OMDE 608 Student Support in Distance Education & Training
Unit |
Date |
Assignments,
Group Work... |
| Pre-Week | Sept.1 - Sept. 7 | Post biographies, review syllabus, start readings |
| Unit 1 Introduction and Overview Week 1 |
Sept. 8 - Sept. 14 | Post biographies, readings for Unit 1, online discussion |
| Unit 1 Elements of Student Support Weeks 2 - 4 |
Sept. 15 – Oct. 5 | Readings for Unit 1, online discussion At the end of the first two weeks (September 21) students must submit Assignment 1, an Annotated Bibliography of 10 required readings; at the end of Unit 1 (October 5) students must submit Assignment 2, a second Annotated Bibliography of 10 required readings. |
| Unit 2 Designing Services to Meet Needs: Learner Characteristics and Special Groups Weeks 5 - 6 |
Oct. 6 - Oct. 19 | Readings for Unit 2, online discussion Form Case Study groups and begin preliminary planning for Unit 3 Case Studies |
| Unit 2 Management and Organization of Student Support Services Weeks 7 - 9 |
Oct. 20 – Nov. 2 | Before the end of Unit 2 (October 26) students must submit Assignment 3, a paper (4-6 pages, maximum 1500 words) that takes a position on one of the required readings from the course. At end of Unit 2 (November 2) case study groups must submit a preliminary plan for the Case Study scenario |
| Unit 3 Developing a Model of Learner Support Case Studies Weeks 10 - 14 |
Nov. 3 – Dec. 15 | Readings for Unit 3, group work, case studies. Case studies (group work) must be posted by November 16 and Assignment 4, (individual responses to the case studies) must be posted by December 7. The remaining time will be used to critique and discuss case studies. |
| 18/08/2004 | ||