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- disks did not always work
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- Class online can be a
little boring.
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- Not having face to face
contact on a regular basis with other students. It makes you feel a
bit isolated.
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- The online chats - they
can be disorganized and hard to follow at times.
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- Although the professor
does provide feedback, I thought he could have more involved. The chats were helpful for this.
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- Not knowing what to study
for the final exam.
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- the actual interaction
with other classmates
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- The online chats were
particularly hard to do this semester with the assignments that were
also due on the same nights.
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- It was time consuming,
with constantly logging on during the day to check posts.
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- WebCT is running too
slow. It is very frustrating waiting for pages to load or when
refreshing. Not sure what was wrong never got e-mail back from tech
support.
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- Lack of face-to-face
contact with other students hinders networking and communication
somewhat
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- This is not a WEBCT
problem, but it is just the fact that this program is said to be for
those individuals that are not teachers; however, most of the classes
that are offered during the summer are during the day, geared for
current teachers. I need
night-time classes, but most of the ones that are being offered this
summer are only offered during summer.
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- making myself set a
schedule to finish the work
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- if I had a question it
was sometimes difficult to get an answer
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- Some of the answers for
the workbook were difficult to find and understand.
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- If I needed answers to a
problem, I had to wait to see my instructor
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- repetitiveness of some of
the workbook questions
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- I like for my instructors
to know who I am and if I have any question I like to explain my
question face to face so that if there were any other question that I
had it could be answered easily.
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- Without being in class -
I missed a deadline because I read the syllabus wrong & I finished
early went out of town and realized too late that my assignment was
due while I was out of town.
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- That you didn't always
have a teacher right there to explain things.
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- The hours I had to spend
sitting in front of my computer.
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- extensive, much to do
with little time
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- The homework and test
submissions systems are linearly based (must answer questions in order
or they are wrong) and have no tolerance for spelling errors
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- The red booklet had
inadequate instruction and it was frustrating to work through the
exercises and not really know what kind of answer was required.
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- If you had questions you
would have to either e-mail the teacher and wait or come to class
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- if you don't stay on top
of things they will back up
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- It was sometime hard to
communicate because everyone doesn't check their e-mail and stuff when
you want them to and if you have a question that you need an answer to
right away, you have to wait for the response or call the person and
they may not even answer the phone then.
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- that the communication
from all group members was not as evident as it would be in a face to
face meeting
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- Nothing, I think
everything was perfect
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- I feel like there were
people in my group that got away with things because we did not have
to meet in person, and my group thought that we needed to meet in
person when this was an on-line class.
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- Instructions sometimes
are not very clear
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- The grading system is a
little hard to understand, and when having to work in groups that is a
little hard to get everyone to come together.
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- WebCT is often slow. A much better product should be
available.
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- The talking points were
not at your own pace, so if you forget to check it your time will be
up.
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- Self motivation is
difficult
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- It's very impersonal to
have discussions through this message board. The layout for the
message board isn't the right layout for class discussions. See other
online communities for better layouts.
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- I just felt as if I
didn't learn enough, even though I studied it all the time!
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- the formatting issues
with WebCT
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- I did not dislike
anything.
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- Using a format that is
lost once copy and paste is completed
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- We were required to use
HTML for postings and I still do not know how to use it properly. It
does not check for grammar or punctuation like Word. If I wrote in
Word and pasted into WebCT, my formatting was deleted. A MAJOR problem.
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- I felt that the computer department
needs to give an introduction to Web CT. The professor expected
APA style perfect using this tool without being to do it as an
attachment.
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- I am more of a visual
person. I like to be in class at least the first or second time to get
what is expected from the professor.
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- I got confused a lot
about what we were supposed to do, but that is not the fault of WebCT.
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- Too much work, "No
show, do more"
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- It is not personal. Also,
knowing when things are due and being able to hear the questions of
others is more difficult.
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- The inability to discuss
matters face to face.
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- The instructor was not
very specific about assignments and where to post things. It was
confusing for many people in the class.
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- chatting with other
classmates on line was not very useful to me
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- I had some technical
problems with WebCT, such as problems getting logged off of the
website during my posts.
