This cell includes any learning activity which gives the instructor and students physical or virtual use of a dedicated workspace, any time they choose. Virtual team rooms, so to speak. We both provide local servers of information dedicated to class use, both for personal storage of work and for shared storage. This cell also would include dedicated physical workspaces. Chizmar and Williams both use a series of Web pages to organize on-line course content, where materials dedicated to their courses are stored.
Students can find electronic versions of hand-outs, course syllabi, and course readings .
Grades are posted electronically after each assignment for those students who give the instructor permission to post grades. We make a GIF graphic image of a class spreadsheet and post it in the class server space where only the students in the class have access for downloading. Our use of Macintosh computers with AppleShare file servers make managing folders and access very easy to setup and administer. Fine Arts Williams's class makes extensive use of this cell and the virtual team room concept. For these courses, students select a theme to develop for an exhibit which will be used throughout the semester.