Overview
MDDE 650: Tutoring and Student Support in Distance Education and Training introduces variations in tutoring and student support as well as important concepts and issues. Students will critically analyze concepts, issues, and problems in the provision of tutoring and student supports.
The course also addresses practices and plans for providing tutoring and student support services. The course concludes by having students create a plan for tutoring and student support in their own organization or in an educational environment of their choice.
Outline
The course is organized in three units as described below.
Unit 1: Concepts and Conceptual Frameworks
This unit introduces concepts and conceptual frameworks that are relevant to tutoring and student support systems. Students are encouraged to explore these and other concepts further as they relate to their own interests and concerns.
Unit 2: The Elements and Administration of Tutoring and Student Support Systems
In this unit, students will learn how tutoring and student support systems in distance and workplace learning are used to fulfill functions associated with both academic and non-academic support for a variety of types of students using local, regional, and/or central services. Students will examine the roles, functions and elements of tutoring and student support systems and explore how or when they require adaptations to deal with circumstances associated with curricula, clients and technological systems. Students will also examine the organization, administration, and evaluation of tutoring and student support systems.
Unit 3: Designing a Tutoring and Student Support System
In this unit students will focus on the development of a tutoring and student support system for curricula and clients they have identified. The activities will focus on how the elements might be organized, what elements may be included, and how the system may be assessed, evaluated and revised.
Evaluation
Students will be graded on the basis of three assignments and course participation.
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1: Complete a review and critique of a selected article. | 20% |
| Assignment 2: Part A: Student Support Analysis Paper. Part B: Forum Moderation | 35% |
| Assignment 3: Students will prepare a tutoring and student support plan for a population of students in a program of their choice. | 35% |
| Forum Participation | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
Other Materials
All materials for this course can be found online.