Author Archives: sgreenla
Extra Credit End-of-Course Survey
The Waymaker modules that we have used this semester as a text are part of an experiment to improve content resources to enhance student learning. In order to see what works, we need to know how you used the Waymaker … Continue reading
For this Week & Next
We will not have a google hangout this week and next week’s hangout will take place at 5:00pm on Wednesday. Get together with your study group to determine the correct answers to all the questions on Exam 2. Send me … Continue reading
Second Exam!
If you missed last night’s hangout, we’ve pushed back the date of the second exam by two days, until Friday November 3, to give us next week’s hangout to review. Let me know if you have any questions.
Twitter Discussion
Over the next week, I thought we would try a discussion on twitter. The topic for this week is the Role of Government in a Market Economy. Think about that: A pure market economy is one with minimal government intervention. … Continue reading
First Exam “Do Over”
I don’t grade the exams in this course on a curve. You get what you get. However, I do give you the option of earning some points back. I would like you to review your exam and figure out … Continue reading
First Exam
The google hangout last night didn’t record for some reason, so I thought I’d give the highlights here. The exam will be 30 multiple choice questions (plus one question extra credit). You can find the exam on our Canvas site … Continue reading
Is Your Goal for this Class Just to Pass?
So you just want to pass the course? Maybe you don’t have time for actual learning. In that case, just work through the modules without paying attention to what you’re learning. If you take the quizzes, you’ll probably learn enough … Continue reading
Is Your Goal for this Class to Get an A?
So you want to get an A in this course. Well, for about the same effort, you can learn the subject as well, so you should read “Is Your Goal for this Class to Learn the Most Economics You Can?”
Is Your Goal for This Class to Learn the Most Economics You Can?
So you want to learn the most economics you can this course. Excellent! You have chosen the road less travelled. Many students won’t take this road. The courses you take in college are not just random credits. You are building … Continue reading
Week 2!
We’re now into Week 2 of the course. The introductory assignments should be behind you and you should have started working with the Waymaker modules in Canvas. If you haven’t dug into Waymaker yet, don’t worry. You can catch up. … Continue reading
How to start this class
It is time to get started in our course. This is going to be a busy week because we will have to do double duty: First, we need to become acclimated to the course. Second, we need to dive into … Continue reading
Second Welcome Email!
Welcome again to ECON 201, the online version. School starts tomorrow! Hopefully by now, you have your twitter account set up, and you have sent me a follow request. If not, you need to do that asap! As I said, … Continue reading
Welcome Email
Welcome to ECON 201, the online section! School starts next Monday. Hopefully, it is not a surprise that you have registered for an online course. The purpose of this email is to get you started thinking about the course, so … Continue reading
Next Group Homework Assignment
The next group assignment can be found on the right sidebar under the link “Assignment 5”. Note that I have consolidated some of the groups. The assignment is due next Wednesday. Please let me know if you have any questions. … Continue reading
Study Groups
For the rest of the semester, you will complete a number of group assignments with the study groups shown below. The first challenge is to connect up with your group. How will you do that? The first group assignment is … Continue reading
Protected: Introducing Chris!
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Introducing Jasmine
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Introducing Willie!
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