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Ocotillo Spotlight on Instructional Technology
Note: The Ocotillo Spotlight is no longer published, but all previous issues will remain on this site.
spotlight for June 2003
In this June 2003 Ocotillo Spotlight John Arle of Phoenix College provides a virtual tour of the online biology courses that have greatly expanded in just a year and a half. We are also pleased to announce that John will be a half-time Faculty in Residence in mcli for 2003-2004, helping to lead Ocotillo and its technology initiatives.
Online Biology at Phoenix College
written and created by John Arle, Biology faculty, Phoenix College
mailto:john.arle@pcmail.maricopa.edu
In this unique edition of the Ocotillo Spotlight, we launch you into a collection of information written by John Arle about the expansion he has lead for the Phoenix College (PC) Biology department's growth in offering online courses. As you will seem, it has been a team process of his adjunct faculty teachers and the PC support staff.
John describes his team's goals for increasing both student retention rate as well as student performance and shares their focus on the pedagogies that have made the courses so successful. You will find a sample syllabus for "Intro to Human Anatomy and Physiology" (BIO1 60) a detailed course and assignment schedule for Human Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO 201), and an overview of the course lesson design template featuring sample lessons, puzzle activities, and how they have adapted content from the ADAM Interactive Anatomy CD for virtual dissection.
The PC Biology courses are delivered via WebCT. Since the course material is not available for public view, John has abstracted out examples of the actual material for a virtual tour via a "faux WebCT" demo:
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