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must be disciplined
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I would like to at least meet my professor. There was a lot of confusion with the
requirements for this course and I would have felt better having a face
to feel that I could connect with.
I also feel like it is independent study. Why am I paying what I am to do ALL of
the work myself? I could come up
with a program that met my needs better and read material that was more
interesting and applicable to my situation if I wanted to but I really
expect more from my professors that just a syllabus.
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I missed having face-to-face contact where I could just turn
around and ask for help or clarification.
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The professor was good about responding one minute and then she would disappear and not
respond to anything.
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Nothing.
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N/A
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no face to face interaction
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The instructor was not very helpful regarding the online portion
of this course. It would take him a long time to respond to our e-mails
and bulletin board posts.
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Everything. This course was horrible online.
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This course did not lend itself to online learning.
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The students who did not take this course online learned a lot
more than I did. I don't feel that
education courses should be online
because face-to-face instruction is what we are being prepared to
do for the rest of our lives. I
feel that having this course be online was a huge setback. I am very disappointed with the
education department because we
were not given the choice of whether we wanted to take an online course
or not. Our schedules were given
to us and I feel that the members
of my section and other sections
that had online courses really got the short end of the stick!
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the fact that we did not meet for class often and when we did
time was tight.
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This is a methods class which should not be taken online. Face
to face discussions were needed.
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I feel that this class would have been better if we met
face-to-face.
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Very impersonal!
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The lack of instructor input.
We learned the information
it wasn't taught at all.
Except for chapter review questions the instructor didn't guide us
at all.
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Lack of face-to-face instruction
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Nothing. It was all good.
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You do not have the one-on-one help that you would have if you
were in class.
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Did not learn a lot.
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Nothing I really liked
it.
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A methods course should never be online
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I don't think reading is a good course to have online. I live
far from campus but I still had to drive to campus on the day I had this
course so there was no savings of fuel or time really.
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I didn't learn much of anything!
Communication was bad. A lot of us were confused about what was
due when and how at times. The courses we were forced to take as
on-line courses needed to be face to face. How are we suppose to really understand
"how to teach phonics
reading and/or children's
literature" without conversing on a regular bases with the
instructor with examples and demonstrations?
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lack of instruction or lecture
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nothing
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nothing
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Professor not being clear about requirements.
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I like the online experience.
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The set-up of WebCT for my class was not organized at the
beginning of the course. I also
did not like how I had to search for responses to my assignments.
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There was too much class work that had to be posted. It is
difficult to complete so much and have it posted on time
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Confusion regarding assignments were not able to be resolved as
immediately is possible in on-campus
face-to-face classes.
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the instructor did not seem to understand how the course would
work
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The instructor seemed to change expectations as we went along.
Also assignments were posted to
different areas of WebCT which made it difficult to keep up with
assignments.
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Not being able to have discussions in class about
assignments. It was very difficult
to constantly send e-mails.
Especially when you needed an immediate response.
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nothing
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Spending almost every week in a chat room. I would prefer to
spend more time researching the topic or reading material placed on the
website by the professor.
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not being able to see the teacher
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Not knowing for a fact if the professor got what I sent him.
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I found my self a little lethargic about learning the new
material. This is a personal motivation problems though.
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NA
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Nothing.
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Nothing
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only met with the instructor once.
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n/a
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I do enjoy the occasional lecture. I like to see and hear a professor from
time to time.
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Some of the assignments were a little hard and would be easier
to have face-to-face instruction.
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When I got confused at what to do I didn't have some one right then to
help
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I did not like the fact that if I needed some help that I had to
go to the face-to-face class in order to get it.
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When I needed help the most
I would wish I had taken the face-to-face class.
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If you have a problem you have to wait till the student teacher
or teacher could see you. Which they both were available at good times.
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teacher was not there to show me exactly what to do but instead
I had to learn by reading what to do.
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I disliked that the professor required a very expensive software
program so I wound up having to go
to the computer lab after al.
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I disliked having instructions posted instead of explained in
person.
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That everything was due on Saturdays.
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I liked it all
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The lack of help I received when I needed it the most.
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not being able to ask specific questions as I was working on an
assignment
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nothing
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lots of the links did not work
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WebCT can be extremely slow
even with high speed access. I don't know if this a network or
server issue. (I have this issue with other classes as well).``Also a
number of the links did not work
which was very frustrating. The professor was not available at
first to get resolution which
compounded the problem.
