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 * EDU11100 Introduction to Blended and Online Education **

**Trimester 1 2011/12 **

__Group Assignment Learning Contract __

The purpose of this Learning Contract is to help ensure that each group has a successful collaborative working experience in undertaking the group case study assignment for the module Introduction to Blended and Education.

Once your group membership is confirmed at the start of Week 5 beginning Monday the 3rd October, your first key task as a group is to complete and agree this contract. The contract should then be posted to your group’s discussion board no later than Tuesday the 11th October.

After having read and discussed the group assignment specification, please complete all sections of the Learning Contract (note section 7 is optional).

__Group members: __

__Case study: __

__Group tutor: __


 * 1. Group Chairperson : **


 * 2. Chosen issues. **Please indicate below which one core and which additional key issue your group has decided to focus upon in your report.

You should elaborate on your choice by identifying any particular angle to be taken in your chosen core and key issues, or by indicating possible options you would like guidance on for your group tutor.

**Application of educational technologies** (e.g. implementation and use of multimedia, communication tools, assessment tools, or other chosen technology)v

**Usability and accessibility**


 * 3. Agreed roles and responsibilities. **Please use this section to provide an overview of key tasks assigned to each member of the group.


 * 4. Key dates. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Please indicate any key dates including deadlines for completing aspects of the work that you have agreed (even if some are provisional dates for now), and who has chief responsibility for meeting them.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. Group communications. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Detail below any arrangements you have agreed for how you will communicate and collaborate online, including regular online meetings. Please note though the expected use of the discussion board as the place where the bulk of communications should take place.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">It might be useful also to think about how you might constructively resolve any difficulties that might arise (e.g. if someone can’t meet a deadline, etc), and how you will record progress as you undertake the project. We strongly recommend you take turns in summarising key points from online meetings and post them to your discussion board so a record of agreed actions is kept.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">6. Back-up copies. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Indicate below how often you plan on securing your work on the wiki and who will be responsible for that task. We recommend that text HTML back-up’s from your Wiki, or plain Word back-up copies, be taken and posted as attachments to your group discussion board after major edits.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">7. Other considerations. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please use this space to record any other points your group has raised or agreed in preparing to undertake the project.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Date of learning contract completion (Chairperson to record):

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Every group member agreed contract? (Chairperson to type YES or NO):