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This article is a two-part series on student response systems, also known as clickers. Part I focuses on the description, purpose, benefits, and challenges of clicker use to enhance learning and engage student interest. Part II will focus on a pilot being conducted at USG (The Universities of Shady Grove) with 20 faculty members (4 from UMUC) who have been using clickers.

There is consistent and convincing evidence that students learn more from words and pictures than they learn from words alone.

Julie Gilliam and Towanda Jones, CSI Instructional Support Specialist, presented at a poster session for the 2007 New Media Consortium (NMC) conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 6-9, 2007, entitled "Using Simulations to Enhance Online Learning." The purpose of the poster session was to showcase how University of Maryland University College is currently using online simulations to enrich digital classrooms where students work in virtual laboratories.

Note: Dr. Jones has used this activity to foster interaction among students in his WebTycho TMAN 611 course (Principles of Technology Management) with great success. Dr. Jones recommends that this activity be conducted prior to the last two weeks of the semester.

Examples of Class Policies Regarding Graded Work (Submitting Work, Late Work, Origninal Work and Incompletes).

Courtesy of Dr. Barbara Happ

Guideline for developing a team work plan for students.

Courtesy of Dr. Michael Frank, the peer evaluation rating form is designed to allow each group member to asses the level of effort of each put forth by the other members of the team FOR ALL GROUP ASSIGNMENTS, and, in particular, the group case paper.

Students perception about an online class can often be inaccurate. Here is a series prevalent myths about taking online courses, along with the facts concerning the myths.