Welcome

Mon July 13 - Thurs July 16

Class Profile: Your individual information (name, geographic location, school/workplace name, years teaching and at what level, hobbies) is to be shared in the CI Lounge and will be used by the instructor to create a Class Profile reference chart and map of participants for easy reference.

  1. Course Outline: Description, Expectations (Posting/Facilitating), Assignments, Assessment
  2. Familiarization with the BlackBoard landscape and features
  3. Questions can be left in Questions & Answers for instructor/peers to respond to
  4. Assignment 1 article should be considered, and preferably chosen/retrieved (via Ebsco, libraries?) for reading/analysis
  5. RefShare access through Nipissing library website
  6. Delicious (social bookmarking) site for EDUC 5246
   

Week 1

Fri July 17 - Thurs July 23

Curriculum Focus: The History of Curriculum in Ontario/Canada

Curriculum Readings # 1-5 from the Course-Pack

Facilitation of On-line Posting: Check the schedule to see which group you are in each week and when your turn as the facilitator will begin/end. Each group Facilitator will be responsible for three things during their one week as Facilitator: (i) very brief summaries of the week's articles with key questions added; (ii) on-going responses/questions/clarifications throughout week; and, (iii) a summary of group's discussions posted in Module Summaries.

   

Week 2

Fri July 24 - Thurs July 30

Curriculum Focus: Curriculum Theory and Development

Curriculum Readings # 6-11 from the Course-Pack

   

Week 3

Fri July 31 -Thurs Aug 6

Curriculum Focus: Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting in the Curriculum

Curriculum Readings # 16-20 from the Course-Pack
   

Week 4

Fri Aug 7 - Thurs Aug 13


Curriculum Focus: Ontario's Curriculum (Present/Future) & Technology in and across the Curriculum

Curriculum Readings # 12-15, 21-25 from the Course-Pack
   

Week 5

Fri Aug 14 - Wed Aug 19

Open Forum Discussion & Course/Instructor Evaluations

  • Critical Analysis Paper due midnight Monday August 17th
  • "Notes, Quotes, & Anecdotes" posted for general discussion
  • Course/Instructor Evaluations