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Frequently Asked Questions
Spring 2010 Registration / Welcome Instructions - Basti
Multicultural Health 208
Distance
Hybrid Course CRN
30364 & 30365
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Frequently Ask Questions about HE 208 Distance/Hybrid [FAQ's]
When does the HE ED
208 Distance/Hybrid Class
Officially Begin?
HE 208 Distance/Hybrid
starts
the first day of the fall semester,
Tuesday morning, 19 January 2010. Turn on your computer, Go to
http://www.cuesta.edu/disted/ ,
click on HE 208
30364
or CRN 30365
Read through pages of the Registration Welcome
Instructions, then follow the step-by-step instructions on HE 208 Home
Page to complete and submit the
'Online Course Orientation'
form
by midnight,
Wednesday, 20 January
2010
Taking a WEB based course requires a fair amount of self-discipline, initiative, and an intermediate level of computer skills including knowing the difference between a listserv and a Message/Discussion Board or CHAT room, using the features of Course Studio via myCuesta, copy and pasting a WORD document into an email, and navigating the Internet for reliable references. If you have never taken a WEB based course before, I suggest you consider taking the online Internet course DIST 101 - Introduction to Online Courses. It is imperative the student have intermediate computer skills and schedule time to complete weekly assignments, check their myCuesta gmail account, and submit course work on the due dates.
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Yes, all students that enroll in HE 208 Distance/Hybrid CRN 30364 and 30365 are required to complete the 'Online Course Orientation'. This exercise assures students have the information that is essential to succeed in this Distance/Hybrid diversity course. Several items on the Online Course Orientation Form are required. Failure to familiarize yourself with required sections on the form may make it difficult for you to progress through weekly lessons and/or prevent the form from being submitted.
Make sure your computer email is set to 'Rich Text' under 'Format' on your tool bar. Complete all the required sections of the form. If the form still can not be submitted, 'Copy and paste' the form onto an email, complete it, then send it directly to me mbasti@cuesta.edu You may also post a WORD file under 'News Articles' in Course Studio, then just let me know you posted your form there. Occasionally AOL, Hotmail, SBC and some DSL providers do not interface well with the college software or this form. If you have any trouble interfacing with college technology please follow the links on myCuesta log-in page at https://my.cuesta.edu/cp/home/displaylogin
The 'Online Course Orientation' is due Wednesday, 20 January 2010 by midnight (If you send it Tuesday evening it will be in my e-mail Inbox by Thurday morning)
How do I contact
the instructor?
The instructor
can be reached by telephone, e-mail, or in person during regular
office hours or by appointment.
My office telephone number, with 24 hour voice mail, is
805.546.3100 ext. 2700. My office Room number is 1315 in building
1300 ( next to the Flag pole on the SLO campus). My regularly scheduled office hours are
included in my outgoing message on my voice mail system. The instructor's e-mail
address is mbasti@cuesta.edu
For all email correspondence to me, please complete the Subject Box: 208,3036_ (Your Last Name) and title of assignment. My distance students have my priority for email, so it is important that you complete the 'Subject Box' correctly on all your electronic correspondence with me. Failure to complete the subject box correctly as indicated above, may delay my response to you or prevent me from receiving your e-mail e.g., your message may end up as SPAM. Weekly homework assignments will be sent directly to my email address.
Note: If you are using yahoo or other web based email programs please check your SPAM folder periodically for correspondence from HE 208 just in case messages were filtered out by virus protection settings.
The Definitions is the first assignment and should be submitted via e-mail to me mbasti@cuesta.edu by midnight on Due Tuesday, 26 January 2010 for CRN 30364 and CRN 30365 All assignments due before our first face-to-face meeting can be found on the Registration Welcome Instructions Home Page. Please submit on or before the due date/time because I do not accept late work without advance correspondence and approval. No exceptions.
Yes, there are three (3) Mandatory face-to-face meetings as printed in the Class Schedule, posted in Find Classes, and posted on these Registration Welcome Instructions when you enroll in the class. The Mandatory face-to-face meetings are also printed in the syllabus provided to students at the first meeting.
What
if I can not make one of the Mandatory meetings?
It is not possible to
reschedule group activities that are designed to meet the Diversity
Requirement for graduation. For example, during the first face-to-face meeting,
students will be completing several small and large group diversity
activities in addition to receiving a tour of the virtual classroom and the log-in
User name and Password for the virtual classroom. The other two Mandatory meetings are scheduled for
small group diversity activities including exams, research activities, and assignments.