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Lack of discussions and interaction
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At times it was difficult to access the correct information for
the course.
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Harder to communicate with others.
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Nothing.
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confusing format
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That it took several days for group members or classmates to
respond to emails or BB postings.
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Nothing Really
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not having contact with other class members I learn a lot from being in a class and
interacting with others.
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Too many reflections and files not working.
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Not enough explanation on work.
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all of the reflections!!!
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I sometimes felt like I was on my own but learned allot that way.
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I had to attend three classes on campus.
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I had difficulty opening the downloads from WebCT. I finally had to completely delete
Norton Protection software to get it to work properly. Now I am worried my computer will get a
virus.
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Nothing.
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·
nothing
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Occasionally confusing.
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·
Sometimes there was a delay in responding to e-mails. There was some conflicting information
about assignment due dates.
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In this particular course
I felt as if I was completely on my own and expected to teach
myself.
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NA
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Having to depend on unreliable group members.
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Sometimes instructions are not as easily understood as in
person. I have to be more disciplined with keeping track of when work is
due and assignment deadlines. It is easier to procrastinate and get
behind.
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Collaborative work with others you may not be familiar with.
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nothing
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nothing
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This was a difficult class to not meet with the instructor. I did come to 2 optional classes
besides the scheduled ones.
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No comment. I liked it
all.
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This class was hard to teach myself. I needed a lot of teacher
input more so than the other classes I've taken.
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Nothing
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There is so much content to learn and it can be very
confusing it would be very helpful
to meet with the teacher face-to-face.
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A lot of this class's assignments were difficult and more time
in class should have been required - not optional. I found this course needing to be a
traditional class not an online
class.
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n/a
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discussion for this particular course was definitely needed and
working on-line wasn't always the most helpful
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This subject material is difficult to learn online. I would have
liked more face-to-face instruction for this subject. There were also too
many places on the bulletin board to look for information.
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The flexibility of being able to work at the time most
convenient for the individual.
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nothing
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I miss the interaction with my professors sometimes.
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Some information needed personal explanations
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nothing
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The lack of communication among instructor and students.
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I did not like not knowing if my work was received on the due
date or if at all. When grades were not 100% I would like some feedback as to what
was lacking so I could make improvements to later assignments and not
make the same mistakes. When a lot
of work is turned in and there are no grades yet it is stressful to wonder how you stand
in the course. This especially
applies to the APA format professors want. We all want to know if we are doing it
correctly and if not what is correct.
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professor gave little guidance through WebCT and his own
personal website
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I just felt like at times that I was missing something because
activity online was so minimal with the instructor. Heard from him very
little.
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I wish there could have been more online discussions not just Q & A's. I don't dislike
WEBCT but it could use some
changes. In a way there are almost
TOO many places to "search" on WEBCT. I think the chat rooms
are good if they could be used during class time.
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Sometimes it's difficult to know exactly what is going on in the
class because you are not meeting regularly face-to-face.
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·
I really don't have any specific areas that I disliked as far as
the setup of the course is concerned.
I would add the content feature that I stated in Question #16.
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Did not get enough feedback about grades
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·
lack of communication from professor
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nothing
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reminding myself to check the site several times per day.
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There was not enough instruction.
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·
Some people don't check the BB often enough
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Nothing.
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·
nothing
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·
Sometimes if you have
questions you have to wait for the
answers.
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Nothing
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·
coming to class; audio PPTs
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·
I miss the weekly interaction with students and teachers.
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crashes computer
errors etc
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·
totally positive
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·
It can sometimes be hard to find time to be online.
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There is a lot more personal research required as opposed to a
teacher teaching.
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Nothing
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·
I wish there were some way to verify that the professor received
the assignment. Sometimes I had
difficulty figuring out how to do what I was asked to do.
|
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·
Not being able to be face to face with the professor.
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access to info
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Reminding myself to check online
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Nothing.
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·
I miss the interaction with my instructors sometimes.
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The learning felt un-real and disjointed.
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·
Sometimes communication via computer does not always convey the
right information.
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na
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nothing
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·
nothing
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·
Groups. Hard to work with
groups when I live 21/2 hours away
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nothing
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The number of people in the group led to more confusion due to
the differences in personalities
etc.
