E.+Assignments+-+Weekly

1. Get on course wikispace (internationalteched) 2. Get course syllabus and other documents posted on the site. 3. Create your own personal page on the wikispace. Page Title = **XXPERSONAL PAGE FOR //YOUR NAME//**. Please use this title, including the XX in front of Personal Page. Type your own name instead of YOUR NAME. This will keep all Personal Pages listed after all other pages in the Navigation List on the left side of the wiki Home Page. On your new personal page, **type your name in ALL CAPS** at the top of the page, which will quickly identify your page for your classmates whenever they have it open. **BE SURE you hit the SAVE button before you exit!!! You MUST do this each time you work on your Personal Page!** 4. Get textbook (listed on syllabus) - thumb through and see what information is available 5. Choose "your country" plus an alternate in case 2 people in the class want the same country. Check your classmates' personal pages and be sure no one has already chosen the country you want. If someone else has already entered the country you chose on his/her personal page, then choose an alternate country that no one else has entered. Under your name at the top of your personal page, type: **My country for this course is NAME OF COUNTRY IN ALL CAPS.** 6. Learn something interesting about your country and post this information on your page on the wiki 7. Read the paper (posted on wiki) on vocational education for productivity. Make yourself a copy to use in class. Be prepared to discuss in class. Also find the PowerPoint slides on Competency-Based education (page is here on wiki) and print yourself a copy to bring to class for discussion. To print all the Notes available on the PPT slides, you should use the Print Notes option in the PPT Print dialog box. Ask for instructions on how to do this if you are not sure.
 * __Assignments for Class #2 (Wednesday, June 5)__**

__**Assignments for Class #3 (Monday, June 10)**__ 1. Be sure you have created your Personal Page on the wiki and all previous required posting are up to date. 2. Add 3 new interesting things about "your" country to your Personal Page. Remember, you can add interesting images such as maps, flags, photos of people and places, etc. The Internet is a good source of these graphic components; they make your Personal Page informative, attractive, and interesting. 3. Read the Personal Pages of your classmates - you should do this for each class meeting. 4. Be sure you have carefully read the paper on //Opening the Door to Productivity// for discussion. 5. There is inherent tension between the kinds of "universal" training discussed in the //Opening the Door to Productivity// //paper// and the need for customized training designed specifically to meet the workforce demands of an individual company or organization. Be prepared to compare and contrast these different types of training and the benefits and shortcomings of each type of training. 6. Go to the page here on our wiki named O*NET Online. Complete the online research assignment posted there and be prepared to participate in a discussion of the questions listed for you. 7. International news item - find one that interests you and be prepared to present it orally to class (summary, source, implications for workforce education or business). Also, post a very brief summary (4-5 sentences + the source/date citation) on your Personal Page. Head your posting with the title **News Report #1**

1. Add another 3 new things about your country to your personal page. 2. Go to the page here on wiki named DISCUSSION. Read the questions posted there and type in your response to contribute to the discussion. We will review and discuss your responses in class. 3. Do the assignment on Situational Ethics and be prepared for disucssion. Make a copy of your assignment to use in class discussion. "Submit" your assignment by posting it on your personal page under the heading **Situational Ethics.** 4. Complete your first Country Insight Report: //The People of "your country"// Instructions of what to include are in your course syllabus. Post a copy of your Insight report on your Personal Page under the heading INSIGHT: THE PEOPLE OF (Your Country) 5. Prepare to further discuss the Productivity paper, O*NET, your Situational Ethics assignment, your responses to the online DISCUSSION, and your Country Insight report.
 * __Asssignments for Class #4 (Wednesday, June 12)__**

1. We will continue to discuss the Productivity paper, O*Net, your situational ethics assignment, your online discussion, and your country insight report in class. 2. Post 2 - 3 more things about your country on your Personal Page on Wiki. 3. Email Dr. Ausburn two (2) questions about your country by Monday afternoon before class. NOTE: BE sure the answer to your questions is available on your wiki page! Choose 2 questions that you feel represent important information about your country. Your questions should be in multiple choice format, with 4 alternative answers to each question. Make sure all your alternative are "good" or "reasonable" answers to someone who does not know the correct answer - avoid silly or trivial alternatives that are obviously not correct. Be sure you mark which answer is correct for each question. 4. Complete your 2nd news article assignment, exactly as you did for June 11 class.
 * __Assignments for Class #5 (Monday, June 17)__**

1. Work on your country report and (__IF you are a graduate student__) your training proposal. 2. Put everything you want to add about your country on your Personal Page on the wikispace. Please BE SURE the information that answers the quiz questions you submitted on ON YOUR PERSONAL PAGE! 3. Complete your second Country Insight Country report: //How to Get Along in (Your Country).// Instructions of what to include are in your course syllabus. Post a copy of your Insight report on your Personal Page under the heading INSIGHT: HOW TO GET ALONG IN (Your Country) 3. Work on answering your course "exam," which is the //Country Quiz// that will be soon available on wiki. The Quiz will be available on wiki on a separate page named CLASS COUNTRY QUIZ as soon as possible. You should find the answers to all quiz questions on your classmates' personal pages on wiki. Please bring your completed Country Quiz to our **__last class meeting in Tulsa.__** 1. Complete your 3rd news item report - do it exactly like the previous 2. 2. Work on your country report and (graduate students ONLY) training proposal. You will present and turn in at last class meeting. 3. Be VERY SURE the information that answers your country quiz questions can be found by your classmates on your wiki Personal Page. 4. Work on your Country Quiz exam - you will turn in at last class meeting.
 * __Assignments for Class #6 (Wednesday, June 19)__**
 * __Assignments for Class #7 (Monday, June 24)__**

1, Present Country Reports and turn in all materials you want considered in your grade. 2. Turn in training proposals. 3. Turn in completed Country Quiz paper.
 * __Class #8 - FINAL CLASS (Wednesday, June 26)__**
 * REMEMBER, you must come to Tulsa for this final class meeting to make your presentation(s) and turn in your projects! **