The rudimentary technology of compressed interactive video does little more than reinforce the richness of being in the classroom together. It's at this point that the richness of the network leads us to mentally try out the net's new channels. Like other technologies, the net will change the educational experience for distant students and our discussions have been centered around its ultimate direction. My Value Proposition Organization, integration and application are the personal strengths I try to embed in my classes. Elements of organization include sequence, hierarchy, foundation and extension.
Integration includes analogy, connectedness, flow, and vocabulary.
Application is examples, projects, cases, war stories, and interpretation of principles. In addition to providing content, a teacher is a learning guide. I find that I readily learn on my own and try to use the way I do it in teaching the students in class. People are different, however, and I must draw on the individual student's characteristics to do this acceptably. For example, I ask how much review time they want for the mid-term, or which homework problem needs class discussion.