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NOTHING AT ALL
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·
n/a
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I did have some problems in WebCT when trying to open certain
documents
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The deadlines that did not expire after midnight.
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Nothing I loved it.
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·
NA
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Nothing
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Miss getting to know other class members
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Nothing.
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I didn't dislike any part of the class.
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nothing
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·
I enjoyed the class
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·
too many links in too many places nice information and organized but
organized in too many areas.
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nothing
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It's more of a challenge to communicate and work in groups but that's the way it is!
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nothing
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I always miss the people aspect of class and the class
discussion
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9 out of 12 assignments were group work. At this level there should be more of an option to do
work individually. After all we
are in an online class perhaps we all have different schedules and with
so much work in group it was a negative experience for me. After this
course I will be taking an
indefinite break from West
GA
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We not able to interact with classmates outside our own group.
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|
·
The course seemed a little unorganized which was stressful at the beginning of
the semester.
|
|
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nothing
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·
I have no dislikes about the online course.
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|
·
Not getting to know classmates as well.
|
|
·
Professor was unclear in some instances.
|
|
·
nothing
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·
N/A
|
|
·
Not being able to speak face to face with my instructor and
fellow classmates.
|
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Nothing
|
|
·
Not as much discussion of topics
|
|
·
Everything was fine.
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|
·
nothing
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·
nothing
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·
difficult to find info
|
|
·
nothing
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·
Nothing
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·
I need the face-to-face meetings to remember to do my class work
|
|
·
nothing
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·
Nothing
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|
·
Not getting to know my teacher on a personal level. The computer screen those not suffice
as an interpersonal communication tool.
|
|
·
I feel like you don't really get to know your teacher and
peers. Also it was harder to remember to do the
work b/c I wasn't going to class each week. Some weeks I did really good and others
I feel behind.
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|
·
I don't feel like I learned anything.
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|
·
Having to check my WebCT 2-3 times a day.
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|
·
if the internet went down I was SOL
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|
·
time limits on taking the tests
they were only open for 24 hours.
sometimes I had work and school and had to work around that to
take the tests
|
|
·
There was nothing I did not like.
|
|
·
you have to check your email regularly
|
|
·
none
|
|
·
nothing
|
|
·
None
|
|
·
Little interaction with others in the class
|
|
·
Not being able to get grades back as fast.
|
|
·
I sometimes forgot that there were tests scheduled for a certain
time because I had gotten used to doing the work when I could get to
it and it created a small problem
once.
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|
·
easy to forget due dates
|
|
·
It's easy to forget when an assignments due.
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|
·
wanted it to be all or more online. just come to class to test.
|
|
·
lost personal connection of being with classmates and professor
|
|
·
Figuring out the process to set up the computer to be able to
participate.
|
|
·
Wimba it had more tech
problems than students being able to use the program to have live class
|
|
·
I think that I learn better on a face to face level
|
|
·
nothing
|
|
·
We had some technical issues and the other participants in the
class had trouble everyday that caused trouble for the rest of us. Live
Wimba is impossible to use without a fast connection and if anyone is
accessing from a slow connection there is noticeable lag.
|
|
·
Nothing
|
|
·
the technical problems in the beginning
|
|
·
The glitches in the Wimba but they got better as the course
progressed.
|
|
·
I did not like WebCT messing up when I was trying to learn
something on Live Wimba. It was
very frustrating and because my computer at home is dial up I couldn't do
the classes online at home any ways
|
|
·
Nothing. Those that
complain about on-line learning are usually those that do not work well
on there own.
|
|
·
Technical problems
|
|
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Impersonal
|
|
·
I didn't dislike anything about it
|
|
·
teacher's ADD behavior and her impatience
|
|
·
Some of the technical difficulties in the beginning.
|
|
·
I think online courses necessitate more because most of it
cannot be done in class. Also
communication with the instructor can be difficult at times.
|
|
·
There really is not one thing that I did not like about it.
|
|
·
N/A
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|
·
Occasionally there was a lot of class time wasted due to
technical difficulties.
|
|
·
its different from the traditional format
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|
·
We had many technical difficulties including microphones not working hard to hear others talking because of interference
in frequency.
|
|
·
The word dislike is too subjective therefore I will focus on a
constructive critique. This course was great. We were given a lot of
material still the benefits
outweighed the flaws.
