Monday, July 26, 2010

The Joys of Online Teaching

Here I was planning to grade some online quizzes tonight and then do a blog entry on Edmund Ross. Well, you'll have to wait until next time to find out about Senator Ross. Those plans went up in smoke about an hour ago. I was grading a quiz when the system kicked me out. Like anyone else, I tried to log back in. No luck. What to do?
Go to e-mail! Why? Because students taking the quiz were kicked out also. Those attempting to take the quiz who can't get in also email their concerns. I have spent the last hour responding to questions with the same mantra: "System crashed. Quiz extended by 24 hours."
I am being optimistic. The first semester I taught an online class the system crashed during finals. It took more than a week for it to come back online.
Online learning could be a great tool but there are still many bugs in the system.
Gotta go before my inbox explodes.

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