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- Did not receive timely
feedback concerning grades
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- Lack of interaction. The
chat was OK, but not as beneficial for me as face to face
conversations
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- confusing assignments,
too much work, supervision assignment should have been set up for us
since summer classes hard to arrange
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- Seemed to be more work
than what I would have done in the classroom.
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- When in chat, or
composing a response in bulletin board or private mail, system times
out too often and you are kicked out.
Unless you had copied your text, you were simply out of luck.
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- I like the on-line
environment.
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- Syllabus not clear in
relation to WebCT assignments...have had this problem in every WEBCT
class I've taken.
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- To0 much busy work and
not enough online discussions
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- Sometimes the material
was not posted when I could easily access it. Occasionally, items appeared at a
place that I would not expect them to be. In addition, I would be timed out
rather quickly when I was in the middle of a statement for an
assignment.
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- The added assignments
that were added last minute.
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- I missed the classroom
interaction and face-to-face instructor feedback.
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- I can't get immediate
responses to questions I have related to an on-line assignment.
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- Horizon Live didn't work
well for me
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- using the internet/email
for coursework
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- I did not particularly
enjoy the Impatica presentations or the online chat.
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- I kept getting
"bumped" during chats.
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- missing out on face to
face interaction
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- I like more contact with
my teachers
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- Sometimes, I would not be
clear on something or some topic.
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- no interaction with
professors
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- The professor did not
always email us back.
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- That the instructors did
not give a lot of help in how to post things and use some of the
features they require you to use.
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- Questions weren't always
answered. I do note that the professor had an extremely high number of
students participating in online courses, so he probably received lots
of email (feedback).
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- Not having the teacher in
class to ask questions
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- I did not feel that I got
as much out of the course by just taking the online quizzes.
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- This course was too difficult
to be completely online. We
should have met and had class discussions.
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- I wasn't able to get with
a group discussion--my fault
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- with in depth courses,
having a visual is helpful such as a instructor using objects to
explain the concept
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- This course needed more
instruction than this professor gave online.
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- No teacher
accessibility. No teaching
whatsoever. I learn much better
when I am taught.
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- I would have liked more
interaction from the professor
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- I feel that you do miss
some information since there are not the classes to discuss the
issues.
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- I had some questions that
I felt I needed to have answered face to face
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- I didn't feel like I got
enough instruction on the course topic.
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- Driving to campus from my
house
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- I have often had trouble
printing documents from WebCT, although I didn't need to do that much
in this particular class.
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- I like to see people.
When a student is unable to talk face to face with a professor, there
is no personal relationship.
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- Time limitations...could
not open things earlier than allowed.
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- Not having an
instructor's input during a lecture.
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- I missed the face to face
interaction.
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- Nothing. This class was the bomb!! She's an awesome prof.
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- Too many bulletin board
posting to read.
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- I had no one around me
who was experienced enough to help me.
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- The teacher did always
answer my emails in a timely manner.
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- Some of the directions
were confusing in the end because we were expected to remember things
we only went over once.
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- Nothing, the help desk
and teacher helped with problem.
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- That some of the
assignments were with software not provided by the college and costs
over $200.00 dollars so those assignments had to be done in the UWG
labs and someone was always on the computer that my webpage and web
quest were saved on, so I made many useless trips to the UWG campus.
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- The requirements were
unreasonable! To design a Web Quest is something that I will NEVER use
or do again.
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- This class required so
much of my time on line that it was almost like being in class.
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- Sometimes it's nice to be
able to show something to someone in person and have a discussion
about it.
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- I didn't know enough
about WebCT before I started the class.
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- I did have trouble at
first with trying to navigate and figure out the web ct.
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- I wasn't completely
comfortable with using Web
CT at first but orientation definitely
helped.
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- It can sometimes be
difficult to keep up with posting and e-mail updates. I just had to make sure that I checked
both at least twice per day.
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- having to explain things
time and time again to those I worked with on how to do things
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- Not being able to meet
with the members of my group in person
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- Having to go to face to
face classes
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- The confusing
instructions and information, If this had
been the only online course I had taken, I would not have taken
another!
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- I still had to come to
class face to face because of the immense amount of work and duplicate
work
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- too much group work to be
online
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- format of the assignment
was confusing
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- The organization of the
class.
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- Having to wait for a
response to questions, and having to manipulate through the site to
locate information. Work load seemed heavier than usual for an online
summer course.
