Difference between revisions of "RheaUsesShortPresentationAugust09" - Rhea

As a course wiki

• many different ways to use:
  • free-form, with bonus points for contributions
  • student-led recitation sessions documented on course wiki
  • double blind peer review of homework or course projects
  • Etc.
• Enables cross-courses discussions
• Used by instructors too
  • Find out what students learn in other classes
  • Uniformize notations
  • Use examples from other classes to illustrate material
• Convenient dropbox for electronic homework collection
• Connects course to the real world
  • Extra material posted on course wiki
  • Liaison system for alumni, technology, research, employers, etc.

For independent study

• Writing helps learning
• Examples
  • student interested in linear algebra building wikipedia-like pages
  • student studying for prelims building material summary pages and discussing problems.

For campus Groups and associations

• Informal setting
• real time update from anywhere by anyone
• Examples
  • CNSIP research area page.
  • A page "for and by" graduate students in mathematics.

For discussions

• campus-wide or within a course
• very popular feature
• Examples
  • Discussion on +/- grading system
  • Discussion about the availability of hw solutions online
  • discussion about rescheduling exam in ECE438

For peer networking and mentoring

• older students can comment on course wikis of classes taken earlier
• Students invite to contribute to "Peer Legacy" section of each course they have taken.

For students to promote themselves

• Students contributions can lead to job or research experience
  • Example: collective page on Leibniz's slowly converging sum led to REU for two students (see p. 14 of this newsletter).
• User profile can be used to promote as student's achievements
  • Example 1: user profile used to highlight a student athletic achievement
  • Example 2: user profile used to highlitht techniocal skills and accomplishments

For presentations

• Part of lectures can be prepared in advance on Rhea, shown in class, and kept for further reference
  • Example: lecture with many complicated plots from ECE438
• Group presentations can be prepared collectively on Rhea
  • Example: CNSIP area presentation
• This presentation is on Rhea!!

Et cetera!