Nick
The two previous postings are helpful, but I agree particularly with Wiliam
Bragg when he says it depends what you are trying to achieve. If you ar
looking for inspiration, I would recommend the Resource Database managed
by the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Subject Support Centre
in Plymouth University.
http://www.tellus.ac.uk/
It has a very wide range of learning initatives described that I have used
several times when trying to revitalise some old coures or designing new
options.
Kenny Lynch
> I'm trying to re-work one of my undergrad courses, and the age-old problem (for
> me) of class projects has come up. I set the conventional assignments - a term
> paper/essay and a final exam. While these have their uses, including teaching
> students to research and write, I wonder whether they're there simply because
> they are what is expected, and because they allow me to come up with nice
> numerical scores to plug into grading spread-sheets.
>
> I wonder if people have some creative alternatives? For example, I've noticed
> that one of the biggest challenges that people seem to face (myself included) is
> defining a research project. The execution is often fairly straightforward.
> Could the former be an assignment? Group projects are also something I've
> experimented with, but while these can be productive, I know some students find
> them challenging.
>
> Nick Blomley
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> Nicholas Blomley,
> Professor,
> Department of Geography,
> Simon Fraser University,
> Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CANADA
> 604-291-3713
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