The Instructional Innovations Lecture Series
“In An Online Environment, What Do You Really
Know About Your Students?A Lot More Than You Might Think!”
Moose Alperin, MPH, CHES,Senior Associate Faculty
Rollins School of Public Health, EmoryUniversity
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
Sponsored by
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; The RollinsSchool of Public Health of EmoryUniversity
The EmoryUniversitySchool of MedicineAnd The NellHodgsonWoodruffSchool of Nursing of EmoryUniversity
The advantages of online learning are many, including: anywhere/anytime learning, student centered approach, and access to resources. Disadvantages, both real and perceived – include things like lack of access to technology and isolation. Many, who have not experienced the online environment, will also cite the inability to get to know students as a major disadvantage. This presentation will discuss the experiences of one faculty member, teaching in the Career MPH Program. Using humorous examples, the presenter will look at the following two questions: a) What did I learn about my students? and, b) What did my students learn about me? This presentation will make the case that not only can you get to know your students in an online environment, you can develop deeper relationships with them than you might in a traditional face-to-face environment. The differences between online and face-to-face teaching environments will also be explored.
Melissa “Moose” Alperin, MPH, CHES, is a Senior Associate Faculty in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education and the Director of the Southeastern Institute for Training and Evaluation (SITE) at the Rollins School of Public Health. She holds a Masters degree in Health Promotion and Education and is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology. Moose has over eight years of experience in conducting public health training and managing programmatic evaluations. She has designed and conducted over 40 computer-based trainings for public health and human service professionals throughout the United States, and internationally.
Learning Objectives: By the conclusion of this lecture, participants should be able to:
- List advantages and disadvantages of online environments;
- Describe difference between online and traditional face-to-face environments; and,
- Describe ways of creating and fostering an online community.