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- class was not well
prepared
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- The email attachments
opened a lot of windows. It
took too much time to open attachments.
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- Hard to grasp and learn
concepts of the programs without an instructor present.
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- The fact that it was
online allowed for assignments to be due at any time, days that
wouldn't normally have a class scheduled. I had a hard time working
and completing the numerous assignments. Since it was online there was
more work.
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- Communication with group
takes more organization
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- Lack of consistent
feedback from professor and group project members.
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- Some of the work was
tedious and took a lot of time.
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- The course material was
less organized than I like. I had a hard time figuring out what was
due and when.
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- Sometimes when you have
questions, you have to wait a while for a response.
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- What I disliked about the
course was having to travel for the face-to-face portion of the
course. Very inconvenient whether scheduled day or evening.
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- off-line during storm,
etc.
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- I disliked not being able
to get face to face instruction when I didn't understand something.
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- You don't get to know
your classmates very well.
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- Sometimes I feel like I
need more instruction on certain activities or concepts being taught.
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- Miss the face to face
with professors and classmates that I enjoy seeing and talking to.
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- The stupid surveys we
kept having to take. How many
evaluations does a student have to fill out for one class? WebCT is a farce when it comes to
online technology.
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- It seems like I'm paying
for a correspondence class instead of a college degree.
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- More assignments are
required since there is not much class time.
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- Would like to have more
face to face sessions because I enjoy the interaction and the ability
to clarify misunderstandings and problems that come up immediately.
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- Great experience. No dislikes.
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- Sometimes it took three
or more days to get an answer from the instructor.
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- Nothing, the class and
the professor were incredible
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- Not being able to get to
know the other people in my class and learn from them.
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- Sometime I was not clear
about the assignments.
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- Nothing, I just don't
prefer online learning for any factor other than convenience.
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- I did not like the fact
that individual assignments had to be turned in early for the leader
to post for feedback.
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- Having to go to face to
face classes, 3 times during the course of the quarter and spending
2.5 hours in the car per class.
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- turning in work as one continuous
document
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- sometimes you had to wait
for answers from fellow classmates or professors
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- The stupid surveys we
kept having to take. How many
evaluations does a student have to fill out for one class? WebCT is a farce when it comes to
online technology.
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- Nothing that I can think
of.
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- I miss class discussions
and getting to know my peers but I don't like the chat feature on
WebCT. A video and/or audio conferencing feature would be much more
useful to facilitate discussion.
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- Not being able to meet
people in class
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- misunderstandings that
can occur because of the small amount of fact to face meetings
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- I miss the direct
interaction with the teacher and other students
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- I miss the camaraderie of
classmates sometimes.
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- The classes, I think, are
more time consuming than regular classes. I understand that we have to makeup
for time not in the classroom, but the assignments are more time
consuming. It is difficult to
take more than one class with the amount of work. This is just a certification class
and I have done more than I did in my Master's level work.
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- Not seeing people face to
face.
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- Nothing, except the
instructor did not organize it very well or really use anything except
the discussion boards.
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- I was able to do the work
from home, download software, found the directions in Course content,
and send my work to teacher via WebCT and mail.
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- little communication with
instructor
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- waiting for group members
to post things
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- Seeing other students
regularly. Hearing instructor
instead of reading what she had written. The personal aspect of learning.
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- For the most part, I
enjoy in classroom instruction--I guess I am old fashioned. But I felt
at ease, once I got started.
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- I felt a little
disconnected. I wasn't sure if I was doing my assignments correctly.
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- not being able to talk
directly to the professor
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- This was my first class
with Dr. X and I would have like to have been able to get to know her
better.
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- I was unease to start
with, but now I am okay.
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- miss face to face
discussion
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- Not getting feedback as
quickly as I would have liked from the professor.
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- Technology problems with
my computer caused a few problems.
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- Having to rely on others
to complete assignments.
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- I am not a big fan of
taking tests online. It always
makes them seem more difficult to me.
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- NOTHING!! I love online classes!!
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- Having to wait for a
response.
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- Difficulty actually
communicating with instructor and fellow students real-time in the
chat room.
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- The professor did NOT
communicate with the class on a regular basis. Grades were never posted; therefore
students had no feedback as to how they were doing in the class, and
the proof. Did not seem to know how to use WebCT. we
had to show her how to use it the first night of class. Made this class very difficult to
follow.
