How do online classes work?
In online classes students and instructors interact with each other online. Students log on to the Chaffey Blackboard course management system to get course documents, lectures, and other course materials. Students will interact with each other using various tools such as discussion boards, chat rooms, and e-mail. Students will receive lectures via Podcasts, Word documents, and PowerPoint presentations. Tests and assessment tools are also used to gauge student progress, just as they are in the traditional classroom. While online classes can be accessed anytime, instructors do have due dates and times for assignments.
Online classes are similar to face to face classes in the sense that there is a real instructor and fellow students involved in the learning process during the college term. Grades, lectures, due dates, assignments, group discussions, textbooks, tests, college credit, are all a part of online classes as well. The main difference is that the classroom is a web site that can be accessed from anywhere in the world, and that lectures are read instead of listened to; discussions are typed instead of spoken. Many courses have a weekly schedule so the student needs to go to the class web page several times a week to see if there is anything new that pertains to their studies. Discussions and communication with the instructor takes place in web-based message areas (like e-mail), chat rooms, Internet e-mail, and threaded conferences (sorted by discussion topic rather than sequentially).
Each class runs for 6 weeks with two interactive lessons per week. Lessons are in text format, so reading skills are essential. You download your first lesson from www.ed2go.com/hfcc after 12 pm on the first Wednesday of the course. A new lesson will be available for download every Friday and Wednesday following the first one. Assignments and interactive online discussion help you learn. Each lesson includes a short quiz, and the course ends with a final exam.
(A) Online classes are similar to face-to-face classes in the sense that there is a real instructor and real students online. The main difference is that the classroom is a web site that can be accessed from anywhere in the world, and that lessons are read by students and review questions are completed online instead of in the classroom. The instructor checks the progress of each student from a remote location by looking at grades and student activity logs. Logs are a permanent record of your activity in the classes.
Online classes are similar to face-to-face classes in the sense that there is a real instructor and real students online. The main difference is that the classroom is a web site that can be accessed from anywhere in the world, and that lessons are read by students and review questions are completed online instead of in the classroom. The instructor checks the progress of each student from a remote location by looking at “grades” and “student activity logs.” Logs are a permanent record of your activity in the classes.
