Teaching and learning online: reflections of a practitioner

Author

Fitzpatrick, Christine Y.

Author_Institution

Univ. Inf. Technol. Services, Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

313

Lastpage

322

Abstract

Working collaboratively with colleagues in the Technical Communications Program at IUPUI, I developed and have continued to modify and teach a Web-based course, TCM 320-Written Communication in Science and Industry. The course is designed to maximize the benefits of computer-mediated communication to promote best practices in undergraduate teaching and learning. Reflecting on my experiences developing and teaching this course over three years, as well as literature related to online education and technology studies, I discuss several critical success factors and issues having to do with learner readiness, course design, instructional methodologies, and technology design and support

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; educational courses; teaching; technical presentation; TCM 320-Written Communication in Science and Industry; Web-based course; computer-mediated communication; course design; instructional methodologies; learner readiness; online learning; online teaching; undergraduate learning; undergraduate teaching; Collaboration; Communication industry; Computer science; Design methodology; Education; Educational technology; Information technology; Process design; Professional communication; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 2001. IPCC 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Sante Fe, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7209-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.2001.971579

Filename

971579