Course Formats and Scheduling
This page was last updated on August 16, 2010
These programs are entirely online and include rich weekly face-to-face meetings in a multipoint videoconferencing environment (AdobeConnect). Within this system, students get an opportunity to meet and speak directly with their professors and colleagues in full video and sound, and with multimedia sharing capabilities from their own homes, anywhere in the world.
In addition, many other affordances are used, such as WebCT for sharing of documents, blogs, discussion forums, and a dedicated e-mail system. Wikis and pod casts using UOIT's iTunesU account are also being introduced. Some courses are also making use of social media for increased discussions and for promoting the sharing of ideas and resources in a strong social-constructivist approach.
In summary, this program is designed to meet the needs of professional educators interested in not only studying Education and Digital Technology, but in also living the experience, wherever they may be.
Course Formats
Courses are completely online and there are no on-campus classes.
You must be present and able to fully participate for the entirety of each class during the scheduled time, using the video-conferencing software provided. Courses are offered four terms each year as follows:
TERM
|
Month(s) |
Days and hours
|
Times
|
Summer
|
July
(4 weeks)
|
Monday to Friday
2 hours/course
(total of 36 hours/course)
|
9-11am
12 - 2 pm
1-3pm
3 - 5 pm
|
Fall
|
September to December
(12 weeks)
|
one night a week
3 hours per course
(total of 36 hours/course)
|
6 - 9 pm
or
7-10pm
|
Winter
|
January to April
(12 weeks)
|
one night a week
3 hours/course
(total of 36 hours/course)
|
6 - 9 pm
or
7-10pm
|
Spring
|
May & June
(9 weeks)
|
a) one night a week
4 hours/course
(total of 36 hours/course)
or
b) two nights a week
2 hours/course
(total of 36 hours/course)
|
a) 6 - 10 pm
b) 6-8 pm
|
If a student is unable to take a course in any given term due to personal (work, family, etc) or health (injury, illness, maternity, etc) reasons, then the student is able to request a leave of absence from their studies. Graduate students are eligible for up to 3 leaves of absence (3 terms) over the course of their studies; however, the request must be submitted prior to the start of any given term.
For the current schedule of courses, please see
Course Availability located in the Current Student section. (will open in a new window)
