OMDE 608 Student Support in Distance Education & Training

Spring 2003 Schedule (Dr. Jane Brindley)


Unit Date Assignments, Group Work...
Pre-Week
Jan. 20-
Jan. 26
 Post biographies, review syllabus, start readings
Unit 1
Introduction and Overview
Week 1 and 2
Jan. 27-
Feb. 9
 Post biographies, readings for Unit 1, online discussion
Unit 1
Elements of Student Support
Week 3 - 5
Feb. 10-
Mar. 2
Readings for Unit 1, online discussion
At the end of Unit 1 (March 2 ) students must submit Assignment 1, an Annotated Bibliography of the required readings.
Unit 2
Designing Services to Meet Needs: Learner Characteristics and Special Groups
Week 6 - 7 
Mar. 3-
Mar. 16
 Readings for Unit 2, online discussion
Unit 2
Management and Organization of Student Support Services
Week 8 - 10
Mar. 17 - 
Apr. 6
Before the end of Unit 2 (Mar. 30) students must submit Assignment 2, a paper (6-8 pages, maximum 2000 words) on a special topic in student support including but not limited to any of the topics covered in the course. 
Unit 3
Developing a Model of Student Support
Case Studies
Week 11 - 15 
Apr. 7 - 
May 12
Readings for Unit 3, group work, case studies
Case studies (group work) must be posted by Apr. 20, and Assignment 3, (individual responses to the case studies) must be posted by May 4 .The last week of class will be used to discuss case studies.