CHILD DEVELO PMENT AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES 120: CHILD DEVELOPMENT ONLINE

SYLLABUS
REVISED- SUMMER 2012- REVISED
June 25 July 29 Instructor: Office: Online Office Hrs: Phone: E-mail: Website: Sharon DeLeon 1414-B (I will not be on campus except to pick up assignments) Mon. and Wed. 9:00 10:00am 714-992-7498 [email protected] or [email protected] staffwww.fullcoll.edu/sdeleon ***IT IS BEST TO EMAIL ME THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE WEB CO URSE COURSE DESCRIPTIO N: This course studies the individual from conception through adolescence with an emphasis on physical, psychosocial and cognitive growth. Both theoretical and practical viewpoints will be examined.

STUD ENT LEARNING O UTCO M ES: Upon successful completion of CDES 120F, the student will be able to: 1) Differentiate development in all the domains of child development: physical, psychosocial, and cognitive and integrate knowledge of the domains into comprehensive understanding of child development. 2) 3) Contrast and critique theoretical frameworks that apply to child development. Design, implement and critique interactions with children that apply developmental theories. FULLERTON COLLEGE (2012). CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL

TEXTS: 1) 2)

STUDIES 120: CHILD DEVELOPMENT. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. ed NY: McGraw-Hill

Root, Neva and Sharon De Leon. (2010) Child Development Interviewing Guide. 6th

COURSE REQ UIREMENTS AND GRADING: POINTS POSSIBLE: PARTICIPATION: INTERVIEWS: #1: #2: #3: EXAMS: Sensorimotor Development Cognitive Development Moral Development 4@ 50 each EXAM 5 TOTAL: 120 120 120 200 75 585 50 Choose two of the three for a total of 240 points SCALE: 526 585: 468 525: 409 467: 351 408: below 351: A B C D F

WO RKLOAD: If you have taken an online class before, you know that an online class takes as much if not more time than a traditional face to face class. Added to the time needed for a traditional class is the time required to learn the online program (Blackboard 9.1) and mastering any technology and/or computer problems. In a traditional full semester class, you attend class three hours each week and are expected to spend a minimum of six hours outside of class for reading, test preparation and assignments. This class is less than a third the length of a traditional semester so budget your time wisely. You should plan on spending at least 30 hours per week on the course. Be sure to set aside time each day to access the course, listen to lectures (plus movies and PowerPoint), post to the discussion board, take exams and complete assignments. Be sure to access this class several times each week. You have one week between exams to do all of the work within a content module. Keep in mind that if you only access on weekends, there is little to no technical assistance available to you. I login both morning and evening during the week but only once over the weekend. PARTICIPATIO N: To get onto Blackboard, go to http://online.fullcoll.edu/ and read the instructions for logging in. Upon entering the course you will see your dashboard which functions much like the MyGateway dashboard. Select the GETTING STARTED tool from the course menu on the left of your screen. Completion of the online orientation on June 25 is mandatory. The orientation includes signing on to the discussion board to introduce yourself which must also be completed by midnight of the 25th. Students who do not do both by midnight will be dropped and other students will be added to fill the vacancies. Regular and active participation in the class lectures and discussions is required. These experiences replace the in class experience of a traditional course. Students are required to post an original response to the discussion question and a reply or follow-up question for each of Parts 1-5. We have 5 weeks of class and five modules (parts) to the course. The discussion board for each part is open only that week. You have the week to do all the material for that module, including the test. Be sure to post your response and reply to at least one other students response BEFORE you take your test. (Otherwise, it will not be counted). All postings must demonstrate knowledge of the topic (based on the reading assignments and lecture). Postings must be original and not a repeat of another students posting. Single-line, obligatory postings and redundant messages will not meet the course participation requirement. These discussions are your opportunity to exchange ideas with others in your class and count for @ 70% of the participation points. Listening to the lectures, watching the PowerPoint for each chapter as well as any movies posted are required. These activities comprise the other 30% of the participation points. Other study tools that may be posted for the module are for the students benefit but are not graded. INTERVIEWS: Interviews must be typed and written at the college level. Students are required to listen to relevant lectures, interview instructions and interview examples to have papers read for credit. Interviews are to be turned in as hard copy, (in the campus mailroom by 4:00 pm on the due date). Include a self -addressed envelope large

enough for your paper (larger than a legal size) with sufficient postage for the return. Comments will be

included on the papers and it is expected that errors will be corrected for the next paper. In addition, students must keep backup copies of all written work, by saving all work either on hard drive or diskette. Be sure to photocopy game pages as well as the written portion so the back-up copy is complete. NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. I will pick up the interviews from the mailroom after 4:00 on the due date and will not be back on campus before the next paper is due. Students are required to electronically submit written work to Turnitin.com to check for similarities between student submissions and the Internet, various research databases, and the Turnitin.com database of previous student submissions. The Turnitin.com receipt is to be attached to the submitted interview. So dont forget to do this before mailing your paper. By taking this course, students agree that all assignments are subject to plagiarism detection processes and plagiarism penalties. Assignments submitted to Turnitin.com become part of their database but remain the intellectual property of the author. Turnitin.com password is deleonsumm12 the ID number is 5212944. EXAMS: Exams are taken online and are a combination of factual, conceptual, and applied questions. They are to be taken during the scheduled times and are timed. Once the exam begins, it cannot be stopped. Once it has been submitted, it cannot be retrieved and changed. Exams are available the entire week of each module. See the calendar for specific dates. For example, the first content module, Introduction and Theories, is June 25 to June 30. All work for this module must be completed during this time, including the test by midnight of the 30th. This format will be the same for all modules except the last one that extends an additional day for completion of the test. NO MAKE-UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. Course policies and procedures: 1. It is the responsibility of the student to make all arrangements for withdrawal if this becomes necessary, using the proper procedures and deadlines set by the Admissions and Records Office. The last day to drop with a W is July 21. 2. Students MUST NOT copy or record any of the course materials without written permission from the instructor. Copying exam questions, etc. will result in an F grade for the course. 3. Online discussions should be a safe place to acquire knowledge and insight through an exchange of information and ideas; therefore students must be respectful of others and professional in all online communications, using the following guidelines: * * * Include your name in all discussion group postings. It is considered rude to not identify yourself in a classroom forum. Be respectful about what you say about others and to others, being careful to evaluate ideas, rather than being critical of people. Capitalizing entire words that are not titles or headings is considered SHOUTING. Thus, online discussions should use capitalized words only as a title or heading.

Be professional in all communications, which means: do not use emotions (i.e. ), or abbreviations (i.e. LOL) or text messaging short cuts (U in place of you). Write in complete sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization. These posts are considered professional correspondence, treat them as such.

Profanity is NOT allowed in any way, shape or form.

Computer and Internet Access: Students must have reliable and regular access to a computer and the Internet. Employed students should not rely on using their employers computer. Often company computers have firewalls and other security features that present enormous problems with the format of an online course. All students must check the browser they are using the first day of class. In most cases Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher works best. For Mac users Safari works best. It is students responsibility to tune their browser. Those using AOL or other such browsers should make sure it is java-enabled and that the pop-up ad blocker is turned off. In some cases, security programs/virus protection programs may also block pop-ups, so, please make sure this is turned off. It is possible that your browser may interpret the exams and some of the other activities as pop-ups and they will be blocked from use. It is the students responsibility to resolve any technical problems. Students are not allowed to make up work or turn in late assignments because their computer broke or the browser wasnt compatible with the Blackboard course. The ability to view Quicktime movies, PowerPoint, and mp3 audio are required. Handouts are PDF read only documents.