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Below you will find links to syllabi for courses I currently teach at NCCU-SLIS.
Teaching
My role as instructor is the most important part of my work for NCCU-SLIS and I pride myself on my efforts to make the curriculum useful, engaging and innovative. I consider my task as instructor to be a facilitator rather than an obstacle the students must overcome. Specifically, my tasks as instructor are to provide useful skills & information and to help students develop the excellent communication skills required in the workplace. Accompanied by a heavy reading load, MIS core courses are heavily focused on practical application of theory. Electives place a heavy emphasis on critical thinking, coding fundamentals and writing; I have been told that my courses are full of puzzles or brainteasers, each of which must be solved before the student can advance.
The use of technology in the classroom is an exciting aspect to modern instruction. We use web 2.0 technologies, podcasting, Blackboard, elluminate and other distance learning technologies to create a distance learning environment that is enhanced by rather than warped by DE technology. One major challenge is to integrate and exploit the opportunities presented by the presence of distance learning technologies in the face-to-face teaching environment and to promote the social aspects of the classroom experience in the online learning environment.
Students in my courses receive practical training, develop useful skills and make contacts with potential local employers. The friends of NCCU-SLIS in the RTP community and have come to NCCU as invited speakers and have invited MIS students to tour the headquarters of Fortune 500 companies such as Cisco and RedHat.
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