1. electronic course reserves
      2. Multimedia file creation (multimedia servers are an open issue)
    6. web-based course schedule and registration starting this Fall including information about online classes
      http://www.classschedule.wayne.edu:5001/course_web/schedule/index.cfm
    7. More contact through WSU email - if you don't use it, learn to forward it (need your Access ID and Password) - http://mail.wayne.edu/
  4. Reading - questions or comments. My comments. For this week - Chapters 10, "Interacting in a Virtual Classroom", 11, "Building Relationships Online", and 12, "Online Study Habits 101"
    1. Chapter 10.
      1. Importance of communication online
      2. Different formats - email, conference, chat, video
      3. Chat room rules on Pg 177
      4. Finding ways to get your instructor's attention - Pg 182
      5. Getting help - "You must feel free to ask your instructor at any point in time what he or she things of your progress in the class." Pg 183
    2. Chapter 11
      1. Pg187 - "In distance learning, communication with others about the ideas contained in your textbook or course material is what makes your learning a true educational experience."
      2. Pg 188 - different writing styles, suggestions for writing clearly
      3. Pg 190 - for writing, use initial outline and several drafts
      4. Pg 191 - approaches to communication
      5. Taking advantage of the diversity among students and instructors
    3. Chapter 12
      1. Pg 200 - making time, time management.
      2. Pg 201 - Choose study time in advance, stay away from Internet rush hour (here, mostly early evening in mid-week), check in several times a week, spread study time out into several sessions during the week to give time for interaction
      3. Pg 203 - Motivating yourself (because "there is no one ... telling you you have to do something..., you have to tell yourself to do something" (Mark Babi)
      4. Pg 204 - searching or researching on the web - search sites, search techniques (focus)
      5. Pg 208 - web navigation: use bookmarks, links, forward and backward buttons, history list
      6. Pg 213 - file formats - lowest common denominator - text (*.txt) will work with any program.
    4. Application to this course
      1. Instructor's email address and telephone number / d.r.bowen@wayne.edu, 248-549-8518 (H), 313-577-1498 (W)
      2. URL for course web site and for BlackBoard
        http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen/webeduw02 / http:/blackboard.wayne.edu
      3. Access to course syllabus
      4. Location of online course report form
      5. Scheduling time for the course
  5. How the Internet works; getting help with Internet and computer problems (handout)
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    "Bad DNS" message
    1. Web server codes:
      1. 400 through 499 - request is not complete. Examples 403: you don't have permission to access this file, 404: file not found
      2. 200 through 299 - success (you don't see this one)
      3. 500 through 599 - server failure
      4. 100 through 199 - information only, continuing with request
      5. 300 through 399 - request is being redirected to another server
  6. File compatibility issues - homework is turned in via computer files
    1. Can the Instructor read your files?
    2. Can you read the Instructor's files? For example, the Instructor's comments and grades on your essays?
    3. There is a file format for this - HTML (web pages). I want to test this as a method. Which of the following WYSIWYG HTML editors do you have?
      1. Netscape Composer
      2. Word - File > Save As (HTML)
      3. Or Word File > Save As Web Page
      4. Or Works or some other word processor File > Save As > HTML or Save As Web Page
      5. Microsoft FrontPage or some other WYSIWYG HTML editor
    4. There will be an online form for this by Saturday - fill it in
  7. Managing files - this is and will be an issue in any online course. Can you find your files, in order to upload them, and can you find them once you have downloaded them?
    1. How to find your files - the path to the file, or the file path

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      C:\My Documents\WebEduW02\dtbEssay1.doc
      C:\  My Documents\WebEduW02\  dtbEssay1  .doc
      C:\ The drive (A: for floppy drive, C: for hard drive, may have others also) You have no choice over the drive
      My Documents\WebEduW02\ Folders (two here, "My Documents" and "WebEduW02" You can name and rename folders. Folder names should make sense to you (describe the contents of the folder).
      dtbEssay1 File name You can name and rename file names. File names should make sense to you (describe the contents of the file).
      .doc Extension (indicates type and also determines which files will be visible when you look for files) In Windows, file extensions (technically they pare part of the name) are very important. By default, Windows hides them from you.
    2. When you save a file, almost all of the path is shown to you. 
  8. Assignments (from the assignment schedule on the Syllabus - get used to reviewing that)
    1. Final exam is in seven weeks. My final grades will be due almost immediately afterwards (I think we will be turning grades in to the University online, or maybe that doesn't start until Fall), so there will be no time for late assignments being counted in the regular course grade (makeup grades only). Aside from the exam, all other work is due by the last regular course the week before, April 18.
    2. Reading

      3/21

      Ch 13:Taking Tests

      3/28

      Ch 14: You're in Charge

      4/4

      Ch 15:Learning At Work

      4/11

      Ch 16: Marketing Online Education
    3. Catch up on your WebBoard postings from the past and continue posting on BlackBoard
      Messages for Discussion Forums
      Dates Discussion forum Weeks Messages Contact
      1/10 through 2/21 WebBoard 6 14 Link from course web site
      2/22 through 3/27 BlackBoard 4 9 blackboard.wayne.edu
      3/28 through 4/18 ListServ 3 7 webeduw02@lists.wayne.edu
      Is everybody clear on how the ListServ will work?
      1. Send a message to "the List" (that email address) and it will be distributed to the class
      2. Reply to a message from the List and it will also go to the List and be distributed to the class
    4. Weekly course report.
    5. Draft for Essay is due today
    6. Start "The Email Test". Your message in each case should say whether it is 1, 2 or 3 (see numbers below)
      1. Send an email to at least two different people, with me being one of them.
      2. Send an email to someone else, with me as a cc
      3. Forward an email from someone else to me.

      Email addresses: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu, mbabi@hotmail.com, pdpj@att.net, pdpj@att.net, baddog@govital.net

    7. If you have not already done this, do the "File Test" to make sure that we can exchange homework files electronically.
  9. Turning off the lab computers
    1. Click the "Start" button (if you computer has a "Windows" key you can press that instead)
    2. Point to or click on "Shut Down..."
    3. Make sure that "Shut Down" is selected
    4. Click the "OK" button or press the <Enter> key
    5. Wait until your computer turns off or displays a message that it is now OK to shut down your computer
    6. Turn off the computer and monitor using the red key under the tabletop