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699.W
Internet Teaching of
Microbiology
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This course meets in room 260 Bachelor Hall from
9:00-12:00 and 1:00-5:00 Monday-Friday from July 28 through
August 8, 2003.
Course Outline
July 28
- Introduction and
Overview
- Survey
of participants' computer use and needs
- Selection of microbiology concepts for
discussion
- Computer, browser
and web basics
- Navigation and bookmarks
- Designing, creating and publishing web
documents
- Tools for use in generating web pages and web
sites
- Demonstration of interactive learning
modules
- Creating HTML documents
- Starting a home page
- Using headings and address tags
- Inserting paragraphs and breaks
- Trying it out in your home page
July 29
- Browsing the web - search strategies vs. just
surfin'
- Finding microbiology content
- Capturing and using bookmarks as resources
- Principles of web page authoring and layout -
substance, then style
- Formatting text
- Logical vs. physical formatting
- Specialized tags and attributes
- Fonts and spacing of text
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Organizing information
- Ordered, unordered, definition and nested
lists
- Links and anchors within a document
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Microbiology concepts and teaching
strategies
July 30
- Principles of web page authoring and layout -
Images and styling
- Including Images
- Creating vs. capturing and importing Images and
animations
- Organizing Images and using them as links
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Enhancing HTML documents
- Using color in backgrounds and fonts
- Background Images, banners and horizontal
rules
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Microbiology concepts and teaching
strategies
July 31
- Principles of web page authoring and layout -
tables and external links
- Including tables
- Organizing data in tables
- Captions, line breaks, empty cells, spanning
columns or rows
- Borders, padding, alignment and sizing
- Using tables as design and organizational
elements
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Linking to external elements
- Local vs. remote document links
- Links to Images, videos and sounds
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Microbiology concepts and teaching
strategies
August 1
- Principles of interaction via hypermedia ...
e-mail vs. forms
- Using electronic mail to get and answer
questions
- Creating forms to gather information and
questions
- Posting information to FAQs pages
- Browsing the web for examples
- Trying it out in your home page
- Work out details of concepts for web site learning
modules
- Begin generation of concept maps and web site
plans
- Problem solving
August 4
- Principles of web site authoring and
layout
- Browsing the web for ideas, examples and teaching
resources
- Finish generation and analysis of concept maps and
web site plans
- Begin development of interactive learning
modules
- Problem solving
August 5
- Principles of web site authoring and
layout
- Browsing the web for ideas, examples and teaching
resources
- Development of interactive learning
modules
- Problem solving
August 6
- Principles of web site authoring and
layout
- Browsing the web for ideas, examples and teaching
resources
- Development of interactive learning
modules
- Problem solving
August 7
- Using web browsers as presentation tools
- Complete development of interactive learning
modules
- Compilation and posting of home pages
- Presentation and discussion of individual home
pages
- Compilation and posting of learning module web
sites
- Problem solving
August 8
- Presentation and discussion of learning module web
sites
- Compilation and posting of final versions of
interactive learning modules
- Evaluation of the course and instructor
Objectives
The objective of this two-week, three credit-hour
workshop is to enhance teaching of microbiology in high
school biology courses by providing up to twelve teachers
with the knowledge and skill to utilize the Internet to
introduce microbiology into their classes. This workshop
will cover use of web page development tools to generate web
sites to convey course information to students in novel ways
and interact with them using computers. It will also cover
use of browsers such as Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft
Internet Explorer to find microbiology information
relevant to biology courses. This workshop will emphasize
discussion of web sites generated and learning strategies
developed so workshop participants can utilize them for
their biology courses. Prerequisites: Introductory
microbiology course and eagerness to use computers in
biology teaching; some computer expertise is helpful.
During this workshop, we will work in cooperative
groups to generate a web site that includes:
- Master home
page
- Course
participants' page
- Individual web sites for each workshop participant
... including:
- Course syllabus
- Lecture outlines
- Study guides
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) pages
- Etc.
