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Assessment

Final grade will be calculated using the following weights:

REQUIREMENT PERCENT OF GRADE
Class Participation (relevant & timely)  20%
Module Assignments (Schedule) 20%
Focus Paper 20%
Mid-term Examination 20%
Final Presentation  20%
TOTAL 100%


Class Participation
Satisfactory class participation, which includes effective group interaction, will be determined by accurate and relevant statements made to the topics under discussion. Discussion and arguments should be logical and substantiated by facts and outside readings.  Students are expected to actively participate in discussion formats either through bulletin boards, chat rooms, e-mail, teleconferences, or other distance learning discussion formats proposed. Active participation includes the willingness to respect the views and opinions of others and the ability to change views, or consider other views, when one's view is found faulty. 

Module Assignments
Each Module has study questions to expand our knowledge from the readings and research to include our experience.

Web Board Discussions for Modules
Each Module has study questions which are intended to make you think about what you have read and researched. Some questions may require that you actually find the answer from experience or asking others that you know. We will discuss ways to expand our knowledge from experience rather than from books. These are required on a weekly basis and must be emailed to the instructor and posted on the WebBoard.

Focus Paper
The Focus Paper is intended to focus on a specific problem area and present an innovative design solution. The guidelines for this project are very specific.  Draft of Focus Paper is to be submitted to instructor for approval, attached to email, by February 23, 2001. Deadline for final version of Focus Paper is April 19.

Midterm Exam
Midterm will be taken from presentation material, class discussions posted on bulletin board, and reading assignments. Examination format may include multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions. 

Final Presentation
A 25-30 minute PowerPoint presentation on an aging-related health topic to be presented at a mini-conference of older adults. You will prepare a one-page handout for attendees.  

Course Policies
On-line Attendance: Students are responsible for their own learning and are expected to review all class sessions. Attendance will be recorded through participation in bulletin board (Web Board) postings.

Assignments: Late submission of assignments, projects, and the examination will result in a lower grade. Students are responsible to ensure that the instructor has received the assignment, project, or examination. Students unable to submit assignments, projects, or examinations by the deadline due to illness or emergency, will notify the course instructor prior to the deadline date and make arrangements for an alternate deadline date. Alternate dates for submission of midterm examinations must be scheduled within seven days of the original due date.

Academic Integrity: All assignments, projects, and examinations are to be completed solely by the student. Inclusion of facts, ideas, quotes, or other materials from outside sources must be cited and referenced in all work. Evidence of cheating and plagiarism are cause for disciplinary action by the university. According to the university, plagiarism and cheating refer to the use of unauthorized books, notes, or otherwise securing help in a test; copying tests, assignments, reports, or term papers; representing the work of another person as one's own; collaborating without authority with another student during an examination or in preparing academic work, or otherwise practicing academic dishonesty.


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