Technical aspects and Subscriptions Forms
50. TECHNICAL NOTES.
51. Length of study sessions.
The first groups of study sessions have an indicated study time of 30 or 60 minutes. After that, the sessions last at least 2 hours, in one or two cases even longer.
52. Reminders, reports, and exams (tutor-supported courses)
See : The Student’s progress chart.
The course has systematic built-in reminders (recalls) of the most important aspects of the course. Important concepts are approached from different angles.
As a second-level recall, students must submit a report block by block on the work they have done.
As a third-level recall, students must pass exams for each Section of the course.
53. Written work (“exercises”)
The student’s work takes the form of research, opinion, and reports.
The division between research and opinion is not always clear. Some research topics contain elements of opinion. Some opinions contain elements of research.
For a research activity, the student is asked to collect and present certain information, often information on the local situation in his chosen project area. During the course of this work, the student is making preparation for the project for his/her own project area, which he/she is asked to draft during the fourth quarter, at the end of the course.
.Students are often asked to supply their opinion on principles and information presented in the course material.
Tutor-support students must prepare block by block reports on the work they have done. Approval of the report by the tutor is required before the student can proceed to the following block.
From time to time the tutor student’s tutor will transmit to the student a series of .htm files with the student’s code. Each ,htm file refers to a specific piece of research or to an opinion.
Once the work in question has been completed, the student copies it by e-mail to the tutor.
All work received is part of the information collected by NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet on the project, region, and country in question. The best exercises will be published on website www.flowman.nl for the benefit of the general public.
54. Pages for written work.
“One page” is an .htm document, the equivalent of a page size A4. One page contains a maximum of 500 words.
“Two pages” means an .htm document, the equivalent of two pages size A4. Two pages contain a maximum of 1000 words. A plan is usually provided for work more than one page long.
60. SUBSCRIPTIONS.
61. Independent studies : (facultative) subscription form.
We are interested in receiving information from everyone who decides to follow the course, even where they do it independently and free of charge. We want to know the country, region, and project area they are working in. We wish to create a statistical data-base on applications of the Model. We are interested in helping students with the drafting and execution of their projects.
Students are asked to let us publish their contact information on website www.flowman.nl for the benefit of the general public.
62. Tutor-supported studies : application form.
“Paying” students must fill the application form in. Students are asked to let us publish their contact information on website www.flowman.nl for the benefit of the general public.
Under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence under which our work, including this course, has been placed in the public domain and made available to all free of charge, NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet (Another Way) reserves to right to information on all project documentation drafted in terms of the Model by third parties and/or put into execution, where appropriate to correct and approve them (free of charge) and at its discretion to publish them on website www.flowman.nl for the benefit of the general public.
63. Tutor-supported studies contract form.
64. Tutor-supported studies : invoice-payment form.
65. Tutor-supported studies : confirmation of receipt of payment and of a copy of the contract.
66. Sample of a Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev. )
67. List of institutions recognising the Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev. )
68. List of institutions offering bursaries partially covering the costs of tutor-supported courses for the Diploma in Integrated Development(Dip. Int. Dev.)
