Other components of the course require the expertise of Center for Distributed Learning personnel and funding for student workers is included in the budget of this proposal. The course design includes ongoing data collection on student performance. Performance data will be used to assess effectiveness of various components of the course and revisions will be based on those data. The number of students who complete the four-course sequence and who pass the national certification examination will serve as a measure of overall program effectiveness. Time to complete course development is approximately 9 months to complete this course.
Timetable is as follows.
No funding or support is requested for the instructor, who will carry at least a normal workload throughout course development. Support of the professionals in the Center for Distributed Learning has been significant in the past and continuing support has been committed. Although the particular programming skills required would be well beyond the budget of most universities, such a programmer is available for this project, at below-market cost, as a result of personal commitment to the development of distant education in behavior analysis. Funding is also requested for programming revisions to data base and wages for hourly CDL personnel. Although no financial support is available from School of Community Service, the Dean has expressed enthusiastic endorsement of the project as signified by his signature below.