Welcome to the Center for Distributed Learning
UNT is the largest provider of online credit courses among Texas public universities.
The Center for Distributed Learning supports the University's goal of enhancing learning-centered environments, thereby helping students get the most from their academic experience. Not only do we assist faculty in the creation, design, and implementation of distributed learning courses -- we also serve as the liaison for various administrative and technical support functions, thereby saving faculty's time, talent, and creative energies for their students.
Our Pledge to Instructors
The Center recognizes that you, as UNT Instructors, are the key to the University's ability to thrive in the highly competitive and volatile environment of distance education and we pledge to assist you by:
- Providing initial consultation to help you determine the best combination of technologies that will enable your students to succeed
- Providing team that will assist in implementing the instructional approach that you choose
- Enabling you to increase your understanding, skills, and comfort level with distributed learning technologies
- Acting as a liaison to support functions including the library, registrar, admissions, legal, The Coordinating Board and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Helping you to obtain grants to support the re-engineering of your courses
- Assisting in evaluating the outcomes of your distributed learning courses
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Christina Wasson and Jen Cardew The Same, But Different: Anthropology Looks at Online Vs. Face-to-face Courses |
Christina Wasson, Associate Professor, and Jen Cardew, Graduate Student, in the Department of Anthropology, conducted an applied anthropological study comparing a graduate-level course taught by a single instructor in both online and face-to-face format. They will discuss how their ethnographic and linguistic analysis of the data shed light onto student's experiences in both formats, and led to recommendations for the design of virtual pedagogy and building community in online courses.
The Brown Bag will meet in Live Classroom on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wimba Live Classroom Training
Using Horizon Wimba's Voice Tools (Online)
Technical Requirements a. To login, go to: http://untlive.horizonwimba.com/
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