Graduate Program in Education INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNERS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (EDME 536-01) SPRING 2015 _________________________________________ Professor: Nancy J. Patrick, Ph.D. Course Dates: January 11 to March 7, 2015 Phone: 717-769-1800 ext. 7239 717-497-9846 (cell) Email:
[email protected] Office hours: Tuesday evenings or by appointment Faculty Availability: via chat discussion, email, text (717-497-9846), phone, Skype (nancyjpatrick) or FaceTime (
[email protected]) or face-to-face by appointment. Contact: I will be checking in on the course several times per day during the work week (unless otherwise notified). I am also very willing and happy to communicate individually with students as needed. Please contact me via email only if your question is of a personal nature. If you have questions about the course (assignments, dates, expectations, etc.) please post them on the General Course Discussion so that everyone can benefit from the answers. If you contact me individually, my commitment is to respond to you in 24 hours or less on weekdays. If you have an urgent question on the weekend, you may contact me on my cell phone (717) 497-9846. Faculty Expectations of Students: Orientation: At the beginning of the course you are expected to read the entire course syllabus, familiarize yourself with the course calendar and practice navigating the content in each of the Canvas tabs used in this course. Announcements: Please make sure that you read the announcements every time you log in to the course and it is possible to set-up your email and/or smartphone to alerts of announcements posted in the course in Canvas.