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About This Course

More about Social Work 1010!

This course is structured into 15 modules with each module running one week (Monday-Sunday) long. This will be an asynchronous course, meaning all interaction will be conducted according to your individual schedules. We will not be meeting face-to-face. However, you will be expected to complete each module within the week's time frame.

Participation is key for online learning. Participation for this course is engaging with your peers in the discussion boards through text and video responses. Each week you will have 1-2 discussion boards in which you will post an answer to a question and then participate in a discussion of the topic with your classmates. If you have an issue and cannot post your initials answers to discussion questions, let me know asap. If you have a legitimate reason (severe illness, hospitalization, etc.), I will allow late posts. However, you cannot receive participation points if you are not involved in the course in a particular week. Discussion question participation will be the way you "attend class and participate" each week. In order to receive full points for participation each week, you must respond to at least 3 peer's discussion posts. A response must contain more than, "I like your post." It should contribute to the topic in a meaningful way - as if you were discussing the topic in a typical classroom. All posts should be written clearly using appropriate sentence structure/grammar/punctuation. If citing, use APA format and include your reference.

Although you will be logging into class on your own time frame, it is expected that you will "attend" class (log in) at least three (3) times per week, and post the minimum amount required (more is better) in each discussion board, in order to receive full participation points for the week. Instructors are able to monitor when a student is logged in, how many times a student posts, etc.

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Discussion Board

Discussion question participation will be the way you "attend class and participate" each week. In order to receive full points for participation each week, you must respond to at least 3 peer's discussion posts. A response must contain more than, "I like your post." It should contribute to the topic in a meaningful way - as if you were discussing the topic in a typical classroom. All posts should be written clearly using appropriate sentence structure/grammar/punctuation. If citing, use APA format and include your reference.

Responses to others must add substantively to the discussion by building upon classmates’ ideas or posing critical questions to further the discussion. For example, a posting of “I agree with what people are saying” is not sufficient. What is considered sufficient is initiating further discussion; promoting further thought; providing critical or integrative dialogue; providing effective support or encouragement; challenging by showing supporting literature or other documentation, and/or self-reflecting regarding the topic. An ideal response to another student looks like:

Example Response

Student Name,

I appreciated reading your initial post this week as you highlight many of the difficulties in approaching research from a qualitative perspective. However, in their work, Jones (2011) notes that qualitative research is an approach to gathering data that is both inquisitive and challenging. Moreover, what I respect about the process of qualitative inquiry is that in-depth and personally significant questions or inquiry can be asked. Do you agree or disagree with Jones’s (2011) statement that qualitative research is both inquisitive and challenging…and what would you say is the difference between qualitative and quantitative inquiry? Thoughts?

Regards, My Name

References: Jones, B. (2011). Qualitative approaches to data collection. Journal of Qualitative Research, 12(2), 334-354.

Course Work

Each module is set up similarly: weekly to-do list, assigned readings, videos and other learning material, discussion boards, and assignments. There will be three exams in this course containing multiple choice and essay questions.

You will notice one discussion boards which is not tied to the modules in this class: "Class Forum" linked from the "Question" link below banner image. The "Class Forum" discussion board is a place for you to ask general questions related to the course, course material, and assignments. Please do not email the instructor about these types of questions. Instead post in the "Class Forum" board so other students, who may have similar questions, can read the response from the instructor. The "Resources" discussion board will be a board where instructors and students can post resources (articles, books, videos, etc) that may be of interest to the entire class. For personal questions/issues/difficulties, please send a private message using "Inbox" tool or email your instructor directly.

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