The program incorporates engaged learning, a participant project, Web authoring, and a staff development plan. Participants met at Fermilab for eighty hours and also spent substantial time outside of class completing assignments and project work. The participants will spend the equivalent eighty hours plus homework in their online work and class time. LInC has been offered in an online format for six semesters starting in 1997. Supplemental readings may be assigned by URL or handed out as hard copy.
Some flexibility is required due to the constant flux of current, relevant information.
The units will be woven together as participants produce an online project. The Engaged Learning component will provide the backbone structure for the class. Technology Resources and Skills are units that are flexible, and may be self-guided. There will be weekly assignments on the topics covered above. The assignments will culminate in the completion of an engaged learning project on the Web and the creation of a staff development plan.