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COURSE SYLLABUS: DISTANCE EDUCATION: STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Prerequisites:

ED551 - Distance Education: Strategies and Technologies 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 strategies and delivery systems for distance education, such as satellite dissemination, interactive television, and other existing systems utilized today.

Learning Objectives:

In addition to receiving general knowledge in strategies and technologies of distance education, the students will also learn:

1. The context for social policy analysis, evaluation, and administration.
2. The current technologies in distance education.
3. The current possibilities and limitations that exist in distance education in reference delivery systems and mechanisms.
4. The social, economics, ethical, and legal issues pertinent to strategies and technologies employed in distance education.

Required Text: Online Bookstore

Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools, and Techniques by France Belanger, Dianne H. Jordan, and Diane Jordan. Idea Group Publishing. 2000.
ISBN #: 1878289632

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 case study final examination.
4. Two case studies.

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

ED551 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. Submit a two-page analysis of Chapter One.

Week 2

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

Week 3

• Unit 3: Chapter Four. Submit a two-page analysis of Chapter Four. Submit Case Study 1 “Strategic Analysis.”

Week 4

• Unit 4: No chapter assignment. Present your five-page mid-term examination pertinent to any part of “Multi-Media Content Development.”

Week 5

• Unit 5: Chapter Five and Chapter Six. Present a two-page analysis of Chapters Five and Six. Submit Case Study 2 “Course Conversion Analysis.”

Week 6

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

Week 7

• Unit 7: Chapters Seven. Present a two-page analysis of Chapter Seven.

Week 8 - Final Exam

• Unit 8: Submit Case Study 3 “Infrastructure Analysis” for your final examination.

Grading criteria:

Homework/Reading Assignments     Midterm Exam Final Exam Case Studies

40% 20% 20% 20%

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