Online Education in the Visual and Performing Arts: Strategies for Increasing Learning and Reducing Costs

dc.creator	James Wohlpart
dc.creator	Craig Rademacher
dc.creator	Scott Karakas
dc.creator	Lisa Courcier
dc.creator	Charles Lindsey
dc.date	2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:53Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:53Z
dc.identifier	1547-500X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/91d91fae34eb4b089b1fd0f2546c79d3
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28572
dc.description	The appropriate use of technology to enhance learning and reduce costs has become a focal point in the discussion of online learning. Significantly, the use of robust teaching and learning platforms, along with videoconferencing and other technological tools, allows for a wide variety of course redesigns that range from the incorporation of online materials into traditional courses to teaching courses fully online. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of technology in general education introductory arts and arts appreciation courses, with a particular focus on increasing learning and reducing costs. We describe the successful redesign of a required general education course entitled Understanding the Visual and Performing Arts into a fully online course. Several unique characteristics of the course such as the use of an alternative staffing model, of computer graded practice tests, and of computer graded short essays were particularly effective in the redesign and could be duplicated in other courses even outside the arts. The paper concludes with a discussion of the improved learning that has occurred since the redesign was completed.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Matthew Elbeck
dc.relation	http://www.thejeo.com/Archives/Volume3Number1/WohlpartFinal.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1547-500X
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Journal of Educators Online, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2006)
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Online Education in the Visual and Performing Arts: Strategies for Increasing Learning and Reducing Costs
dc.type	article