EDIT 652 Distance Learning Applications I Dr. Michael Uttendorfer Fall 2005

Instructor Information Michael Uttendorfer, Ed.D. Phone: Office Location: Wisser Library - Room Office hours at NYIT: Wed. 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Course Description This course provides candidates with the foundation in the conceptual rationale for the delivery of distanced instruction. The technologies of data telecommunications, audio conferencing, audio graphics systems, satellite programming and full motion audio and video will be developed. Candidates will become conversant with differentiated needs of various audiences as well as cost factors associated with delivery.

Course Requirements REQUIRED TEXT: Moore, M. & Kearsley, G. (2005). Distance Education: A Systems View (2nd edition). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN: COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: Each student must have access to a computer with internet access AND a headset or microphone and speakers. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Microsoft Office

Class Meeting Dates Face-to-Face classes will be held simultaneously in Harry Schure Hall Room DL-4 and 1855 Broadway Room 708 on September 17, October 1, October 8, October 22, November 5, November 19, December 10. Virtual Class sessions will be held online using Elluminate Live at Virtual class session dates and times will be established in the first class session on September 17.

Course Objectives As a result of this course, participants will be able to: describe current leading-edge work in distance education depict the ways in which teaching and learning across barriers of distance and time are similar to and different from face-to-face instruction [AECT 5] gain fluency and hands-on experience in using various interactive distance education technologies (asynchronous threaded discussion sites, synchronous multi-user virtual environments, webinar tools, interactive presentation media, videoconferencing) and online instructional frameworks [AECT 3] apply effective instructional design principles for various interactive media, instructional frameworks, and applications [AECT 1,2] experience and describe how each medium for interacting across distance shapes the cognitive, affective, and social dimensions of learning and indicate the range of individual responses to these media [AECT 3,5] identify methods for evaluating the effectiveness of distance education approaches [AECT 5] describe how innovations such as the WWW, multi-user virtual environments, computer-supported collaborative learning, and online communities are helping to shape the evolution of distance education and distributed learning [AECT 4]

Course Requirements Class and Online Participation and Attendance – 10% Students are expected to attend at all face-to-face meetings and participate in online discussions and presentations between class sessions. Discussion Board Facilitation for one week’s discussion – 10% Each student will moderate one week’s discussion in the Blackboard Discussion Board. The moderator will be responsible for posting the discussion question and responding to messages posted by the participants. At the end of the week, the moderator will provide a written summary of the discussion. Formal Research Paper on Distance Education – 10% Each student will research and develop a formal paper on a relevant topic in distance education. Students will use electronic library resources to search for primary journal articles. Papers must adhere to APA format. All papers will be submitted to Turnitin for plagiarism detection.

Course Requirements Two-way DL (compressed video) presentation – 20% Each student will design, develop and present an introductory lesson via two-way compressed video between two locations. Lessons must include stand-up presentation supplemented by a secondary electronic media (e.g., DVD, VHS, PowerPoint, document camera slides) delivered between two locations. Synchronous Web Seminar Presentation – 20% Each student will design, develop and present a lesson to be delivered using a synchronous web conferencing tool. The presentation must include the use of PowerPoint, voice over, text chat, application sharing and polling. Learning Management System Course Module – 30% Each student will design, develop and present a module of instruction using a learning management system (LMS) for asynchronous delivery. The module will contain a set of learning objectives, content presentation materials, assessments and discussion questions.

Grading Policy Projects that are entirely satisfactory will be graded as “B.” In order to receive an “A” grade, the final project must be above average in form and content. Detailed scoring rubrics will be provided as a guide to each assignment. Assignments handed in late will be reduced one letter grade. Assignments may be revised and resubmitted for reconsideration throughout the semester. Incompletes will be given only in extreme circumstances, and then only after presenting a written letter for the request. An incomplete will be recorded upon approval from the Dean or Designee; when the course work is completed, the final grade will not be higher than a B, except in unusual cases. Excessive absence without a special reason documented in writing will result in a lowered grade.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policies Each student enrolled in a course at NYIT agrees that, by taking such course, he or she consents to the submission of all required papers for textual similarity review to any commercial service engaged by NYIT to detect plagiarism. Each student also agrees that all papers submitted to any such service may be included as source documents in the service’s database, solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Plagiarism is the appropriation of all or part of someone else’s works (such as but not limited to writing, coding, programs, images, etc.) and offering it as one’s own. Cheating is using false pretenses, tricks, devices, artifices or deception to obtain credit on an examination or in a college course. If a faculty member determines that a student has committed academic dishonesty by plagiarism, cheating or in any other manner, the faculty has the academic right to 1) fail the student for the paper, assignment, project and/or exam, and/or 2) fail the student for the course and/or 3) bring the student up on disciplinary charges, pursuant to Article VI, Academic Conduct Proceedings, of the Student Code of Conduct.