It is not
possible to make-up missed group exams and/or
diversity activities/experiences scheduled on the Mandatory meeting dates/times. Make
sure your school, vacation, and work schedule permit you to attend the
entire session for each of the three
(3) Mandatory sessions. Students are highly encouraged to
withdraw/drop the class if they are not able to attend all three (3) Mandatory
face-to-face meetings. ***From time to time
unexpected life emergencies do and will come
up; should a student find that personal circumstances prohibit them from
attending any part of the first Mandatory face-to-face session as planned, it is suggested
the student officially withdraw/drop the course. Students
failing to attend and participate in the entire first Mandatory face-to-face session will not be allowed to continue in the class and may be
dropped from the course by the instructor. Again
it is not possible to make up the first MANDATORY face-to-face session.
It is the
students responsibility to officially withdraw/drop the class.
Multicultural Health 208 (HE208) is an integrated 3.0 unit lecture class that meets both the Health Requirement and the Diversity Requirement for graduation at Cuesta College. The course content and health and diversity outcomes are the same for students registered in a traditional classroom section of HE 208. As expected of any integrated 3.0 unit lecture course at Cuesta College, plan on at least 6-8 hours minimum of work per week ( i.e., Two hours out-of-class prep for each unit of instruction per week) to complete assignments and weekly homework. There is one major term paper or alternate diversity essay, a research project which culminates in a midterm exam, and several short report type formal assignments. HE 208 Distance/Hybrid requires substantial reading and Internet research assignments. There is a combined diversity activity and group project/exam (impossible to reschedule), and two fill-in or short answer exams. All exams in this section of HE 208 are open book, open note, open handout, and timed (50 minutes). Combined diversity/exams will be scheduled during Mandatory face-to-face class sessions. Note: students arriving 5-15 minutes late to the Group Exam will automatically loose 5 points. Students arriving more than 15 minutes late to the Group Exam will NOT be allowed to participate out of fairness and equity to other students. No exceptions.
How can I be
successful in a Distance/Hybrid Learning Course?
Here are some statements to review to
test your success potential in a Distance/Hybrid course. Read each
statement and answer "yes" or "no".
1. I am a self-motivated individual.
Yes No
2. I am able to work independently with little direction. Yes No
3. I regularly have 6-8 hours per week to spend on a 3.0 unit lecture course.
Yes No
4. I enjoy learning by reading and quickly understand written instructions.
Yes No
5. I am comfortable and willing to take responsibility for getting whatever
help I may need by contacting my instructor. Yes No
6. I realize my instructor may not be available when I want and I may have
to leave a voice or e-mail message. Yes No
7. I am not intimidated by college professors and am comfortable asking for
clarification when necessary. Yes No
8. I can schedule my time effectively to meet the course requirements, due
dates, and attend the optional on-campus meetings and/or exams as scheduled.
Yes No
9. I realize the workload for a Distance/Hybrid course is equal to or greater
than a traditional face-to- face course that meets on campus.
Yes No
10. I am skilled at using the technology/equipment/programs (including
logging into myCuesta/Course Studio) necessary for
the course I am considering. Yes No
11. I believe I am responsible for my own education. Yes No
12. I am willing to partnership with the instructor to track my own scores,
clarify due dates, adhere to course expectations/policies listed in
the syllabus, and comply with all applicable College rules, including the
Code of Conduct as listed in the current edition of the College Catalog.
Yes No
* If you answered 'yes' to 9 of the statements, Distance/Hybrid education may be right for you. If you answered yes to fewer than 9 statements, rethink your reasons for enrolling in a Distance/Hybrid course before you register.
How come I can not
access our virtual class website and start the class now?
The 'Registration Welcome Instruction'
pages located at
http://www.cuesta.edu/disted/courses.asp are the only pages available to students before the first
Mandatory face-to-face class session. These pages provide all the
instructions and information necessary to start the course and complete the
Online orientation, Definitions Assignment and two Homework assignments due
before the first face-to-face meeting the fourth week of the semester.
The website for our virtual classroom is password protected. Students will
be given the 'username', 'password' and log in instructions for the virtual
classroom, in person, at the first Mandatory face-to-face class session only.
The user name and password will not be sent electronically.
No exceptions.
