Please read the full syllabus. On this page I provide you a short summary of the important points, but this does not replace the full syllabus.
| Component | Points | Where/how | How often |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading tests | 20% | Blackboard | Semiweekly |
| Concept tests | 20% | Blackboard | Biweekly |
| Worksheets | 50% | In person or Zoom | Weekly |
| Meeting attendance | 5% | In person or Zoom | Weekly |
| Surveys | 5% | Online | Weekly |
Please read http://www.aum.edu/coronavirus-update-student-faq carefully.
If you have questions about the syllabus and how this course will run, just ask! I will add answers to this section.
Correct. There will be no mid-term exams or final exams.
The term “flipped” refers the way how we (instructors and students) spend our time is flipped in relation to how traditional Instead of attending in-person lecture and then work on homework assignments at home by yourself, you will be watching/listening to lectures at home and then work on “homework assignments with me. That is, we will spend our meeting time (in-person or virtually) mainly to work on problems together.
You should schedule Zoom or in-person one-on-one meetings in the regular class meeting periods.
Use this link: https://calendly.com/chentianran/one-on-one and reserve a 15 minutes slot. Longer meetings may be possible, depending on how busy we are.
Sure! When you confirm your reservation, you will receive an email message. You can find instructions on how to cancel or reschedule on that message, but please do that early and try not to cancel at the last minute.
Given the social-distancing guidelines, our in-person meetings will not be truly interactive. Please understand that I will not be able to walk around in the classroom and work on problem with you closely due to the restrictions.
They will be listed on the Blackboard course page and/or the course page on my own website.
You are all invited to a Microsoft teams team just for this course. Your classmates and myself are all in this team. Log in and say Hi!
In our current situation, it is crucial that technology will be on our side. Our learning management system must be reliable and easy to use. We don’t need anymore troubles. In the past year, my colleagues and I have had technical problems with Blackboard system frequently. That is not acceptable. I will try to maintain some material on Blackboard, but it won’t always be successful.
Our legal department told me not to describe Blackboard as something designed by idiots, but it suffices to say that after years using Blackboard, I have not observed evidences suggesting any functional brain cells are involved in the creation of this piece of software.
To ensure the success of my students, I must look elsewhere. You where find most of the digital material through Teams and my personal course page.
You should already be added to the teams for my course, so you should have received an invitation that contains detailed instructions.
You should also be able to simply go to https://teams.microsoft.com/ and log on use your AUM credentials.
If you have a smartphone, I suggest that you also download the mobile app, which are quite convenient to use.
You can…
It’s just like Facebook, except it’s not a complete waste of time.