- Group-generated microbiology learning module web
sites ... including:
- Learning module home page
- Content pages for each group participant
Instructors
The instructional team that will guide your
learning during this workshop will be:
Evaluation
- Mastery of HTML to present textual content, graphics
and animation via interactive web pages (20%)
- Development of concept maps and web site plans
(20%)
- Generation of an effective (well-organized,
interesting, creative, user-friendly, accurate,
informative) interactive web site (50%)
- Presentation of your web site to other workshop
participants (10%)
- "Teaching on the Web and in the Studio Classroom."
Richard J. Bazillion and Connie Braun. Syllabus,
April 1998, p. 37-39.
- "Extending Your Biology Classroom with The World Wide
Web." Thomas M. Terry. Strategies, Winter 1998, p.
1-4.
- "A Practical Guide to Teaching with the World Wide
Web." Susan Polyson, Steven Saltzberg and Robert
Godwin-Jones. Syllabus, September 1996, p. 12, 14,
16.
- "Internet Pitfalls: What Not to do When
Communicating with Students on the Internet." Judith V.
Boettcher. Syllabus, November/December 1997, p.
46, 50, 52.
- "The World Wide Web as an Instructional Tool." John
M. Barrie and David E. Presti. Science, October
1996, p. 371-372.
- "Internet Resources in Biology." Martin P. Courtois
and Alan H. Goslen. College and Research Libraries
News, July/August 1996, p. 431-433.
- "Evaluating Internet Research." Lillian B. Wehmeyer.
Syllabus, September 1997, p. 46-50.
- "How Did I Miss That? The Education Professional's
Guide to Search Strategies." Lillian B. Wehmeyer.
Syllabus, March 1998, p. 22, 24, 52-53.
- "Web Sites by Design: How to Avoid a "Pile of Pages."
Roy Tennant. Syllabus, August 1997, p. 49-50.
- "Instant Home Page." Gregory Wasson. MacUser,
September 1996, p. 99-100.
- "Refining Web Pages: Effective Design Strategies for
Educators." Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton.
Syllabus, February 1998, p. 39-43.
- "Typography in Web Pages." Sarah Horton and Patrick
J. Lynch. Syllabus, March 1998, p. 42-43, 55.
- "A Web Graphics Primer." Lynda Weinman.
MacWorld, May 1998, p. 72.
- "Animating Your Web Site." Jim Heid. MacWorld,
September 1996, p. 171-173.
- "Polishing Your Page." Tonya Engst. MacUser,
February 1997, p. 101-102, 103.
- "The Site and Sound of MIDI." Jim Heid.
MacWorld, March 1997, p. 147-149.
Reference Books
- Working The Web: A Student's Guide. Carol L.
Clark. 1997. Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
- Web Sites That Work. Roger Black. 1997. Adobe
Press.
- Dan Gookin's Web Wambooli. Dan Gookin. 1997.
Peachpit Press.
- Net Research: Finding Information Online.
Daniel J. Barrett. 1997. Songline Studios, Inc. and
O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
- The Internet Resource Directory for K-12 Teachers and
Librarians, 96/97 Edition. Elizabeth B. Miller. 1997.
Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
- Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages. Dave Taylor.
1998. IDG Books Worldwide.
- The Non-Designer's Web Book: An Easy Guide to
Creating, Designing. Robin Williams. 1997. Peachpit
Press.
- Creating Great Web Graphics. Laurie McCanna.
1997. Mis Press.
- Creating Dynamic Web Sites: A Webmaster's Guide to
Interactive Multimedia. Scott Fisher. 1997.
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Computer).
- HTML Publishing on the Internet. Brent D.
Helsop. 1998. Ventana Press.
- Publish it on the Web! Bryan Pfaffenberger.
1998. AP Professional.
Other Resources
- Educorp CD-ROM 8.0 - public domain resource for audio
"sound bites"
- Sound Library 2000 CD ROM - public domain resource
for audio "sound bites"
© 1998-2003 John R. Stevenson. All
Rights Reserved
Please email
questions and comments to:
John
R. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056
USA
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