Comments - Teaching Latin Online, Part I---by Andrew Kuhry-Haeuser, Instructor, Carmenta Online Latin Classroom - eLatin eGreek eLearn2024-03-29T13:32:43Zhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=727885%3ABlogPost%3A31628&xn_auth=noI'm eager to try, if/when my…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-14:727885:Comment:317132009-02-14T22:38:14.676ZLaura Gibbshttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/lauragibbs
I'm eager to try, if/when my university gives me the chance - all the modern languages (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, even Chinese) have asynchronous online course options, some for just two semesters, and some for three. A good friend of mine teaches the Italian online classes and really enjoys it.<br />
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I think students these days are so used to interacting asynchronously that they really thrive on that - also, since these are college students, they can be trusted to chat one-on-one…
I'm eager to try, if/when my university gives me the chance - all the modern languages (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, even Chinese) have asynchronous online course options, some for just two semesters, and some for three. A good friend of mine teaches the Italian online classes and really enjoys it.<br />
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I think students these days are so used to interacting asynchronously that they really thrive on that - also, since these are college students, they can be trusted to chat one-on-one with each and interact asynchronously in pairs, focusing on the task at hand. I'm not sure how effective that would be with younger students.<br />
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I taught Biblical Greek online asynchronously and it was just great - that's a case where students are very motivated to read and work very hard, focused on the task at hand (the textbook I used, Clayton Croy, had great Septuagint and NY readings right from the start). I'd love to teach that class again but it was offered through Religious Studies and when Classics found out about that, they shut it down - it committed two sins: being Biblical (not classical) AND being online, ha ha. <a href="http://www.mythfolklore.net/bibgreek/">All the materials are still online</a> - it was a lot of fun! :-) Laura,
I have taken several…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-14:727885:Comment:317112009-02-14T21:46:20.063ZAndrew K-Hhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/AndrewKuhryHaeuser
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I have taken several asynchronous online courses and so I have a good idea what you are talking about. My online teachers, like you, have used past students' projects as a model for us in writing our own projects, and I have found this to be exceptionally helpful.<br />
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I chose to make my course synchronous because it seemed close to impossible to me to teach a language effectively asynchronously. Students and teacher really do need to be able to interact with each other in real time.…
Laura,<br />
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I have taken several asynchronous online courses and so I have a good idea what you are talking about. My online teachers, like you, have used past students' projects as a model for us in writing our own projects, and I have found this to be exceptionally helpful.<br />
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I chose to make my course synchronous because it seemed close to impossible to me to teach a language effectively asynchronously. Students and teacher really do need to be able to interact with each other in real time. Obviously, I would love to be able to teach classes that students could participate in whenever they had the time (people have all sorts of schedules already in place), but unfortunately, for this subject that didn't seem to be an option. But then again, maybe I'm not being open-minded enough. Perhaps there is a way to create an effective asynchronous online Latin class. Hi Andrew, that's interesting…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-14:727885:Comment:317072009-02-14T15:33:12.522ZLaura Gibbshttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/lauragibbs
Hi Andrew, that's interesting that you have gone the route of synchronous options, simulating a classroom online, etc. I am curious to learn more about how that works! I've been teaching online course (mythology and folklore courses at Univ. of Oklahoma) since 2002, and those courses are completely aynchronous - the university began offering the courses not for distance education but really just rellieve the enormous pressure on campus classrooms and student scheduling dilemmas (a huge number…
Hi Andrew, that's interesting that you have gone the route of synchronous options, simulating a classroom online, etc. I am curious to learn more about how that works! I've been teaching online course (mythology and folklore courses at Univ. of Oklahoma) since 2002, and those courses are completely aynchronous - the university began offering the courses not for distance education but really just rellieve the enormous pressure on campus classrooms and student scheduling dilemmas (a huge number of OU students work, many of them fulltime, while they are in school). So, in order to accommodate that set of priorities, the goal was to make the courses 100% asynchronous. That's the option I've pursued, and it's very congenial to me: we do all our interacting on the web, but none of it in real-time. For college students, whose schedules are sometimes insanely hectic, it's worked out great - it's fine with me if the students do their work at 2 AM. That's definitely a big improvement on the days when I taught 8 AM classes in the classroom and watched the poor students falling asleep. With the asynchronous environment, I've enjoyed the students having me at my best (I prefer to work in daylight hours, ha ha), while the students work at whatever time fits into their own schedules.<br />
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We use a lot of different tools for online communicating, including a Ning, like this one. Plus, the students all publish their semester projects online - since you are just starting out I can tell you that this quickly becomes a HUGE resources: I've now got hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of past student projects online, and by promoting the best of them as models, it has really increased the quality of work the students do every semester - I've picked out 300 or so of the best past projects for them to look at, and as they browse around that wealth of material, it inspires them to do as well or better than past students. Every semester, I am able to add a few more really excellent projects to the archives in each of my classes, and the ongoing influence it exerts on the students is just great. I never was able to create that kind of archive of student work when I was constrained by the physical limits of a classroom setting! I love teaching online, and I hope it will be a good experience for you, too.<br />
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P.S. I keep the Ning closed, but you can see my students' projects and all my course materials at <a href="http://MyfhFolklore.net">MyfhFolklore.net</a>. I keep hoping I will be allowed to develop an online Latin course, but the Classics dept. at the university, alas, has proved implacably hostile. :-) Honestly, I only chose WiZiQ…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-12:727885:Comment:316472009-02-12T16:48:48.704ZAndrew K-Hhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/AndrewKuhryHaeuser
Honestly, I only chose WiZiQ because it was recommended by many people. I have no experience with Vyew or Elluminate vRoom. They may very well be superior to WiZiQ. At this point I'm certainly open to a change of platform if something better presents itself. Are Vyew and Elluminate free?
Honestly, I only chose WiZiQ because it was recommended by many people. I have no experience with Vyew or Elluminate vRoom. They may very well be superior to WiZiQ. At this point I'm certainly open to a change of platform if something better presents itself. Are Vyew and Elluminate free? Thanks, Andrew, for the post,…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-12:727885:Comment:316452009-02-12T15:04:41.101ZAndrew Reinhardhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/amasis
Thanks, Andrew, for the post, and the promise of future ones. I wonder why you chose WiZiQ over something like Vyew or using an Elluminate vRoom (the Latin teachers at the Illinois Virtual High School use the latter) or something else.
Thanks, Andrew, for the post, and the promise of future ones. I wonder why you chose WiZiQ over something like Vyew or using an Elluminate vRoom (the Latin teachers at the Illinois Virtual High School use the latter) or something else. Looking forward to hearing mo…tag:eclassics.ning.com,2009-02-11:727885:Comment:316302009-02-11T21:46:27.856ZSeumas Macdonaldhttps://eclassics.ning.com/profile/jeltzz
Looking forward to hearing more.
Looking forward to hearing more.