Distance Learning Syllabus

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Course Syllabus GEN/105 Skills for Learning in an Information Age Course Start Date: 09/07/2009 Course End Date: 11/08/2009 Facilitator Information: Colonel Tom Greco tg3187@email.phoenix.edu tomgreco@fmtcblue.com 208-860-9296 (MDST) 8 am-9 pm Arizona time (Sundays-off) Week One: What is Distance Learning? Examine the concept of distance learning. Recognize vocabulary associated with distance learning. Week Two: Computing Skills for Distance Learning Use course forums effectively. Use the Internet for academic purposes. Week Three: Educational Resources Explore the technological tools available to Axia students. Use library databases to locate academic articles. Week Four: Academic Honesty Recognize…show more content…
· Examine the concept of distance learning. · Recognize vocabulary associated with distance learning. Course Assignments 1. Course Preparation · Read the course description and objectives. · Post your personal biography to the Chat Room forum by Week 1 Day 2. Your bio should be posted within a message (not an attachment), single spaced, and approximately 150 to 300 words. Consider sharing where you live and work, and information about your family, career goals, hobbies, and interests. 2. Readings · Read Appendix A regarding the final project requirements. · Read or listen to Appendix B. 3. CheckPoint: Distance Learning · Review the Axia Online Overview multimedia interaction Post a 200- to 300-word response to the Individual forum by Week 1 Day 3 to the following questions: What were your thoughts about distance learning before you started at Axia? How might it be more difficult or easier to communicate with classmates and your instructor in a distance learning environment? How would giving feedback to a classmate be different in a distance learning classroom than in traditional classroom? 4. Assignment: The Online…show more content…
Week 4 DQ 2: Post a 150- to 300-word response to the Week 4 DQ 2 thread in the Main forum by Day 4. 5. CheckPoint: Detecting Plagiarism Faculty may enforce consequences for plagiarism, such as failing an assignment or a student. In certain cases, faculty may choose to report instances of plagiarism to administration. To detect plagiarism, faculty use the Plagiarism Checker, a service provided by the Center for Writing Excellence. · Retrieve Lab Courses Go Virtual by Thomas F. Edgar, from Gale PowerSearch®. Copy and paste the article into a Microsoft® Word document. Save it to your desktop. · Imagine you are an instructor who received the article in an assignment, and the student claims to have written the article, but plagiarized. · Submit the article to the Plagiarism Checker and view the results. · Post a 200- to 300-word response to the Individual forum by Week 4 Day 3 the following questions: · What were the results of the overall similarity index? · As the faculty member, what would be your course of action toward the student? · How would you describe to the student why plagiarism is dishonest? · What other types of behavior should you mention to the student that fall under the academic dishonesty

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