JHU Online

Which JHU course could be offered as an online course?

We have taken many courses within the JHU Technology for educators program, but of all of them, I would have to say that the course we took with Ed Dieterle would probably be the best candidate for online instruction. In that class we participated in many asynchronous discussions based on our readings and related topics and held synchronous discussions in class as well. These topics could have just as easily been addressed synchronously on a program like skype or elluminate. In addition, our instruction in the classroom was often supplemented by guest speakers via videoconferencing, another activity that could also been conducted online with ease. Some of us may have felt more comfortable participating in this arena because I remember that class as being one of the few that our cohorts participation was a bit more reserved. Additionally, one of our major assignments was to create a capstone project and paper to accompany it. Ed was great in giving us feedback via the track change feature in Microsoft Word (I don't think I'll ever be able to use that feature without thinking of that class!). This facet of the class would also lend itself quite well to the design of online delivery. Though I think that the classroom setting and experiences that this course provided us were a valuable component to our JHU education, I think that it is a course that could have just as easily been conducted on line, a feature that would have prepared us earlier on in our JHU experience to use more of the available tools (such as skype, elluminate) that we are just now learning about as we finish up the program.