Finishing up her Master of Science degree in Technical and Professional Communication, Ms. Arends is presently doing her graduate internship as a WebCT course designer with Dr. Seabolt. Ms. Arends has also been a visual communications instructor, a production artist, freelance desktop publisher, draftsman, and missionary. Dr. Seabolt and Ms. Arends invite and encourage real community within the WebCT environment of a Foundations of Graphic Communication class with unique graphics and audio, interactive exercises, jokes, and conversational instruction and dialogue. Research warns that one of the great challenges of web-delivered classes is breaking down the barrier of impersonality and lack of personal contact between student and instructor. Dr. Seabolt and Ms. Arends invite and encourage real community within the WebCT environment of a Foundations of Graphic Communication class with unique graphics and audio, interactive exercises, jokes, and conversational instruction and dialogue.
Small groups meet in forums to share skills formerly passed on in computer labs.
Interactive exercises laced with conversational dialogue decrease the physical distance between instructor and student.