Schedule for OMDE606 Spring 2002

In order to accommodate the commitments of our visiting experts (Greville Rumble and Tony Bates) we had to make some changes in the schedule. Note the differences of the schedule and the syllabus. It is the schedule which is more up to date.
Week Dates Modules/content/due dates
1 01/30-02/05

Introduction:
- How to get through this course;
- getting to know each other;
- getting acquainted with the learning environment.
Module 1: The Expansion of Education and the Emergence of the Economics of Education
-Exploring the rising demand for education and soaring costs;
-'Human Capital Theory' and the emergence of economics of education;
-What distance education may offer.

2 02/06-02/12 Module 1 (cont.)
-Using the GED 2000 Database (Group task)
-Group task
Date for posting Group task: 02/06
3 02/13-02/19 Module 1 (cont.)
-Group task
Date for submitting Group task: 02/19
4 02/20-02/26 Module 2: The Techniques of Cost Analysis
-Budgets and the classification of resources;
-Classification of costs;
-Economies of scale;
-Overheads and the treatment of capital costs.
5 02/27-03/05 Module 2 (cont.)
-Making use of spreadsheets for cost-analysis.
Date for posting assignment 1: 03/01
6 03/06-03/12 Module 2 (cont.)
Date for submitting assignment 1:03/12
7 03/13-03/19 Conference with Prof. Greville Rumble
8 03/20-03/26 Module 3: The Cost-effectiveness of Distance Education
-Effectiveness and efficiency;
-Case study: the British Open University.
9 03/27-04/02 Module 3 (cont.)
Date for posting assignment 2: 03/27
Date for submitting assignment 2: 04/02
10 04/03-04/09

Module 4: Costing Educational Technologies
-Bates ACTIONS Model;
-Cost per learning time as an indicator to compare the costs of media;
11 04/10-04/16 Module 4 (cont.)
-The cost-effectiveness of educational media and the media equivalency theory.
-Classification of media and their cost structure.
-Using a spreadsheet to explore the cost behavior of different media combination.
12 04/16-04/22 Conference with Prof. Dr. T.Bates
13 04/24-04/30 Module 5: The costs and costing of Netbased Learning
-The main cost drivers in netbased learning;
-The costs of online student support.
-The impact of netbased learning on the cost-structure of distance education'
-Case study: Bell Online
14 05/01-05/07 Module 5 (cont.)
Date for posting assignment 3 (group assignment): 05/01
15 05/08-05/14 Module 5 (cont.)
Date for submitting assignment 3 (group assignment): 05/13