In order that we can all be prepared for our conversations, and to model a pedagogical technique that I find crucial in my teaching (pre-writing), I would like you to spend some time thinking about your teaching. Please focus on the particular course you will be teaching in a distance format. Please write your answers to the following questions, and bring your written answers with you when we get together.

• What are your goals for this course? When you think about the course, it may be helpful to think about meeting a graduate of this course five years from now. What would you want her to be like because she was in your course? Your description of your goals should include:
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  • What she should be able to do,
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  • What attitudes or values she should have.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
• How will you know that these goals are being met as the course progresses?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does this course being in a distance format affect your goals? (In other words, what are your hopes and fears for a technology-based course?)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Last modified on February 28, 1998.