Delivery Systems

CTSE: Foreign Language Education courses involve readings, lectures, lecture/discussions, oral presentations, exams, and projects.

Readings and exams will be delivered via E-Reserves and WebCT. Lecture/discussions/on-campus student presentations will involve two-way interaction and will be delivered as synchronous streaming video; distance students will participate in discussions via electronic chat. Two video cameras will be used in the classroom to stream the lecture/discussion/presentation. One camera will focus on the instructor or student presenter and one will focus on the students in the classroom. The instructor will view a computer screen to receive questions or comments typed by distance students.

Students will submit oral presentations as videotapes. The tapes will be digitized and posted on the World Wide Web as streaming video files that other students and the instructor will view asynchronously.

Students will submit written reports as Power Point presentations along with a script.  These presentations will be delivered during class time, and distance students will watch them sychronously.

The use of message boards will allow more time for students to ask questions about the presentations and lectures than would be possible in a traditional course. WebCT will be used for submission of student papers. 

The required library resources are available for distance education students: documents delivery, electronic access to reference services, E-Reserves, interlibrary loan, and a Web page with links to services and contacts and self-help modules. Students will be informed of these resources during orientation sessions and in course materials. 

Students will need to have latest model computers with fast broadband Internet connections (DSL or cable modem) and speakers.