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- The syllabus for the
class should be provided before the class begins.
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- not being to interact
with others
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- I like face-to-face
collaboration. I don't like to
distance but I do like the classroom setting.
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- making sure my work was
on time
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- I enjoy interacting with
others.
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- The chats were somewhat
difficult to follow, but then I never liked chat rooms anyway.
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- I do not really get to
know the other students in the class.
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- Lack of teacher feedback
or input, all self teaching and no interesting assignments.
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- Nothing, it is bizarre
that West Georgia college
has the title University and offers so little on line classes.
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- Online exams, too much of
a chance to fail the exam.
Especially if you experience computer problems.
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- No teacher doing any
teaching. The tested material had nothing to do with the discussions
and postings that we had to complete
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- Some links were active
but didn't provide information.
Example: statistics
about how class performed on test.
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- Not receiving notes from
the professor
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- The down time for
maintenance
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- Being required to be on
campus four times during the semester. I live 2 1/2 hours away. If I
didn't have summers free (I am a teacher) I would not have been able
to commute
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- The chats are important
& essential to collaboration.
The chat box is limiting in this area.
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- It was difficult from
some of my group members to participate in the chats and that was frustrating.
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- I was not able to always
get in touch with the instructor if I had a question.
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- I feel I lost valuable
face to face instructional time. I do not believe on-line courses are
appropriate for College
of Educ. Students
need professors to model and demonstrate, which cannot be done on the
internet.
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- no much face to face
interaction
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- Lack of immediate
response.
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- not getting to know some
of the classmates as well
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- Length of the course - a
lot to do in a little time.
But, that is to be expected in a summer course ! Nobody's fault !
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- I don't like missing out
on direct instruction from the teachers.
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- I did not dislike the
online portion, it just took me a while to get used to it
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- I learn more with face to
face interaction
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- Figuring out how
everything works
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- I am a face to face
hands-on person, There were times that I had questions, but did not
want to keep calling the professor (even though I had her home
number. My group members were
not always available.
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- Lack of direct
instruction from the professor. Having to read the text to get the
most information. The bookstores did not order a sufficient amount of
textbooks for the Newnan campus.
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- Having so many big
projects due one after another without first receiving the previous
project to know what to fix.
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- Not hearing teacher
discussion.
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- There were so many
mini-assignments.
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- Sometimes it felt like
there was a lot of work to do for this class, but when you remember you’re
not going to a class, it really wasn't too bad.
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- I would like to have a
confirmed quiz availability time further in advance.
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- There were too many
assignments to be able to thoroughly read the text.
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- There is nothing that I
did not like about the online portion, except when there were problems
with the internet.
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- Sometimes the links
wouldn't work and I was having problems with my computer.
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- felt more assignments
should be online
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- Harder to ask the
instructor questions...takes more time
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- The message board system
is difficult. I couldn't figure
out how to get other students' responses to display so I could
participate in the discussions.
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- computer problems make it
difficult to do assignments
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- My teacher seemed to
grade the material difficult than he should have.
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- I didn't really take the
time sometimes to look at what other people wrote, especially if they
wrote after I did.
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- you loose a lot of one on
one with the class situation
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- I disliked the online
lectures presented by the instructor.
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- Can’t talk to the teacher
in person. Getting comments from other students is difficult.
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- not many students were
willing to contact each other to discuss the class
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- Having to find the films
to watch them
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- Sometimes I had a hard
time logging on (that may be a default in my computer), and I would
sometimes be booted off the WebCT due to a time limit thing, my work
would be lost, and I would have to do it all over.
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- I thought the on-line
articles required reading were really long and just too much-
especially to print out, cause I don't like to read off of the
computer
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- The real time chat. It wasn't used, so there is no need
for it.
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- The speed at which you
can get on. If I am going to have the convenience of at home learning;
I would like to be able to access it whenever. If there are too many
trying to get on the computer slows.
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- I feel that in-class
discussion and interaction is invaluable when learning and I felt as
though the on-line portion took away from that experience.
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- There was nothing I
disliked about the online portion of the course.
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- Sometimes the server
would be down so I would not have access to the internet.
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- Sometimes, I do like the
classroom experience and participation more.
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