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Lessons Online

Journal of College Science Teaching—December 2002/January 2003

The instructors of an Earth science course used WebCT, a multipurpose software package, to create an online supplement to their course. It included class e-mail, science hyperlinks, an online calendar, an online discussion board, and online handouts. The instructors conducted a semester-long study of the effectiveness of the online environment and found that students who used the software received above average or average grades in the course.

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