Session 4

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The Plan

I would like to deliver the first session (out of my planned 10 week class), which will cover course orientation and introduction. Additionally, it will cover etiquette expectations (sometimes called “netiquette”) for online discussions, email, and other forms of communication are stated clearly; and prerequisite knowledge in the discipline and/or any required competencies are clearly stated. More importantly, I will provide a self-introduction and students will be asked to introduce themselves to the class.

The Audience

Although I would love to deliver this session to a real audience, I am not in a position to do that just yet, so I will be delivery this first session to fictitious students. These students are community college students who are uncertain about their career goals and how it relates to their educational goals as a student. They are students that are looking for career exploration help or students who are looking to develop their professional skills and move up the corporate ladder. With such a wide range of students in this course, I anticipate a variety of learning characteristics some of which might have or have no technology experience at all. Or some might even have learning disabilities.

The Delivery

My delivery for this first session will be a syllabus, a course orientation file, and a welcome email.

Time/Place

My delivery plan for this session is to provide the syllabus and course orientation file the very first day of class, and send out the email before class is schedule to begin. I might to decide to send out that email at the beginning of the week or a few days before class—it depends on whether or not there are school policies about communicating with students before the official start date of the class.

Good Start

Materials

a.     Welcome Email

b.     Technology Checklist

c.     Course site Readiness Checklist

d.     Syllabus

e.     Course Orientation File

                                                                        i.     Netiquette Expectations

                                                                       ii.     Prerequisite Knowledge

f.      Self-Introduction

g.     Student Introduction

Delivery Assessment

      I will gauge the success of my delivery by evaluating my students’ participation in the introduction assignment, and the amount of questions I receive on how to navigate the course, assignments, and any other questions related to the orientation of the course. My rubric is as follows: 

Course Overview and Introduction	1.1 Instructions make clear how to get started and where to find various course components.	3
	1.2 Students are introduced to the purpose and structure of the course.	3
	1.3 Etiquette expectations (sometimes called “netiquette”) for online discussions, email, and other forms of communication are stated clearly.	2
	1.4 Course and/or institutional policies with which the student is expected to comply are clearly stated, or a link to current policies is provided.	2
	1.5 Prerequisite knowledge in the discipline and/or any required competencies are clearly stated.	1
	1.6 Minimum technical skills expected of the student are clearly stated.	1
	1.7 The self-introduction by the instructor is appropriate and available online.	1
	1.8 Students are asked to introduce themselves to the class.	1