Management of Instructional Telecommunications Systems

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Summer Session II - 2003

Texas A&M University, College Station Texas

Revised 6/30/03 by Karen Murphy


Welcome to this Web-based course offered by the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. Dr. Karen L. Murphy is the instructor, and Rohita Kandula and Sally Yang are the teaching assistants. Units begin on Mondays and end on Sundays. The course begins on July 7 and ends on August 11. Please email Dr. Murphy at kmurphy@tamu.edu or Rohita at rohita@neo.tamu.edu if you haven't yet informed Dr. M that you are enrolled in the class.

Course web page: https://webct.tamu.edu

Instructor 1:
Karen L. Murphy, Ed.D., Associate Professor
Dept. of Educational Psychology
College of Education, Texas A&M University
622 Harrington Tower, MS 4225
College Station, TX 77843-4225
Contact:
Voice: 979-845-0987 (direct)
(979) 979-845-1831 (departmental office)
Fax: 979-862-1256
Email:
kmurphy@tamu.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Instructor page:
http://disted.tamu.edu/

Instructor 2:
Rohita Kandula, M.S., Graduate Assistant
College of Education, Texas A&M University
605 Harrington Tower
College Station, TX 77843-4225
Contact:
Voice: 979-845-1111
Email: rohita@neo.tamu.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays 12-2 in 604 Harrington and online

Instructor 3:
Sally Xiaobing Yang, M.S., M.Ed., Doctoral Student
Dept. of Educational Psychology
Instructional Technology Service, Texas A&M University
004 Heldenfels, MS 3002
College Station, TX 77843-3002
Contact:
Voice: 979-862-3977
Cell: 979-492-3688
Fax: 979-458-0514
Email: syang@tamu.edu
Office hours: By appointment

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Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the management of instructional telecommunications systems associated with educational and training programs. Issues include the design, development, implementation and evaluation of those systems. Online discussion, small group project-based work, and individual written assignments are the major requirements of this course. Groups will collaborate to develop and conduct a needs analysis and deliver a final telecommunications report to a client.

Regular graduate courses require approximately 45 hours of class time over the semester plus 3 hours of preparation time for each hour of class time. Lab courses require 1 additional hour per week of lab time for each hour of class time (total = 225 hours). This course is a lab course. You can expect to spend a total of 45 hours each week for 5 weeks on this class. Because the course is Web-based, you can expect to spend even more time on this course than you would on traditional courses.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  1. Analyze the educational, social, economic, and political attributes of instructional telecommunications systems.
  2. Identify the roles, functions, and training approaches of personnel involved in the organization of instructional telecommunications systems.
  3. Identify the hardware, software, and protocols involved in telecommunications networking.
  4. Develop and conduct a needs analysis and deliver a final report to a client.
  5. Demonstrate effective communication, leadership, and participatory team skills.
  6. Contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of an online course.

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Dates/Time/Location
The course is Web-based and begins on July 8, 2003. The only required class meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2003 from 5:30pm - 8:30pm. We will meet that day for a face-to-face orientation session in 603 Harrington Tower, TAMU in College Station, and by TTVN in San Antonio and Beaumont. The class session will also be available by live streaming video and FirstClass chat. Go to the Orientation unit to prepare for the orientation. Please bring:

Students who are unable to attend the class session either face-to-face in 603 Harrington Tower or via TTVN in San Antonio or Beaumont must log onto FirstClass and remain in a live chat and follow the session via live streaming video. Follow these instructions for accessing the session via live streaming video: 

  1.  Download and install RealOne Player software first, in advance of the July 8 class session
  2.  Go to the TAMU TTVN website
  3.  Click on "Streaming Media"
  4.  Click on "Live, scheduled classes via TTVN" at the time of the session

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Course Delivery
The course will be taught as a Web-based course using WebCT-Vista and FirstClass. No other course website will be used.

  1. WebCT-Vista: This program will be used for the syllabus, units, calendar, assignments, content, resources, and grades. Vista is accessible only through your preferred Neo account and will be available at https://webct.tamu.edu.
  2. FirstClass: The client version of this computer conferencing program will be used solely for group work on the needs analysis projects, FirstClass practice labs, and collaborative documents.

You are expected to have regular access throughout the semester to the Internet so that you may access the class. This access may be obtained through a university student account, a school district connection, or a private service. All students are eligible for a Neo account on the computer system at TAMU through the Computer Information Service

This course requires you to have access to the client version of FirstClass from your own desktop. To use collaborative documents, you must do so from the client version of FirstClass. You can access FirstClass from the Web for more limited access. Follow the instructions for downloading and installing FirstClass onto your computer at <http://fc.coe.tamu.edu>. Contact FirstClass Help <firstclass@coe.tamu.edu> for all technical difficulties or if you can't see the EDTC 664 Summer 03 conference on your FirstClass desktop. Your username is your first initial and last name (e.g., kmurphy) and your password is the last five digits of your student ID number.

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