Please provide all of this information and then answer the questions that apply to you under each of the objectives that follow.

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1. Technology's capacity for simultaneous presentation of different types of resources promotes effective learning in classics.

a. Students will demonstrate ability to read, translate and discuss Latin literature with accuracy and comprehension using the resources of VRoma (e.g., dictionaries, grammatical and cultural commentaries)

I have made use of the following VRoma textual materials (list whatever texts and commentaries in the MOO and in the various web pages created by VRomans that you have used):

Describe the outcomes associated with use of these textual materials. For example, if you are a teacher, you might include information on how many students used the texts with what levels of success (10 students, with 3 A's, 5 B's, 1 C, and 1 F; or 6 students, working in pairs, were all able to produce successful translations; or only 2 out of 7 students were able to produce an accurate translation or correctly answer the questions posed about the passage); if you are a student, you should describe your experience of working with the texts.

I feel that this method of working with texts is:

Explain the reasons for this evaluation:

b. Students will demonstrate ability to describe and explain a particular phenomenon such as Roman comedy using various types of primary cultural evidence available through VRoma (e.g., literary and documentary texts, visual arts, archaeological remains)

I have given (or taken) the following civilization/culture assignments that draw upon cultural materials available through VRoma (this would include the MOO, the image archive, or various web pages created by VRomans). If the assignments are online, you can simply give the URLs, or you can copy and paste the information about the assignments from a word processing program.

Describe the outcomes associated with these assignments. For example, if you are a teacher, you might include information on how many students completed the assignments with what levels of success (10 students, with 3 A's, 5 B's, 1 C, and 1 F; or 20 students, working in groups of 4, took the assignment, but only 1 group successfully integrated the primary materials); if you are a student, you should describe your experience of taking the assignment. If you have given many such assignments, you may want to focus only on the most significant. If you have posted the outcomes online, give the URL.

I feel that the cultural materials available through VRoma play an important role in promoting effective teaching and learning about ancient Roman civilization and culture.

Explain the reasons for this evaluation:

2. Technology's capacity to create a sense of immediacy and intimate contact with the classical world generates interest and personal investment in teaching and learning classics

a. Students will demonstrate interest in classics through active involvement in VRoma (e.g., connecting voluntarily as well as when required, participating in building projects), through enrolling in more classics courses and/or becoming involved in on-campus classical activities, and through satisfaction reports

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

b. Faculty will use the resources of VRoma to create new assignments, units or courses (or to reinvigorate existing ones) and will participate actively in the building or administration of VRoma

Describe any new or redesigned assignments, units, or courses that VRoma has inspired or made possible.

3. Technology's capacity for rapid and efficient communication helps to bridge diversity, develop community, and foster collaboration among individuals in distant locations and different types of institutions

a. Students and faculty will make regular and ongoing use of VRoma both within and outside the parameters of the funded project

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

b. Students from the same institution and from different institutions will meet in VRoma both in and out of course settings and will work together on joint projects (e.g., translations, building, reports)

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

c. The VRoma MOO, email lists, and workshops will promote communication and collaboration among faculty from different institutions (and sometimes from different educational levels)

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

d. A community of VRomans will evolve around the site; these faculty, students, and interested nonacademics will participate in background research, building, development of on-line materials, and general site administration

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

4. The coupling of cross-platform, time-independent web technology with real-time, interactive MOO technology expedites distance learning and cross-institutional collaborative courses

a. VRoma resources will enable faculty from geographically distant institutions (and sometimes from different educational levels) to collaborate effectively on specific course projects or to offer successful joint courses

List and briefly describe any collaborative courses, course units, or educational projects that VRoma has made possible for you; please include relevant URLs.

I feel that this type of collaboration makes a valuable contribution to effective teaching and learning in classics.

Explain the reasons for this evaluation:

b. VRoma resources will enable faculty to offer successful on-line courses that enroll students from geographically distant institutions

List and briefly describe any on-line distance courses that VRoma has made possible for you; please include relevant URLs.

5. Guided and goal-oriented use of technology in classics courses improves general technological interest and proficiency

a. Students who are required to use VRoma technology in classics courses will demonstrate increasing ease and expertise with various aspects of advanced technology; they will perceive more ways they can use technology in other areas

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

b. Faculty will demonstrate the requisite skills to fully integrate technology into their teaching, to train their students to use technology in discipline-specific ways, and to help their colleagues do the same

Describe any evidence you have that does (or does not) support the above statement.

Please add any further comments, positive or negative, here: