Herbert Brown III

Location: appalachian state university - boone, nc - usa

About me

Herb Brown is a professor and program director in the business and information technology education program at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He directs the Graduate program in New Media/Global Education and Online Teaching and Learning at Appstate. He has taught information technology, instructional technology, and business education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels for 20 years and served 10 years in the role of Director of Technology for several universities. He has held teaching and administrative positions at James Madison University, The University of Virginia's College at Wise, the University of South Carolina and Appalachian State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Vocational Education with a cognate in Computer Information Systems from Virginia Tech. His articles have appeared in Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, and the NABTE Journal.

Interests

online teaching and learning, career and technical education, business & information technology education

Skills

online teaching and learning, teaching methodology, information technology education, web development/design

Website

http://edtech.appstate.edu

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Herbert Brown III

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Providing Feedback

LaBoore, Good. Specific feedback and clear directions and examples help tremendously. Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Managing Learner Behaviors

Charles, The objectives and course information is very relevant, but the student is saying that the content is irrelevant. How might you address that specifically? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Managing Learner Behaviors

Nicholas, That is a good start, but they are really saying the content is irrelevant to them regardless of where it is located or how it is tied to the course, how might you handle this specifically? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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The Responsibilities of Teaching Online

Morissa, What kind of responsibilities specifically would you say are increased in an online setting? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Faculty Expectations

Stephanie, Are these writing classes? What about other expectations such as classroom dynamics, communication? How do you present these expectations to students and ensure that they have read them and comprehend them? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Faculty Expectations

William, These are all very important. Do you provide any expectations regarding communication between the students and instructor and instructor/student? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Faculty Expectations

Dwayne, Expectations are very important to the sucess of the studnets in the course. Student are bad to not read expectation you provide them, thus causing potential issues later in the course. How do you provide the expectations to your students? How do you make sure they actually read and comprehend the expectations? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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The Optimal Online Student-Instructor Ratio

Lyn , So instead of the high-end for a ratio, what would be your low-end ratio for your classes to be the most effective with the methods you use? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Instructor Presence

Stephanie, I like the idea you propose here. Can you explain in a little more detail how you use your students as mentors and your role in that structure? Herbert Brown III

Herbert Brown III

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Instructor Presence

William, Have you ever received feedback on a course or from students that they felt you were not connected with them? Why might they have thought that? I have personally had classes where the majority of students said I have very present, available and helpful, but a few said I wasn't - any ideas? Herbert Brown III

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