By: WENDY CONNELLY _沙巴体育官网

WENDY CONNELLY
Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:29:55 +0000

I am in the unusual position of simultaneously being a long time faculty member and a student in a two year program here. I am transitioning to a career in healthcare. The program I am in, Health Information Management, is entirely online and all of it’s classes use the same format in D2L. After the first term, you always know where to find assignments, quizzes, etc.

This will probably set off a “discussion” about academic freedom, but it might be a good idea for PCC to have a required D2L format (perhaps with a couple of alternate formats) for classes. My students have expressed confusion and stress caused by the fact that every class is organized differently and when they have three or four classes, it is overwhelming. By the time they get it figured out, a substantial part of the term has passed.

Our wonderful on line learning professionals have made recommendations and best practices widely available but faculty have been also been overwhelmed and not able to take full advantage of those resources. A choice of two or three formats would smooth things for everyone.