Online teaching approach
Most students find they are online about 3 times each week, and when they are on the discussion board, they are either giving their view about the issue under review, or are commenting upon the views of other students in the class.
The online model does not require you to be online on a particular day or time. Most of the 11-week classes will be divided into one or two week modules focusing on particular topics or areas. During each of these one or two week time periods you are expected to be online to join the discussion around that particular topic or area.
Seminar Room
The Seminar Room is a text based discussion board where most of the academic interaction between students and the lecturer, takes place during each course.
For each of the 1 or 2 week modules or units, you will normally be required to give your view about an issue which the lecturer has raised, and which follows the theme of that particular 1 or 2 week module or unit. Having given your view (normally around 250 words), you can expect that view to be debated by other students in the class.
You are also expected to do the same thing, and enter into discussion and debate with other students. From these multiple discussion threads, managed and moderated by the lecturer, come new insights, new contexts, and a deeper understanding of the issues you have studied.
Assessment
In a typical course, a significant of your assessment will be based on the quality of your contributions to the Seminar Room, and the depth and breadth of your interaction and discussion with the other students and the lecturer. To succeed in this environment you need to have pre-read your course materials, undertaken your own wider reading and research, and then enter the discussion for each module or unit prepared to bring your own knowledge and experiences to share with others.
In addition, you can normally expect an individual assignment or project, and in most courses there will also be a requirement for a group project to be done. There are no exams, and no requirement to come to Adelaide at any stage.
Student Support
Each online course website also includes a Staff Office where you can ask questions of an administrative nature about the course, or your studies in general. There is also on all the course websites, a direct link to the University Library with a rich array of searchable d-bases related to business, with most journal articles normally available in downloadable formats.
Each course website also contains a separate free discussion space, where students can spend time getting to know one another, and develop networking opportunities
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