MDDE 618: Instructional Project Management

Delivery mode: Online course using Moodle

Credits: 3 - Elective

Prerequisites: MDDE 604 highly recommended

Instructors Winter 2013: TBA

Overview

Instructional Project Management aims to introduce the general concepts of project management competencies for those who work in the development and production of educational projects. In this course you will explore the current and future climate of the distance education and learning industry and formulate strategies to respond to that climate. You will develop an awareness of the issues faced by distance education organizations, the challenges of selecting of learning technologies, and the relative costs of delivery.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course students should be able to manage an educational project from inception to completion. Specifically, this course will:

• Introduce you to the process required to launch a successful project;

• Initiate you to team-building skills;

• Provide you with an overview of the project management phases;

• Teach you the basic skills of each element in the project management cycle;

• Provide the opportunity to practice and apply those skills.

Course Outline

To help you attain these objectives, the course has been designed around six units:

Unit 1: Introduction to Project Management

Unit 2: Team Building

Unit 3: Initiation

Unit 4: Planning

Unit 5: Execution

Unit 6: Completion

Student Evaluation

There are three assignments in this course designed to offer the students the opportunity to apply what they have learned to a specific case. The assignments will be centered on the four major phases of a project life cycle. Assignments will build upon one another, as one is completed students will be expected to make modifications based on the feedback and then build their next assignment onto the previous one.

Please note that some changes in schedules and/or specifics of assignments may be made from time to time or by individual instructors.

Course Materials

• Study Guide in Moodle;

• Textbook.
  Lynch, M. M., & Roecker, J. (2007). Project managing E-learning: A handbook for successful design, delivery and management. Routledge.

• Course Reader.
  Readings are provided in print format, downloadable PDF files or as links to readings located on the Internet.

CDE - Last updated by MM February 06, 2012