The home page consists the links where to find the required course information. It encouraged thinking and taking part in the discussion. The class home page contains:
- Course & Instructor Information - course topics, office hours, textbook information, course objectives and grading policies.
- Class Communication - access to e-mail communication while discussing various problems or giving necessary biographical information.
- Assignments and Tests – the tasks that are to be solved. Material used in the classroom is available either on web pages or as downloadable files.
- Demonstrations, Animation, Video and Audio – they can be applied only by those, who have have access to computers with sound and video cards.
- Reference Material - List materials in print and electronic form that completes the information presented in the textbook. If you do not want to copyright the necessary material, you should have electronic articles written by you on that arec available in the public domain under the author’s permission for distribution. Give links to other pages that have information concerning the topic, available WWW courses on the same topic, your university library and other resources that can be used for effective distant education.
There are such instructional possibilities of the Internet as:
• Apply e-mail for informal interaction. You can quickly receive the answer to your question or comments to information presented by you. You can read messages sent to you at any time and keep them.
• Have a classroom bulletin board. Distant students work separetely, they do not receive any assistance or support of fellow students. If there is a class bulletin board, student-to-student interaction will be reinfonced. During a class computer conference, students can post their comments or questions to the class and have questions to their answers. Distant student can receive or post changes to the class schedule or curriculum, assignments/tests and answers to them.
• Students can be involved in dialogue with other students via a bulletin board.
• Have a classroom home page that includes information concerning the class activity, the syllabus, exercises, literature references and the instructor's biography. The instructor can give links to information on the WWW such as real research data on agricultural markets, global climate change, space missions, library catalogs or each student's individual home page.
There are such recommendations for an instructor as:
• All students involved in a course must have Internet and WWW access for effective computer interaction and feedback.
• Students should be ready to develop learning basic computer skills, new software, and appropriate online communication skills. It is quite beneficial to take part a specific classroom conference where some hardware and software problems are discussed.
• It is recommended to encourage students to apply e-mail, classroom conferences, electronic bulletin boards and the internet. The communication with an e-mail is required for active participation.
• If you apply e-mail, you will have quicker feedback comparing with other ways of communication. Quick feedback reinforces student motivation, interaction and performance.
• Get aware of the resources that can be applied on the Internet, they can be effectively used in distant education.
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