Facilitating Learning in Synchronous Environments: Course Schedule

Due Date	Course Activities	Learning Outcome	Weighting Total
Unit 1: Context and Background (Week 1)
Week 1	Sync Session: Introductions (class)
week 1	Forum: Synchronous Learning Environments (team)
week 1	Forum: Plenary discussion (class)
Unit 2: Synchronous Learning Technologies (Weeks 2 & 3)
week 2	Sync session: Develop Rubric for Assignment 2 (class)	formative
due: end of week 3	Assignment 1: Best Practices (pairs)	1.1, 1.2, 5.5, 5.6	20%
Unit 3: Planning for the Use of Synchronous Technologies (Weeks 4 & 5)
week 4	Brainstorm for Assignment 2 (team)
due: end of week 4	Draft Audience Analysis (team)
week 5	Forum: Plenary discussion (class)
Unit 4: Facilitating Synchronous Learning (Weeks 6, 7, 8 & 9)
weeks 6 & 7	Sync session: plan, practice and rehearse (team) Team meetings with instuctors as needed
due: end of week 6	"Good Host" image (individual)
week 7	Forum: Plenary discussion (class)
week 7	Forum: Attend and post critique of a synchronous session & discuss (team)
weeks 8 & 9	Assignment 2: Synchronous Lesson (team)	1.2, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6	30%
weeks 8 & 9	Assignment 3: Peer Review of Team Presentations (individual)	5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6	10%
Unit 5: Special Topics and Closing Activities (Week 10)
week 10	Forum: Mission to Mars (team)
week 10	Wiki: Compiled list of Mission to Mars items (class)
due: end of week 10	Assignment 4: Course Redesign for Synchrounous + Asynchronous Delivery (individual)	1.1, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6	40%

	Classes - remove list before publishing to students
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	class="blog"
	class="book"
	class="evaluation"
	class="poll"
	class="quiz"
	class="resource"
	class="team"
	class="unit"
	class="wiki"

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Course Schedule