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ONLINE DELIVERY OF METEOROLOGY USING THE BLACKBOARD PLATFORM
Aribilola S. Omolayo, California State University, Fresno, CA
California State University, Fresno witnessed an unprecedented dramatic pedagogical shift from the traditional classroom teaching to an online mode of delivery in the fall of 2003. The shift resulted from the aggressive promotion of the use of instructional technology, increasing student enrolments, budgetary constraints, and incentives. This presentation describes the online delivery of Geography 115 (Violent weather and climatic hazards). Geography 115 is an upper division General Education integration course. Despite the inherent abstract concepts, complex meteorological terms, the 3-D nature of atmospheric circulations and weather systems, required use of mathematics, and a compulsory 4000-word term paper, students’ demand for the course has been phenomenal. Utilization of Blackboard as a delivery platform will allow for more effective dissemination of information. The layout of Blackboard consists of six parts: Announcements, Faculty Information, Syllabus, Course Documents, Communication, Grade Book Assessment, and Student Tools. The platform allows the uploading of PowerPoint presentation of lectures with video and voice capability.
Poster Session 1, Poster Session Educational initiatives (Hall 4AB)
Sunday, 11 January 2004, 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Hall 4AB
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