Online Offering for Study Abroad
Rockland Community College
The course is divided into Modules that present the material of my course "Art in Paris: Crucible of Modernism" through mini-lectures, videos, websites, reading and homework assignments and self-tests. I developed this course when study abroad trips were reduced from 2 to 1 week, to make travel more affordable for students.
Extending the course online makes it possible to meet the course objectives with online learning activities that prepare for and complement what students learn during their visit to France. A fuller picture could be provided by accessing the Course in Blackboard.
No student evaluations were done last year when I first offered this course. Participants were excited and satisfied with both the online part of the course as well as their work abroad and letters can be obtained, and student evaluations requested this spring. The course is scheduled to run again, May 2016.