|
|
·
Each live class using Wimba the first 20 minutes of class was
spend with everyone asking everyone else if they could hear each
other waste of time loss of instruction.
|
|
·
WIMBA
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|
·
The technical issues were difficult to work through and there
wasn't as much opportunity to "network" with others.
|
|
·
Nothing this class was a
good experience for me
|
|
·
more work is involved with online courses than meeting in the
classroom
|
|
·
NOTHING
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·
That I did not have the necessary equipment to do the
course. I had to utilize my
father's computer (he has DSL) and he lives 30 minutes away. That posed some problems. I tried the Newnan County
Lib. but they have
limited computers. So I missed
some assignments because I didn't have the right computer.
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·
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|
·
The sound quality
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|
·
It was a little difficult setting everything up for the first
class. Our teacher did a great job in giving us the help to learn how to
use Wimba. I didn't like the fact that my class attendance was up to my
computer. I had a problem with my computer one night and I was 45 minutes
late for class when I was sitting
ready for it. Some of the help is a little bit technical for many people.
I found that I could fix most problems that came up but there were a few in the class that
had trouble every week.
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Prior to the class I did not know a lot about computers so I had to learn a lot of information.
|
|
·
not being able to hear the lectures from a professor
|
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·
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nothing
|
|
·
computer glitches (even though there weren't any this semester)
|
|
·
nothing
|
|
·
I did not like not having the teacher in the classroom on a
regular basis to ask any uncertain questions.
|
|
·
not being able to check with and communicate with the professor
as often as I would have liked
|
|
·
Taking a long time to receive feed back from assignments.
|
|
·
Not getting more immediate feedback.
|
|
·
n/a
|
|
·
That I could not be face to face with the instructor
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|
·
I forgot to check my email frequently.
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|
·
I could do my work at my own pace.
|
|
·
that we came to class 4 times
|
|
·
Waiting on a response when I needed it.
|
|
·
n/a
|
|
·
not getting to talk to the teacher when I had a problem or
didn't understand something
|
|
·
Nothing.
|
|
·
Too much work
|
|
·
The amount of time my professor felt it necessary to require.
|
|
·
Having to wait for others in my group to post their answers so
that I could respond to their post.
Many times I had to wait until Sunday night or Monday for others
to post. This forced me to do more
work at the last minute.
|
|
·
I disliked the text books being useless. I paid money to have
useless vaguely relevant material I can't use at all anymore?
|
|
·
I was not able to edit my work after posting.
|
|
·
No dislikes about WebCT
|
|
·
Lack of face-to-face contact with professor and other students
|
|
·
nothing
|
|
·
Nothing.
|
|
·
none
|
|
·
Feeling isolated from other students and not having face to face
discussions with the instructor and students.
|
|
·
The boundaries sometimes blurred between the expected learning
and the actual. If there aren't texts that relate to the course
material try having a few classes
build a text for you. The Mergle article should not be the best available
synopsis of teaching theories.
|
|
·
Online discussion threads. Many people don't write in a
conversational style which makes the discussions dry.
|
|
·
Nothing
|
|
·
Nothing really I have had
online courses before and prefer them.
|
|
·
Lack of social interaction
|
|
·
Was not able to edit my work
|
|
·
it does seem like more work than a traditional class but I understand it is because of the
convenience of not driving to campus
|
|
·
Nothing. I never had any problems.
|
|
·
I didn't like the fact that I was not able to pull the program
up on my computer at home.
|
|
·
The material was only mildly helpful.
|
|
·
some things were confusing because of miscommunication
|
|
·
That you really had to teach yourself.
|
|
·
No help one on one with questions. You have to email then wait
on a reply. I like being in class.
|
|
·
The SIMnet program
|
|
·
Finding time to devote entirely to the course each day.
|
|
·
I disliked the lessons
|
|
·
Organization...difficult to maintain a schedule that remind the
student of test dates
|
|
·
I would often forget deadlines
|
|
·
I strongly DISLIKED that the professors did NOTHING for the
course other than create the
workbooks at the beginning of the semester. Rarely did I find them helpful & when I did need help the lab assistants helped me(not the
professors!)
|
|
·
Not having easy access to the professors.
|
|
·
Having to force myself to learn the material. And the tests were
to tedious.
|
|
·
Some concepts were difficult to understand
|
|
·
Sometimes I would click on something and it would mark it
wrong also if I did the short cut
for something it would mark it wrong.
