Final
grades will be calculated using the following weights:
| REQUIREMENT |
PERCENT
OF GRADE |
| Class
Participation |
25% |
| Mid-term
Exam |
25% |
| Written
Project Assignment |
25% |
| Final
Exam |
25% |
| TOTAL |
100%
|
This course is
competency based. Students are required to demonstrate competence
by achieving the course goals and objectives outlined for each topic
area. Each student will be expected to complete assignments in a timely
manner.
Learning Strategies/Teaching
Philosophy:
Learning strategies will be student focused, self-directed, and will
include use of dialectic, role observations and role playing, self-
assessments and group practice. This course will cover fifteen sessions
or weeks.
In addition to
your assigned readings, the bulk of the class interaction will be
through participation in the Web. Each discussion will open with a
question to which students will respond. Follow-up questions will
also be presented. It does not matter when you go the Web Board; There
should always be questions for you to answer or some other studens'
responses on which you can expound. Read through all the discussion
entries and respond to as many questions as you like, but it is not
a contest. It is a group sharing. Students should feel comfortable
adding their own questions to the discussion.
Online Learning
Strategies:
On the first day of class, you will need the skills and technology
(hardware and software to operate a computer, navigate the Internet,
perform word process and use email.
• Check your email often for messages
• If you do not hear from me within one week, contact me immediately!
• Review chapter objectives online
• Review text material
• Review case studies, learning activities, and information resources
at the end of each chapter
• Participate in online discussions
• Submit questions frequently through "student questions" area
of online participation
• Review Internet Bibliography for related material and support
reports on subject of interest.
Class activities
will integrate critical skills of reading, writing, computing, speaking
and listening into the course.
Student Responsibilities:
An online class asks that each class member be responsible for turning
in assignments and online discussions at the designated time. It is
your responsibilities to pace yourself through the week so that you
are able to create your own input and response to the online discussion
questions. It is imperative that you turn in work by the assigned
deadlines or you will interrupt the progress of the entire class.
Failure to meet deadlines will adversely affect your grade.
Safeguards:
Back up every piece of work you do on disk and make a hard coy. If
your material or input is lost in cyberspace, you must be able to
produce it. If you experience computer difficulties, you are responsible
for solving your own technical problems. Consider logging on at times
when Internet use is less heavy.
Deadlines:
Don't wait until the last minute to get things done. Cyberspace is
mysterious: emails get lost, servers disconnect temporarily, and logins
are impossible. Allow times to meet deadlines. Reply and check for
replies for every email sent and received. Take responsibility for
timely submission of work.
Attendance:
Failure to participate in the weekly work and online discussions is
the equivalent of absence. Weekly attendance will be noted. Repeated
absences over three weeks or more will result in a failing final course
grade. No communication for two weeks means administrative withdrawal.
Academic Integrity/Student
Conduct:
All individuals associated with an academic community have a responsibility
for establishing, maintaining and fostering an understanding and appreciation
for academic standards and values. Students are required to independently
prepare class assignments. Quotations and major ideas and content
from other sources must be cited and credited. Student that input
into an online discussion and other class interaction must be his/her
own product. Plagiarism is a basis for a failing grade. Style:
Correct English grammar and spelling are required in course activities,
assignments and exams. Consult an APA Style Manual Fourth Edition
or current style rules for papers.
