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Overview

MDDE 618: Instructional Project Management introduces general project management competencies for those individuals in the development and production of educational projects. The course explores the current and future climate (including AI) of the distance education and learning industry and formulates strategies to respond to that climate. Students will learn about the issues faced by distance education organizations, the challenges of selecting appropriate learning technologies, and the relative costs of delivery as well as ways in which can successfully manage DE projects of various sizes.

Outline

The course is composed of six units:

• Unit 1: Introduction to Project Management
• Unit 2: Team Building
• Unit 3: Initiation
• Unit 4: Planning
• Unit 5: Execution
• Unit 6: Completion

Learning outcomes

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

• Use the processes required to launch a successful project
• Use a variety of team-building skills
• Be able to describe the project management phases
• Learn the basic skills associated with each element of the project management cycle, including the use of AI tools, and
• Practice and apply those skills by completing the course assignments

Evaluation

Students will be graded on the basis of four assignments and course participation. Assignments are designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply what they have learned to a specific case. The assignments are centred on the four major phases of a project life cycle. Assignments build upon one another; as one is completed, students are expected to make modifications based on the feedback and then build their next assignment onto the previous one.

Materials

Digital course materials

Links to the following course materials will be made available in the course:

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All course resources are online via Moodle.

Important links

• Course schedule