Students learn photography principles at a distance 10:20 a.m.,
Aug. 6, 2012--Students taking a basic photography course at the
University of Delaware this summer were able to complete their
classwork and develop their skills from such far-flung locations
as Utah, Canada and China. Distance-learning courses which use
online tools to deliver videotaped lectures and to bring
students together with one another and their instructor in
virtual classrooms are increasingly common at UD and other
institutions. But, instructor Jon Cox says, they are rare in the
Department of Art, where so many classes focus on studio work.
For the Record, May 24, 2013 “I used email, Skype and text
messages to keep in touch with my students on a regular basis,”
says Cox, who describes his first experience teaching online as
“amazing.” In addition, he says, “One of the most exciting
aspects of this course was that students were handing in images
from all over the world.” The traditional version of ART 180,
“Photographic Approaches,” is