If students elect to purchase the e-text for this class directly from the McGraw Hill publisher, the e-text will be accessible 01 January 2010.
Additionally, we will be using a custom website that is accessible directly via the Internet. Many features of commercially prepared course management systems do not interface well with the technology at the college.
Yes, students can expect to complete homework questions every week, in addition to an formal assignment due every other week such as the family health history & chronic disease risk analysis and foreign food label analysis.
Yes, as long as your work is submitted before the posted due date. Homework Questions are posted a few weeks before they are due. The assignments are designed in sequence in which material is presented from a simple to complex manner to develop and apply concepts of media literacy, disease prevention, health promotion, and personal health risk factor identification, prejudice reduction, and attitudes of acceptance toward others who have different beliefs and health practices. Homework is assigned weekly in order to assure regularly effective student-instructor contact and complete all the course objectives and outcomes at the end of the term.
Where do I
purchase the course textbook?
The approved textbook of record for HE 208 is
Teague, MacKenzie & Rosenthal, Your Health Today: Choices in a Changing
Society, (2009) 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill,
can be
purchased directly from the publisher at
www.shopmcgrawhill.com.
The printed text with Connect Personal Health has ISBN 0077406583.
A printed edition of the text can also be purchased from any of the Cuesta
College Bookstores (SLO, North County or South County centers) or ordered on
line from the Bookstore
Or To purchase an e- text Go to the publishers web pages directly: Connect Personal Health Plus www.shopmcgrawhill.com The ISBN for the e-text is 0077339193.
Some course materials will be available in Course Studio under Links and Files once you are officially enrolled in the course. Diversity handouts, and the course syllabus will be provided to enrolled students at the First Mandatory face-to-face session only.
Will I find all the
answers to Weekly Homework questions straight out of the required textbook?
No, much of the information for
Multicultural Health 208 comes from many different types of literature,
media, and
resources. There is no Minority Health text published for this course
so we will use a variety of resources. For example, in the virtual classroom there is a 'Class Resource'
page that has links to websites that are designed to supplement the textbook
discussion.
The Cuesta College Library maintains WEB resources for Multicultural Health also. To locate this link start at the Cuesta Home page then Click on 'Library', then click on 'Subject Guides' under the heading 'Research Assistance', under the heading Web Resources by Subject, click on Health & Medicine, then click on 'Multicultural Health'. Bookmark this URL for the Online Course Orientation and future reference for HE 208 Online (Distance/Hybrid Course).
Additionally, students may have previous life experience or knowledge that may lead them to finding responses to the homework questions. Be sure to credit the source of your information by citing the author/agency and year published.
*** Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information for this course. No credit will be given for information taken from Wikipedia.
What are the five (5) Dimensions of Health?
The five Dimensions of Health
include:
Spiritual Health [e.g., values, beliefs, rituals, intuition,
religion, creativity, philosophy of life, love, compassion, artistic
abilities];
Social Health [e.g., men's role, child rearing practices, type
of government, structure of society, educational system, funeral practices,
grief and loss activities];
Psychological Health [e.g., thoughts, feelings,
judgment, ability to think rationally, substance abuse & addictive behaviors,
domestic violence];
Physical Health [e.g., major (chronic) diseases, communicable/contagious
infections, exercise/fitness, nutrition, body fat composition]; and
Environmental Health [e.g., food choices, geography, rainfall,
quality of the food supply, quality of air, land, water, and population]. Chapter 1 in Hales 13th ed. also discusses the dimensions
of health. In order to study and understand the health of another
minority ethnic/racial group it is important to look at all aspects of health, that
is, take a holistic approach to health.
The student can complete a drop slip electronically, or in person at the Admissions and Records office (Building 3100). No faculty signature is required to drop a class. Students who fail to attend the entire first Mandatory meeting will be considered non-participatory and will not be allowed to continue in the course. Additionally, failure to attend the entire first face-to-face session may result in being dropped by the instructor, so other students in attendance may add the course. It is the students' responsibility to officially withdraw/ drop a class in which they are no longer participating. Failure to officially drop a class will result in a grade of 'F' on the student's transcript. Additionally, I may drop a student who does not complete assignments or otherwise participate in the virtual class for three (3) consecutive weeks. If you are ill or have another legitimate reason for not being able to participate in the Online portion of the class, please notify me by phone or email so we can discuss your situation and arrange for accommodations if appropriate. See course syllabus for more information.