1. Jaclyn Schildkraut
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
June 10-15, 2012
Growing Community;
Growing Possibilities
2. Texas State University, by way of the University of
Central Florida
Research Interests
Teaching Experiences
Teaching Philosophy
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3. CJ 4340 is an undergraduate level core class, providing
students an overview of an array of criminological
theories and concepts
Taught Spring, 2012
Traditional face-to-face class
33 students enrolled (22 male, 11 female)
◦ Mostly junior and senior level students (1 freshman, 1 sophomore)
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4. Create a positive and engaging learning environment
Challenge students to employ critical thinking and
reasoning skills
Make the material fun
Make the material accessible
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6. How can I encourage student participation as well as
ownership/investment in the course?
◦ An encouraging an engaging environment should also
encourage reflection and cooperation and allow students the
opportunity to “have the floor”
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7. How can I encourage student participation as well as
ownership/investment in the course?
◦ An encouraging an engaging environment should also
encourage reflection and cooperation and allow students the
opportunity to “have the floor”
Incorporating Sakai:
◦ The Announcements feature was used to always keep
students in the loop
◦ The Forums feature was used both for Online Article
Discussion Blogs as well as Online Study Groups in preparation
for exams
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17. Students were to select a theory and apply its concepts
to a criminal justice topic of interest
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18. Students were to select a theory and apply its concepts
to a criminal justice topic of interest
Incorporating Sakai:
◦ Students submitted their papers through the Assignments
feature
◦ Papers could be downloaded, annotated, and uploaded back
to students with comments
◦ Provided individual, personalized feedback to students
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22. Student’s
Original
Submission
My Responses
On Original
Submission Plus
Grading Rubric
Permission for use by student received 6/4/12 via email.
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23. Student’s Paper with Feedback Sample Completed Rubric
Permission for use by student received 6/4/12 via email.
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25. Challenges of a “dry” or “bland” subject matter
◦ How can I make criminological theory, with concepts ranging
from the 1700s to the 1970s, interesting to Generation Y?
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26. Challenges of a “dry” or “bland” subject matter
◦ How can I make criminological theory, with concepts ranging
from the 1700s to the 1970s, interesting to Generation Y?
Incorporating Sakai:
◦ In addition to showing videos in class, links can be posted
right online so students can go back and re-watch the videos
on their own time
◦ For longer videos or multi-segment videos, this feature is also
beneficial due to class time constraints
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30. Teaching 2.0
Any time, any place
Maintaining class organization
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31. Teaching 2.0
Any time, any place
Maintaining class organization
Incorporating Sakai:
◦ Ease of toolbar for various site features
◦ Course material could be organized by week and/or topic
through the Resources feature
◦ Using it on the go
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32. All course links are prominently
displayed for ease of access
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36. The effectiveness of TRACS in
meeting the goals of the course
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37. Increased class participation, both through the web
components and also in the face-to-face meetings
Improved scores on application papers for second
submissions
Higher test scores for those who more actively
participated in the Online Study Group activity
Increased interest in the course materials and better
retention of information
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