What kind of time commitment is required?
Although this is a part-time course, designed to be as flexible as possible to fit in with the timetables of full- as well as part-time lecturers, tutors and teachers, it does require a definite time commitment, as follows:Online hours: You will normally be expected to spend one to two online hours per week for an asynchronous class (this is most likely to be divided over the time it takes to make two or more separate posts on separate occasions) and one hour per week for a synchronous class (participating in a virtual discussion). Most students will normally take two modules at any given time, and in any given week may therefore have a combination of two asynchronous classes (most common), one asynchronous and one synchronous class, or two synchronous classes (least common). Inbuilt flexibility in the system means that students may spend more time on asynchronous topics which are of particular interest to them.
