Study Question Assignments
Each Module has study questions which are intended to make
you think about how problems would exist and be solved in the real vs. textbook world. Some
questions may require that you actually find the answer from experience or
asking others that you know. We will discuss ways to expand our knowledge from
experience rather than from books. If any student has encountered a
situation that would pose a good study question, and would like the class to
discuss the problem and potential solutions, please email the question to the
instructor.
Answers to study question
are to be sent to instructor attached to email on
the 1st day of the Module. Quality, creativity,
appropriateness of your response to these questions is more important than
length of response.
Study questions will also
be used in class board/chat discussions, therefore, each student is to submit
answers to study questions to the bulletin board on the 2nd day of the Module.
Do not post study question answers earlier than this!
There will be one board for each study question and all
the students are expected to engage in the class discussion about the responses.
Remember, there are many solutions for problems and the discussion is to take
advantage of the ability for all of us to learn from each other.
News Room Assignment
This is place where you will post your
reviews of current media articles/releases on topics relevant to our course on
aging. There will be one board per module. All students are required to post
articles they find and to dialogue with other students about all postings.
Each student required to post at least
one review per Module. Media sources can include journals, newspapers, news-web sites (for example: http://www.worldnetdaily.com
or http://www.msnbc.com ), television news,
etc. Your responsibility to is provide a brief, concise summary with
citation. Class will discuss implications and accuracy of this media
information being provided to the public. We all need to become informed and
savvy consumers of media information.
Field Trips
This is where you will post information
about a unique source, relevant to this class, that you visited either in
Cyberspace or in our "physical" world. Each
student must present at least one field trip per Module.
Present the location, and brief description of the "place" you
visited. Classmates will take the Field Trip, if on the web, and in
discussion on the web board evaluate the importance, type of information
provided (for research, teaching, self interest, self care, etc.), accuracy of
information, benefit for professionals and/or consumers. If the Field Trip
was to a physical location, the student will have to provide enough information
for class discussion.
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