1
Greetings

Jan 18

FTF
Introduction, web page, Using FirstClass (Distance Education, McIsaac & Gunawardena; Issues in Distance Learning, Sherry)

2
Setting up

Jan 25

FTF (Winograd's presentation)
Review of FirstClass, web page, Intro to distance ed.; Critiquing a research article (Rudestam p. 49-51). Moderating online discussion (also Rudestam p. 3-127). Moderating Educational Computer Conferences (Morten Flate Paulsen). Moderating Discussions in the Electronic Classroom (Rae Wahl Rohfeld & Roger Hiemstra). The Moderators Homepage (Reading)Students Assume the Mantle of Computer Conferences by Murphy, Cifuentes, Yakimovicz, Segur, Mahoney & Kodali.
Assignment 1 due on-line Jan 30.

3
Moderating

Feb 1-7

ONL
Research Outline Format. Library Research. The Writing Center. Online journals; Deosnews, Online Chronicle, ICDL Database. IJET. (also Rudestam p.128-167). (Reading) Learners and Learning: A Discussion of Selected Research by Chere Campbell Gibson. (Reading) Methodological Issues in Distance Educational Research by Dan O. Coldeway.
Assignment 2 due on-line Feb 6.

4
Distance
Education

Feb 8

FTF
Research in Computer Mediated Communication Resources (CMC) (also Rudestam p. 168-206) (Reading) Computer-Mediated Communication by Romiszowski and Mason
Assignment 3 due on-line Feb 13.

5
CMC

Feb 15-21

ONL
Transactional distance resources.(Reading) Transactional distance (Moore, Saba). (Reading) Editorial: Distance Education Theory by Michael G. Moore. (Reading) Integrated Telecommunications Systems and Instructional Transaction by Farhad Saba. (Reading) Verifying Key Theoretical Concepts in a Dynamic Model of Distance Education by Farhad Saba & Rick L. Shearer.
Assignment 4 due on-line Feb 20.

6
Transactional
Distance

Feb 22

FTF (Tu's presentation)
Social Context Resources

Social Context of learning. (Social presence)
Designing cross cultural research

7
Social Context

Feb 29-Mar 6

ONL
Social Context Resources

Social Context -- Cyberculture and the dynamics of online community

8
Social
Context

Mar 7

FTF
Interaction Resources. (learner-instructor, learner-content, learner-learner, learner-interface). (Reading) Editorial: Three Types of Interaction by Michael G. Moore. (Reading) In Support of a Functional Definition of Interaction by Ellen D. Wagner. (Reading) Learner-Interface Interaction in Distance Education: An Extension of Contemporary Models and Strategies for Practitioners by Daniel C. A. Hillman, Deborah J. Willis, and Charlotte N. Gunawardena. (Reading) The Nature and Importance of Interaction in Distance Education Classes at Technical Institutes by Hassenplug. (Reading) Analysis of Global Online Debate by Gunawardena, Lowe and Anderson (Reading) Social Presence as a Predictor of Satisfaction within a Computer-Mediated Conferencing Environment by Gunawardena and Zittle
Assignment 5 due on-line Mar 12.

9

Mar 14

Spring Break: Class Excused.- Microcomputers in Education Conference

10
Interaction

Mar 21-27

ONL
Learner Control Resources (locus of control). (Reading) Beyond Independence in Distance Education: The Concept of Control by D.R. Garrison & Myra Baynton. (Reading) Dimensions of Control in Distance Education: A Factor Analysis by Myra Baynton.
Assignment 6 due on-line Mar 26.

11
Learner Control

Mar 28

FTF
Discussion of Research papers. Presentation of abstracts

12
Research

Apr 4-10

ONL
Individual research
Assignment 7 (Content Outline) due on-line Apr 9.

13
Research

Apr 11-17

ONL
Further discussion of Research papers..

14
Research

Apr 18

FTF
Class presentations of research papers.
Completed research paper due Apr 21.

15
Exchange Final Papers

Apr 25 - May 1

ONL
AERA

16
Class
Presentations

May 2

FTF
Class presentation of Research papers.