Downloadable slide presentation with accompanying lecture transcript
Recommended Uses:
This would be an ideal presentation on the subjects above within a face to face lecture classroom context. Discussions and student examples can be gleaned.
Because it is a presentation, usually delivered and expounded upon by a faculty member, using this in a virtual contect with a Learning Management System would need additional presentation or recorded materials to better explain the slides and seek ongoing evaluation of learning and applications.
Technical Requirements:
Any browser will work. The viewer needs to be able to access YouTube video links and download the transcript to a computer or tablet.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The slideset and lecture are aimed at developing a college-level understanding of issues that have impacted our physical environment from the beginning of the United States. For example, manifest destiny and physical property ownership as the basis for taking over land inhabited by indigenous peoples. Foundational theories of environmental sociology are introduced.
Target Student Population:
College sociology courses, introductory level, undergraduate or graduate. This might be best suited for an introductory courses in Sociology.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Perhaps the most basic course in Sociology.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Clear images, links to videos are accessible and stay on target with the stated learning objectives. The material is flexible for any course discussing the impact of manifest destiny on our country.
Concerns:
Requires reading of an outside article and watching short YouTube videos, therefore it cannot be considered self-contained. Image attributions are not present and need to be added. Needs clarity of sources for material. There are no scholarly references and no additional assigned reading.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
Clear learning objectives that are supported by the slideset material. Introductory information, no prerequisites noted. It could be used in sociology or other history courses looking at manifest destiny and right of ownership issues in U.S. history. Well organized and the concepts build upon progressively themselves as in a package. Relationship between the concepts is made clear and expanded upon with the videos.
Concerns:
Requires further description and/or links to ensure the viewer grasps the correct definitions intended by the author and the key terms.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
Colors/images and navigation are accessible; multimedia links to easily accessible YouTube videos. The presentation is engaging with both lecture and built in videos. The presentation is easily accessible on the internet and is a complete package.
Concerns:
Navigation links and image attributions are not clear and need to be updated. If this was used virtually, it would need additional explanatory materials or an audio recording of a lecture to accompany the presentation. Some of the slides have print which is a bit small and so may reuire some zooming in.
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