OMDE 608 Student Support in Distance Education & Training

Spring 2005 Schedule (Dr. Jane Brindley & Ms. Christine Walti)

Unit
Date
Assignments, Group Work...
Pre-Week Jan. 17 – Jan. 23 Post biographies, review syllabus, start readings
Unit 1
Introduction and Overview
Week 1		 Jan. 24 – Jan. 30 Post biographies, readings for Unit 1, online discussion
Unit 1
Elements of Student Support
Weeks 2 - 4		 Jan. 31 – Feb. 20

Readings for Unit 1, online discussion

At the end of the first two weeks of the course (February 6) students must submit Assignment 1, an Annotated Bibliography of 10 required readings; at the end of Unit 1 (February 20) 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 - 7		 Feb. 21 – Mar. 13

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 8 - 10		 Mar. 14 – Apr. 3

Before the end of Unit 2 (March 27) 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 (April 3) case study groups must submit the topic for their Case Study scenario

Unit 3
Developing a Model of Learner Support Case Studies
Weeks 11 - 15		 Apr. 4 – May 9

Readings for Unit 3, group work, case studies.

Case studies (group work) must be posted by April 17 and Assignment 4, (individual responses to the case studies) must be posted by May 1. The remaining time will be used to critique and discuss case studies.
28/12/2004