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There are lots of things that we do in personal finance that you really want more of a hands-on learning experience, said Melissa Hart, lecturer in Poole College s Department of Business Management, delta airlines flight schedule things like buying a car or a house, or deciding to open a franchise restaurant.
When she was scheduled to teach a section of the course in the summer of 2013, Hart took advantage of the opportunity to refresh her teaching materials delta airlines flight schedule and to incorporate onsite visits to a car dealership, a house that was for sale, and a franchise restaurant. With her online students in mind, she arranged for DELTA s camera crew to accompany her and her summer session delta airlines flight schedule students on the visits.
At each location, the students were able to talk with sales staff and managers, asking detailed questions about processes involved in their operations. All the while, their conversations were being recorded by the camera crew.
The real work, Hart said, came when the site visits were completed and it was time to edit each of the one hour-plus videos delta airlines flight schedule down to about 20 minutes, focusing on key points in the discussions at each site.
At Bobby Murray Chevrolet, for example, the students were able to walk around, look at the cars, and ask the hard questions with the camera running, questions like, What should we be thinking about when we think of pricing, and are the warranties really worth it? The students and the sales people both were very candid, delta airlines flight schedule Hart said.
Anderson took the students on a tour of the house and discussed specific issues about it. The house was on a beautiful lot on a golf course, but had been a rental for five years and needed some work, Hart said. So, she talked about the decision process delta airlines flight schedule that a buyer would go through in assessing the house as a possible purchase: things that could and should be overlooked, like paint and new doorknobs, and the harder things, like a dated kitchen What s the cost there?, she said.
The third site visit was to the Jersey Mike s Sub Shop on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, N.C., a franchise business owned by a father and a son. The students learned how franchises operate for example, the requirement that d cor and operations be consistent at each location. You can t change the menu or the decorations, Hart said. The students were able to discuss with the franchisees the idea of owning their own business, and the glory and limitations of a franchise.
The (summer delta airlines flight schedule session) students really liked the opportunity to go on site but what I also wanted delta airlines flight schedule was for the future distance education students to have a similar experience; that is the essence of what I was trying to get for them. It went very well, she said.
In personal finance, we talk about stocks and bonds and mutual funds, but then we also have this other element of alternative investments and that opens the door to everything from a bar of gold or a business as part of your retirement plan, she said.
In the case of the franchise owners, the father, Rich Domanski, owned additional franchise operations, and the one that the students visited was being managed by the son, Matt, Hart said. Matt had worked at other franchises before and was able to evolve into this sort of partnership with his father. It was a way for the father to pass assets on and get his son started in the business.
Turning the recorded delta airlines flight schedule onsite visits into virtual field trips also provided a new connection for Hart with her online students who are all over the world. While they could not meet her at a local car dealership, they could have a similar experience through the video segments.
delta airlines flight schedule Not all her students are all that distant, though. Some select the distance education option to provide more flexibility in their schedules. As a result, she said she does have students stop her in Nelson Hall saying that they are in her online class but she couldn t recognize them. One got off a bus and said, I m in your online class; I can t believe I m seeing you; I always see you on my computer screen.