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Distance Education & Instructional Development
Applicable DE Sections in SOCRATES
The following pages contain links to
information designed to assist faculty members in adding distance
education modalities to their SOCRATES curriculum proposals:
SOCRATES Information and Pointers
Applicable Sections in SOCRATES
Distance Education Subcommittee Information
Important sections in Socrates for Distance Education:
1. Course Topics (usually section 5) -- exams, assessments and the final exam/assessment are included in the distribution of the course topic hours.
2. Instruction Methods and In-class Activities (usually section 7) -- Copy and paste are appropriate for each modality, but make sure that the description is appropriate for the modality.
3. Typical Homework Assignments (usually section 8) -- A sample assignment helps to clarify the ways in which the course remains consistent, regardless of the mode of instruction. (Please enter an actual example of an assignment, not a description of what a typical assignment might be.)
4. Evaluation Methods (usually section 9) -- The modalities should have equivalent evaluation methods.
5. Allocation of Instructional Time (usually section 10) -- In the In-person modality, all instructional time is face-to-face. Each unit of the course requires 18 hours of instruction for lecture. It can be different in the Distance Education modalities.
6. Regular Instructional Contact (usually section 11) -- These are NOT hours. Be sure to include all possible contacts a student may expect. Remember, this is a minimum, not a maximum. A contact is any type of communication between a student and the instructor. This may include email, lecture, discussion boards, chat rooms, phone calls, etc.
This page was last updated: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 3:18:00 PM

