Global Studies 1B Online
Fall 2010 Special Session

Course Information

 

 

Welcome to Global Studies 1B
Introduction to Global Studies
with Science Emphasis

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Download and Print Workbook to Accompany Online Expeditions in Topic Areas 1 and 2


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Video Introduction to Course
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  • This class is a online course that will be largely held at the convenience of the student over a period of 5 weeks.
  • Students must understand that the amount of work in the course will be equivalent to the semester-long "classroom section" of the same course -- in other words, at least 40 hours of online time and field study -- however, much of this work can be completed on your schedule, not mine or the university's.  Once again, let me say that the online course is NOT less work than a semester-long classroom section of the course -- indeed it is MORE WORK since students spend more time working online due to the self-paced nature of the work.  Consequently -- DO NOT OVERLOAD YOURSELF!
  • The beauty of online courses is that students will, for the most part, complete the work at their own pace, as long as the work is completed within the timeframe each week as outlined in the greensheet.  We will generally hold 5-6 "online sessions" each week. Proof of completed work, in the form of an email to instructor at Desire2Learn is required.
The online sessions will be divided into two varieties, (1) online expeditions and (2) electronic discussion boards.  The expeditions consist of tutorial-style assignments from the course WWW site -- where students learn about the oceans in interactive exercises that combine text, graphics, animations, and short streaming audio/video presentations.  Weekly expeditions will go online on each Monday at 1 PM (PDT) and are to be completed according to the schedule in the syllabs , which is called a "greensheet" at SJSU. Students answer questions in the expeditions on a "hardcopy" worksheet, provided in the course workbook, while "surfing through" the expedition.  The expedition worksheets provide outlines for students to permanently record their observations in order to study for the exam. The individual expedition worksheets are turned in as part of a course workbook near the end of the course. You DO NOT turn in the worksheets each week!
The other type of online session uses an electronic bulletin board where students share their thoughts, in groups of six to twelve students, on assigned questions based on specific reading assignments from the textbook.  Like the tutorial-style expeditions, all discussions on the assigned questions must be completed according to the timetable give in Course Schedule section of greensheet.


 
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