Embracing the Potential and Accepting the Limitations of Teaching Online
The course that I have been developing as we work through BOLT-101 is an accelerated introduction to statistics that is offered in a blended format. However, as we've worked through the material I've also been thinking about how I'd adapt calculus for an online environment. This week as we read about how to adapt content for an online course, I found myself simultaneously very excited and very frustrated. Excited because I think that I'm going to be able to use what I'm learning in BOLT-101 to make my blended statistics course really focused on student learning and that in turn will help me to improve my face to face intro stat course. Frustrated because the more I learn about best practices for an online course, the more I become convinced that the first course in calculus is not one that should be taken online (and I'd really like to be able to offer it online). So I'm joyfully moving forward with preparations for my statistics class and I'm hitting pa...