Jgjiga Master Class Syllabus
Jgjiga Master Class Syllabus
Jgjiga Master Class Syllabus
in Teaching Online
Course Description
This two-week, fully-online workshop is designed to facilitate knowledge and peer
sharing of strategies for designing and teaching online courses. Taught in Open edX
and facilitated by members of the ASU EdPlus team, participants will complete activities
as students, using technologies and pedagogy designed to enhance online learning.
Workshop activities require a minimum of 8 hours per week but may take more time
depending on comfort levels with the language, previous capabilities with the
technologies, and exploration of the various links and resources.
The emphasis in this workshop is effective online pedagogy and offers only a minimal
amount of Open edX technical training. Future workshops will explore specific
techniques for building in the Open edX platform.
Preferred Communication
Course content questions or comments: All communication about the course content can go
directly to IEItraining@asu.edu. Individual facilitators may also give separate communication
guidance.
Tech support questions: All communication about tech support issues can go directly to
eshe.support@asu.edu.
Facilitators
In the Welcome module of the Open edX Master Class course, you will find the “Meet Your
Facilitators” page. You can review information about your facilitators there. Individual facilitators
may also give separate communication guidance.
Please note that some facilitators work on MST, which is 10 hours behind the Ethiopian EAT.
Prerequisites
Prior to taking the Master Class, please make sure you have completed the following
courses. You can find them in the “Open Enrollment” tab on your Open edX dashboard:
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● Keeping Yourself Safe Online
● Strategies for Successful Online Learning
Learning Objectives
Course-level learning objectives.
CO1: Experience and interpret online learning from a student perspective.
CO2: Design alignment- and standard-driven content for online course instruction.
Computer Requirements
This is a fully online workshop; therefore, it requires a computer with internet access
and the following technologies:
Note: A smartphone, iPad, Chromebook, etc. may not be sufficient for completing your
work. While you will be able to access workshop content with mobile devices, you’ll
want to use a computer for some of the assignments.
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Many (but not all) of the files, articles, and videos can be downloaded if there are times
you will not have internet access.
Participant Success
To be successful:
Submitting Assignments
For a weekly schedule of assignments, find it here: Track Your Assignments. Please do
not request for editing access of this document. This can be downloaded from the link
by going to File (in the upper left) → Download → Microsoft Word. (This file is also
automatically downloadable in Module 0.)
The first due date is the Syllabus Quiz in Module 0 on September 5 at 11:59PM.
Due dates for all assignments in Modules 0 through September 8 at 11:59PM.
Final due dates for all remaining work are September 15 at 11:59PM
Grading
This workshop uses weighted grading. Participants must earn 80% or greater to receive
a certificate of completion. Points for each activity are presented below followed by the
weighted grading categories.
Categories:
Module Assignments = 80%
Final Reflection = 20%
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Week 1 Graded Activities Points Weighted Category
Participants with no work submitted by the first Wednesday of the first week may be
dropped from the workshop.
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Late or Missed Assignments
● Notify facilitators before an assignment is due if an urgent situation arises and
you are unable to submit the assignment on time.
● It is the responsibility of the participant to notify the facilitators by email that late
work has been submitted and is available for grading.
Communication
General Discussion Group (Community Forum)
This workshop uses a discussion area called “Community Forum” to answer general
questions and comments about the workshop and assignments. You can find it in the
Discussion tab called “Community Forum” or in the “Welcome” module. Facilitators and
peers can post questions and respond to each other’s questions in the Community
Forum. Prior to posting a question or comment, check the syllabus, announcements,
and existing posts to ensure the question has not already been asked and answered.
You are encouraged to respond to the questions of your classmates.
Email
Participants are expected to read and act upon email in a timely fashion. Participants
bear the responsibility of missed messages and should check their email regularly.
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Accessibility and Inclusion
We are committed to creating a course that is inclusive in its design, but we may have
missed something. If you encounter barriers, please let us know immediately so that we
can determine if there is a design adjustment that can be made or if an accommodation
might be needed to overcome the limitations of the design. We are always happy to
consider creative solutions if they do not compromise the intent of the assessment or
learning activity.
Syllabus Disclaimer
The syllabus is a statement of intent and serves as an implicit agreement between the
instructor and the participant. Every effort will be made to avoid changing the workshop
schedule, but the possibility exists that unforeseen events will make syllabus changes
necessary. Remember to check your email and the workshop site often.