...and Jeff you were great! Measured and informative responses. Carolyn Mallory Pierce College Astron Program **************Create a Home Theater Like the...
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Apr 1, 2008 11:41 am
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I¹d like to let you know of another model for such a course that we did at Kansas some years ago. This was a team taught course, where the team contained an...
Fellow space enthusiasts, Apologies for cross-posting... You will recall the 'April fool's day'2004 posting by Google: the introduction of gmail. Two days ago,...
Has anyone purchased an infrared camera for classroom usage? I'm looking for an affordable model (<$7000) that can display live video output onto a TV or...
By now you have probably received messages from Gina Brissendon and Jeff Sudol concerning the moderator change here on the Astrolrner listserve. Jeff is...
Welcome, Paul!! We're lucky to have you! -gina ... -- Gina Brissenden Program Manager NASA Center for Astronomy Education (CAE) Editor Spark: The AAS...
Dear members, I am a new member of this forum. I would like to know what your views are on offering Astronomy through distance learning education - postal mail...
Greetings Astro Educators, Andy Fraknoi alerted me to the non-profit publication of the conference papers and handouts from last year's "Cosmos in the ...
We offer our Astronomy 1 & 2 sequence as both an internet class and as a telecourse (where students have access to a video series). I offer these formats...
Offering online astronomy... it's not a question of if, but when. If you don't offer it, your competitors will and you will lose students to them. We have...
I find just the opposite to be true. I have been teaching Astronomy online for Drury University in Springfield, Missouri for a number of years now. My...
We offer online workshops on hands-on astronomy education for informal educators (from museums, nature centers, science centers). The three week workshops...
For those who responded to my inquiry regarding offering Astronomy programs online, thank you so much. I really gained important insights on Astronomy being...
Have any of you used Galaxy Zoo (galaxyzoo.org) as a teaching tool? I found it a great success in my undergraduate introductory astronomy class where a third...
I am planning on making it a part of this semesters class. I think does such a great job of incorporating class content and a model of knowing into a real...
Ed Prather
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Apr 8, 2008 9:15 pm
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Love the site. Sure beats flash cards or finding pics. Liam McDaid Astronomy Coordinator & Professor of Astronomy Sacramento City College 3835 Freeport Blvd. ...
I used the attached assignment for a Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It is simple, but in assessments at the end of the course the students often cite this as one...
Michael Huster
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Apr 8, 2008 11:09 pm
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I did a similar exercise with my Astro 101 students this year. Since I spend a lot of time teaching them about light and spectra I went a step further with...
I teach both on campus and online astronomy classes. I find that my online students do just as well as the on campus students. The successful online students...
I have been using Galaxy Zoo as an assignment in my astronomy classes since shortly after the site went online. I remember mentioning it to a few people at the...
Kendra thanks for sharing how you use Galaxy Zoo as an assignment. I was planning on doing essentially the same implementation as an out of class...
Ed Prather
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Apr 9, 2008 11:31 pm
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I have been teaching online astronomy at Jackson Community College in Michigan for several years now. Online teaching was new to our campus at the time I...
Do you know if the weekend workshops are included in the conference registration fee? Sincerely, Noreen Grice ************** Planning your summer road trip?...
... Apparently workshops are a separate fee of $25/day. Go to http://www.astrosociety.org/events/2008mtg/workshops.html to get all the information... cheers, ...
Hi all, This is Jordan Raddick, one of the people involved in Galaxy Zoo. Thanks for your thoughts on how to use the site in your classes. This was a good time...
I have been teaching an online astronomy class at Diablo Valley College (community college) for several years now. It was conceived to use integrated lab...
Xania, My college has grown in online offerings substantially in the last few years and the administration is pushing hard to be able to say that they can...
I wonder whether a hybrid course might be a solution for some - where the labs are held on campus but the rest of the course is delivered online .... A couple...
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