University of Phoenix
George J. Barnes M.Ed
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Who am I?
◦ Bio
◦ Type of teaching style
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Slides to come
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Forums
Assignments
Discussion Questions
Participation
Clarification
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Main Forum
Threads will only be
created by me
Check all forums
highlighted in
darker blue to stay
up to date
Everyone can see
what you type
Remain courteous
and academic
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Chat Room
Designed for the
“Coffee House”
approach/more laid
back
Bios
Lounge
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Materials
Handouts, Rubrics,
and assignments
I will be the only
one posting new
threads here
Visit once a week at
least.
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Learning Team
Forums
Still public for the
entire class to view
I “peek” over
shoulders quite
often.
When used
effectively, a great
tool
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Learning teams are a philosophy of University
of Phoenix.
Learning Teams and skills that flourish in
them are largely sought out by employers.
Don’t fight the concept, learn, and adapt.
Don’t be the weak link in the chain.
Communicate, communicate, communicate!
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Individual Forums
One to One
conversations
Summaries are
placed here
Assignments are
not
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All assignments are due on the date
requested
Late assignments will not be accepted after
the fourth day
Late assignments will lose 10% for every late
day
Use the assignment tab to enter assignments
Each assignment must have the “Certificate of
Originality” as well
Present each assignment with high academic
intent , APA, cite text, etc..
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Discussion question have two purposes
◦ Your initial answer-in order to receive full points for
this section you will need to respond to the initial
question posted in the Main forum. You should aim
for 250 words, grammatically correct, AND include
the initial question at the beginning of your
response.
◦ Participation points-No less than 150 words,
grammatically correct, and pertinent to the topic at
hand.
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Four days out of seven days
The academic week is Tuesday through
Monday night
Always aim for more and not less in your
attempts
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Place for any question you don’t mind sharing
in public.
A great spot to place, “Mr. Barnes, I have a
question for you in my individual forum” for
more personal conversations.
A new segment for each week
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Read and accept the syllabus
Read and accept the course policies
Check in if you haven’t already
Check the specification in the “Ready to go” in
the Main forum and reply.
Once you have done all of these items feel
free to tour the forums and check my next
classroom presentation for week 1…see you
soon!
Horace Man