English 202 over the Internet
has several benefits for the student:
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There are no attendance requirements beyond having to take the quizzes
and the essay exam either on the Tech campus or in a monitored remote setting;
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It allows you to work on your assignments according to your own schedule;
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All of the lectures are available to you on the Web site, in a form which
you can print out rather than having to take notes;
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My Web site has its own search
engine and contains links
to search engines to search the Internet; and
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Communication between the teacher and student can be done by e-mail, telephone,
FAX, or by personal conferences or a combination of all of these means.
But it is not necessary for the student and teacher to be in the same place
at the same time for the course information to be conveyed to the student.
But, this on-line course may
present some difficulties for the student:
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I will not be lecturing. If you need to hear
the material to learn it, don't take this class.
If you can learn by reading
and don't need to hear something to remember it, then this course may be
for you.
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Because there are no attendance requirements, there is no specific time
when the student must work on English 201 or 202. You must decide
on the times to work on the course; you may use as much time or as little
time as you decide. Your grade will be dictated by the quality of
your work. However, there is usually a direct correlation between
the time spent on the work and the grade the work receives: it takes
longer to do a high-quality job than it takes to do a low-quality job.
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The general rule for college classes is to spend two hours outside a class
doing work for every hour spent in class. Since we would normally
spend 4 hours in class per week, I recommend that you spend those 4 hours
plus an additional 8 hours reading and studying the assignments.
For those of you who are math challenged, that's a total of 12
hours per week as a general rule.
Your own abilities will determine how much more or less time you will need
to devote to the class.
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You cannot be passive when taking this course;
you must be actively involved in accessing the Web site, keeping up with
the assignments given in the Syllabus, and must make a point of asking
questions by e-mail or some other means.
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There will be no lectures or question/answer sessions
as there are in classroom classes when information is conveyed to all students
without active effort on the student's part.
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Did I mention that I won't be lecturing
and that you'll need to learn this on your own?
You'll need to be self-disciplined and a self-starter if you want to do
well in this class.
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