Online Learning Tools (Other than Moodle)

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Online Learning Tools (Other than Moodle)

• By Kris Pepper
• Adelphi University

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Aspects of Online Learning

• Purchasing a computer
• Homework support
• Enrichment \ Summer Advancement \
• College Classes Online

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Buying Home Access to the Internet

• The internet itself Reduced price internet
  access may be available at Cablevision (FCC
  initiative)
• Tablets, Netbooks, Desktops, Laptops
• Mac vs PC
• Refurbished OK?
• What brand - Dell, Gateway, HP?
• What processor?
• Intel vs AMD ?
• Older Processors (Pentium4 )?
• Low end Processors?
• Open Office --- SurgeForce
• Google docs

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Homework Support Teacher Site

• School site
• Contact numbers
• Some teacher sites
• Homework
• Lecture notes
• Email address
• Many professors welcome email (but follow up!)
• Subscriptions to online tools

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Homework Support Knowledge Sites

• Knowledge sites
• Nassau Library
• Tutor.com Live one-to-one help Every day from
  200pm to 1000pm
• Includes writing help
• Online databases for research sources
• Kahn Academy (math, science, history - video,
  exercises, interactive!)
• Purplemath (good explanations - reference
  pre-algebra/algebra/trig)
• WolframAlpha Math (good pictoral explanations)
• Justmathtutoring (arithmetic through calculus -
  videos)
• You Tube
• Just google

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Khan Academy Try It

• www.khanacademy.org
• Search Angles
• See topic, video, exercise
• Click angle types exercise
• Stuck watch a video
• Move the protractor
• Get hints
• Enter wrong answer
• Topic angles
• Practice - see the map and click angles

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Homework Groups

• Skype
• Get homework help from friends
• Join many people to one call
• Some teachers skype
• Share screen (but has issues)
• Joinme.com
• Choose basic free
• Tell the other person the access number
• Share the mouse

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Online Class Questions

• Class time where everyone joins a session at the
  same time? - unusual
• What forms of help?
• Qualifications of teachers?
• Class prerequisites
• Syllabus
• Workload and study time needed
• Credits
• Does the college you want to attend accept these
  credits as valid?

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Free Online College Courses

• Certificates often, but Not for college credit
• Can take a CLEP exam (check college policy)
• Can test to challenge the course - advancement
• Not Accredited
• (There are accredited online schools you can pay
  for, but no accredited free schools or classes
  that I can find.)

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Some Schools

• MITx - Top professors lecture snippets and exams
• Stanford Engineering Everywhere
• Classes designed for the web
• 160,000 students took Artificial Intelligence
  Course, with a couple net meetings for "office
  hours"
• Coursera
• Founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, also
  Stanford Professors, but on leave
• Website for accessing courses at many colleges
• Some courses created for Coursera

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Some Schools Not Associated to Physical
Universities

• Udacity
• Founded by Sebastian Thrun, former Stanford
  Professor who helped launch their online program
• Paid by companies that hire top students
• Truly built for web, not just lectures taped
• Udacity certificates
• Many more
• www.openculture.com/category/online_courses
• Itunes University
• Markoff, John. "Online Education Venture Lures
  Cash Infusion and Deals With 5 Top Universities."
  New York Times. 18 Apr. 2012. Web. 22 Apr. 2012.
  lthttp//www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/technology/cour
  sera-plans-to-announce-university-partners-for-onl
  ine-classes.htmlgt.

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Physical College's Online Course

• Adelphi Hybrid (Blended) Course
• https//moodle.adelphi.edu/login/index.php?authCAS
  NOCAS
• Discussion Boards
• Assignments
• Optional resources
• Tests - with ability to review answers
• Grades

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Tips on Handling Online Courses

• Know when to come to class
• Keep track of online assignments
• How to keep on track
• Check email regularly.
• Review assignment day description
• Plan to work BEFORE the online date
• When your PC fails, get to the library
• How to organize your work
• Keep one directory for all your work
• Backup
• Expect memory sticks and hard drives to fail
• Work in groups - either online or physically

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DANGER

• Skipping an online day is the same as cutting
  class.
• NOT just homework assignments.
• Brush over in class OR new material
• SKIPPING ? fall behind in class quizzes
• NOT easily done later.
• Library PCs and Backup ? no excuses

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Questions?
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Summary

• Bringing internet access to your home
• Homework support
• Learn more - Advance
• How to find and use Free online college