course-summary

EDUC-8844-1 Designing Instruction for Distance Education · Explain characteristics of successful eBusiness. · Describe best practices how to market on the Web. · Assimilate basic terminology related to eBusiness The content of the course will be delivered by using a Wiki and on a standard website which will allow students to interact with each other through group discussions by posting comments and sharing ideas.
 * Distance education course project: **
 * Module 1 **** Basic course information summary **
 * Title ** : eBusiness Basics
 * Topic ** : Developing understanding of an online business
 * Student Population ** : Community College Students and adults who are interested in developing an understanding of the back end operations of an eBusiness
 * Class Size ** : up to 15 students
 * Learner Characteristics: **
 * Age Group or Grade Level: ** College-level students
 * Diversities and exceptionalities: ** Students who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs and starting an eBusiness, Web Design students that want to learn about the eBusiness industry.
 * Prerequisites: ** Must have prior computer and Internet/Web experience.
 * Course Description: ** The aim of this course is to delve into the topic of eBusiness Technologies by fueling continuous collective dialogue and questioning of ideas among the students thereby allowing them to assimilate the ideas. The ideas presented will include a balanced coverage of both the technical and the management aspects of successful eBusiness. It covers business strategies, and technological involvement in the design and deployment of business on the internet and World Wide Web. Upon completion of the unit, through continuous discussion and assimilation, the students will be able to create a near transfer of the topic.
 * Course Outcomes: ** After completing this class, student will be able to:
 * Topics covered include: ** Characteristics of successful Web sites, new technologies, communication strategies. Case studies of eBusiness will be examined.
 * Method of Delivery: ** The course is an online course which implements reading and interactive activities which builds upon their knowledge such as creating fictitious eBusinesses and dissecting existing ones to evaluate why they are successful or not. Each unit comes with links to key readings which are integrated into activities in order for the students to synthesize ideas.

Dr. Moller suggestion: Putting the instruction into a case study or a product where they are building a web site, especially if they are working in small teams/collaboration you would move the project more aligned with constructivist philosophy by situating the learning in a context/applying it in a more ill structured way, thus the teachers role is much more of a guide on the side both in terms of facilitating the project and the collaboration. Kind of like what we are doing in this class. It is just an idea I am not telling you what to do, you do not have to follow my idea as if it were the only way.

I am working now on the suggestion, hopefully I can post the update tonight.

Thanks