The course is designed to provide students with an overview of the fields of instructional design, instructional technology and distance education and the trends and issues that have impacted these areas in the past and present, and the impact on future directions of these fields. In addition, students will explore some of the innovations and latest research practices in these fields and how these have been influenced by the preponderance of emerging technologies.
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This course covers a wide range of topics such as: what managers do; the process of management; the practices of management (e.g. leadership and motivation); the functions of management; strategic management. There will be emphasis on the current organizational environment and how globalization and technology affect the processes and practices of management and the functions of businesses.
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This course allows students to create, save, manage and retrieve digital assets in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Content Management Systems (CMS) using a variety of e?learning standards and specifications. In addition, students will be able to create and define a template and a data structure for all types of content/learning management systems.
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This course provides students with the knowledge to be financially literate and to interface confidently with the finance function in order to achieve the company’s strategic plans. With sustainability as a cross cutting theme, students are introduced to the main topics in accounting and finance that impact on the strategic decisions that are made in organisations on a daily basis. Through the use of case studies and projects, students gain hands-on experience in the strategic deployment of financial literacy by managers.
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This course allows students to employ a variety of media tools to enhance learning. This will include the creation of video scripts, audio scripts, simple animations, podcasts, vodcasts, websites and other web media development tools.
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The course introduces students to graduate level work in MIS, and provides them with an overview of the seminal papers in the field. It also reviews current developments in the field. Student are guided and supervised on a virtual tour of the literature in Management Information Systems. Topics to be covered include the MIS Forum, Research in MIS, MIS and the Organisation, MIS and the Scholar/Professional.
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This course allows students to design a problem- based, collaborative learning/work or performance-geared solution. Theories, models and activities associated with the design of the environments/solutions will be reviewed with the primary goal of completing design project. Social aspects of the design process (i.e. communities of practice, use of groupware, etc.) and final solution will be explored.
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The course seeks to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to conduct a research project, with specific reference to data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, and the presentation of research. The course will be delivered in tandem with the Research Paper/Practicum.
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This course allows students to analyse learning and performance needs using a guided framework. This will include the creation of assessment instruments, collection and evaluation of data, and the provision of instructional and non-instructional interventions/recommendations.
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This course normally follows the completion of the taught courses. The basic objective of this programme element is to provide the students with an opportunity to gain practical experience with reputable organisations in the Caribbean region or internationally. The project will be applied in nature producing outcomes of use to managers and decision-makers; students will be required to demonstrate understanding of the inter-disciplinary nature of research in the social sciences, and competence in the process of research design.
