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COURSE SYLLABUS: CONCEPTS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Prerequisites:

ED507 - Concepts of Distance Education Education John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita Graduate standing and the successful completion of an undergraduate level program.

Course Description:

This course deals with the foundations and current applications of distance education in the modern world.

Learning Objectives:

In addition to receiving sufficient knowledge on distance education, the students will also learn:

1. Distance education technologies, legal aspects, and ethics.
2. Instructional design for distance education.
3. Teaching at a distance.
4. Assessing and evaluating distance education.

Required Text: Online Bookstore

Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Foundations of Distance Education by Michael R. Simonson, Sharon Smaldino, Michael Albrigh, and Sus Svacek. Prentice Hall, First edition, 1999.
ISBN #: 0137692587

Supplementary Resources:

Supplementary resources are found in the textbook The students are encouraged to become familiar with at least twenty five of them.

Assessment:

1. Eight reading and homework assignments covering each chapter in the text.
2. One five-page essay mid-term examination.
3. One five-page essay final examination.
4. One seven-page project dealing with an issue of Distance Education.

Academic Requirements

1. All students are expected to "attend" the course by completing all course assignments in an academic manner and with complete preparation.
2. Grammar, punctuation, spelling and overall composition will be including in the grading of all assignments.
3. Students are required to complete each unit within a one-week time frame. At the students request, and successful completion of a unit in less than one week, the instructor will provide students with subsequent units of homework in advance.
4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

Method of Instruction

ED507 is a distance learning course offered through Canyon College. Because this class is a partially self-paced program in that you may complete a specific weeks work at anytime during that week time-frame, it is essential that the student review all available materials located in the text, classroom, e-mail, and syllabus. Course examinations will be administered on-line during the fourth and eighth weeks of class. Prior to the submission of the first assignment each student is required to submit via e-mail to the instructor the following information:

• Name, e-mail address, course expectations, professional work experience, educational background and anything else you would like the instructor to know about you.

Course Schedule and Assignments

Week 1

• Unit 1: Chapter One and Chapter Two. Submit a two-page analysis of Chapter One and Chapter Two.

Week 2

• Unit 2: Chapter Three and Chapter Four. Submit a two-page analysis of Chapters Three and Four.

Week 3

• Unit 3: Chapter Five and Six. Submit a two-page analysis of Chapters Five and Six.

Week 4

• Unit 4: No chapter assignment. Present your five-page mid-term examination pertinent to any part of the “Foundations of Distance Education.”

Week 5

• Unit 5: Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight. Present a two-page analysis of Chapter Seven and Eight.

Week 6

• Unit 6: Chapter Nine. Present a two-page analysis of Chapter Nine.

Week 7

• Unit 7: Chapter Ten, Chapter Eleven, and Chapter Twelve. Present a two-page analysis of Chapters Ten, Eleven, and Twelve.

Week 8 - Final Exam

• Unit 8: Submit the seven-page essay final exam on any issue pertinent to “Assessment for Distance Education.” Submit the Term Paper.

Grading criteria:

Homework/Reading Assignments     Midterm Exam Final Exam Term Paper

40% 20% 20% 20%

* This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.