Making This Course A Good Learning Experience

A good learning experience is based on:– Mutual respect– Putting forward our best efforts– Academic integrity and honesty

A Good Learning Experience

Respect

I will respect you by:– Arriving on time– Encouraging your questions and

comments– Taking your answers and opinions

seriously– Turning off my mobile phone– Finishing class on time

Repect

You can show your respect for me by:– Arriving on time– Arriving quietly, if you must be late– Listening when I am talking– Turning off your mobile phone– Leaving only when the class is finished

Respect

You can show respect for your classmates by:– Keeping quiet when classmates are trying

to listen– Taking classmate’s questions and answers

seriously– Making the class a comfortable

experience for everyone

Respect

Best Efforts

I will put forward my best efforts by:– Organizing the course carefully to meet

the objectives– Being prepared to give good classes– Making my classes interesting and useful– Setting exams and assignments that are

fair and helpful

Best Efforts

You can put forward your best efforts by:– Being prepared for class– Doing the reading– Participating in class discussions– Asking questions when the material is not

clear to you– Working hard on assignments and

meeting deadlines

Best Efforts

Academic Integrity

I will help you maintain academic integrity by:– Providing clear guidelines on how to

complete assignments– Explaining how you should handle sources

and references– Setting clear rules for cooperation with

classmates

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity

You can demonstrate your academic integrity by:– Starting work on assignments early enough

to meet the deadline– Giving proper credit and references when

you use other peoples’ work

Academic Integrity

And by:– NOT copying other student’s work– NOT letting other students copy your work– NOT handing in work prepared for another

course– NOT handing in others’ work as if it is your

own– NOT making up facts or references– NOT using cheat sheets in tests and exams

Academic Integrity

Zero Tolerance

In my course there is ZERO TOLERANCE for cheating