Teaching and Learning through Webct and Ip-Video
Abstract
In the Fall of 2004, the colleagues from Valdosta State University and colleagues in Europe initiated the development of an innovative distance learning program combining students from Valdosta State University (Valdosta, Georgia) and Palacky University (Czech Republic) in WebCT courses in the Kinesiology and Physical Education department. In the second year of the program another European institution joined the collaboration, Abant Izzet Baysaal University (Turkey). A new on-line course was developed to provide students with the opportunity to understand cultural differences in health sciences, and to help them think critically about institutional racism, classism, sexism, ageism, and xenophobia. The WebCT courses serve as a working model for technology-mediated courses in international exchange programs. The course format combines content delivery and interaction via WebCT Vista, streaming video, and IP videoconferencing to make real time, video/audio connections between the three campus sites. Through this combination of advanced learning technologies, students access course content, participate in class discussions or work together on small group projects, and communicate via on-line discussion forums, email, and videoconferencing.
Location
Room 1908 A, B, C, D
Recommended Citation
Stelzer, Jiri; Fromern, Karel; and Grygarova, Jana, "Teaching and Learning through Webct and Ip-Video " (2007). SoTL Commons Conference. 45.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2007/45
Teaching and Learning through Webct and Ip-Video
Room 1908 A, B, C, D
In the Fall of 2004, the colleagues from Valdosta State University and colleagues in Europe initiated the development of an innovative distance learning program combining students from Valdosta State University (Valdosta, Georgia) and Palacky University (Czech Republic) in WebCT courses in the Kinesiology and Physical Education department. In the second year of the program another European institution joined the collaboration, Abant Izzet Baysaal University (Turkey). A new on-line course was developed to provide students with the opportunity to understand cultural differences in health sciences, and to help them think critically about institutional racism, classism, sexism, ageism, and xenophobia. The WebCT courses serve as a working model for technology-mediated courses in international exchange programs. The course format combines content delivery and interaction via WebCT Vista, streaming video, and IP videoconferencing to make real time, video/audio connections between the three campus sites. Through this combination of advanced learning technologies, students access course content, participate in class discussions or work together on small group projects, and communicate via on-line discussion forums, email, and videoconferencing.