|
|
·
Tests did not reflect information from the lesson therefore rendering the lessons
worthless. The workbook that is meant as a companion to the lessons (and
it's completion counts as 10% of the final grade) amounts to nothing but
an 80 page list of terms which require defining. The majority of these
terms cannot even be found in the lessons
and the professors suggest defining them using a Google search. To
me this is not a companion in learning
but rather a tedious internet scavenger-hunt that amounts to a
waste of my valuable time that I could be using to study for other
classes which actually provide me
with new knowledge after dedicating many hours to them.
|
|
·
I didn't like dealing with the worry that the internet may fail
or not be available at times.
|
|
·
If I experienced a problem
teachers were hard to reach and NOT very helpful. And few of my
assignments are lost.
|
|
·
Having to do a final in a classroom
|
|
·
Nothing
|
|
·
had to pursue instruction
|
|
·
I would have rather met up in class and had a face to face
learning
|
|
·
I need to be in classroom setting
|
|
·
The fact that I was able to procrastinate longer without being informed.
|
|
·
The program wouldn't run on my computer
|
|
·
I thought that the SIM net software was not reliable and was
full of bugs. And their help line was horrible. I called at 11:30 in the
morning and they returned my call at 5:30 that afternoon. On top of
that... the quizzes did not ask fair questions. They had hidden meanings
that were not clearly stated in the questions. Also the instructor didn’t even know all of
the answers to the questions asked on the tests!!!
|
|
·
hard to remember to do it
|
|
·
not enough hands on learning with an instructor.
|
|
·
nothing really
|
|
·
No idea whether what you were doing was right or wrong!
|
|
·
Simnet was very picky on which correct answer it would deem
correct
|
|
·
hard to get a question answered by the professors quickly
|
|
·
Not getting to see the teacher that often.
|
|
·
I understand concepts better with an actual teacher
|
|
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it was very easy to get behind and it was difficult and time
consuming to catch up
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There were some things on exams that were not in the lessons and
could not have known that that would happen since it was an online class.
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I didn't manage my time well.
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I was pushed for time on a couple of them and I should have
asked for more help
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Some of the questions in the workbook were not covered in the
lessons making it very difficult to find the answers.
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If I had questions I had to answer them myself.
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inability to get immediate help when I needed it
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nothing
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I have a tendency to procrastinate and I was really confused at the
beginning of the course until I got the hang of things.
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mainly everything--not my cup of tea--I do better with the in
your face teaching
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That I had to remind myself when things were due.
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sometimes it was hard to understand what was being wanted
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nothing
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It was inconsistent
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The Simnet Messed up a couple of times
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access to recourses
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I don’t like working on computer and given a lot of busy work.
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not being able to get questions answered right away
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Lack of face to face teaching.
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I missed a cut off date but that was my own laziness
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Nothing it was a good course
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Everything
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nothing
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Had to always keep up with the workbook and test due dates.
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the questions asked may not have been answered in a timely
manner. And some of the information given should have been given in a
more lengthy time.
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that I wasn’t always aware of everything that was going on
because I wasn’t reminded of it ever
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N/A
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it was kind of hard to access computers
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none
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Some of it was hard to understand and keep up with.
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Not having one on one instruction.
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N/A
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I found that I learn better in a classroom setting. I made all good grades in all my
classes except for this one
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Using the computer to learn.
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That sometimes computers would be acting funny.
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The grading was not fool proof.
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the absent mindedness
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it's easy to procrastinate. When a computer cliché occurs it can
affect your grade like my
friend the computer or simnet
malfunctioned and it gave her a 0 for one of her tests...and it has yet
to be fixed.
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Not be able to access my information without having the disk
downloaded on different computers.
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having problems with my computer at home unable to open things
because I did not have PowerPoint on my computer
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I had no problem with the online course for senior seminar.
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What I disliked had nothing to do with UWG it was my computer at
home that worked when it wanted to that was so frustrating.
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no immediate conversations with the instructor and no class
interaction.
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Sometimes it is difficult if a concept is not clear because you don’t
have the luxury of speaking directly with an instructor as you would in a
traditional classroom setting
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sometimes unorganized
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nothing
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sometimes the instructions were not very clear.
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Frequently no handouts to go with power point slides.
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Nothing
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