Date: 02 February 2004
Sender: Maria Beebe

Starting the NetTel@Africa Courses

The date of 09 February 2004 has been selected by the NetTel Coordinators to be the first day of classes for the first NetTel semester. The five NetTel courses to be offered during semester include:

TR501 - Macro Environment and Implications of Telecommunications (UFH)
TR502 - ICT Technologies (UB)
TR503 - ICT Industry and Markets (UNZA)
TR505 - Financial Analysis (UDSM)
TR506 - Approaches to Regulation (UNISA)

The dates for this first semester are: 09 Feb 2004 to 11 June 2004
For all institutions with enrolled NetTel students:
Regardless of whether you teach your course this semester, each institution that has students enrolled in one or more of the NetTel courses should have the following information ready for students by 09 February 2004:

1. Instructors’ name, contact information, and scheduled “office hours”
2. A system for tracking details for all students enrolled in your course (i.e., names, contact information, background, grades, record of contact time with each student etc.)
3. Summary of course schedule, important course policies, assignments, assessments, etc.
4. Introduction to using KEWL
5. Copy of NetTel’s Post Graduate Diploma Course Catalog

It is suggested that you schedule an initial meeting for all the enrolled NetTel students to cover this basic yet important information. Such a meeting will likely take an hour or two to properly orient students to NetTel’s eLearning design.

For those teaching their NetTel course this semester:

Please note that some of the students enrolled in your course will not be physically present on your campus, instead these students will be enrolled in other institutions and you will need to make provisions for communicating with both the students and learning facilitators at each remote institution.

For those not teaching their NetTel course this semester but have students enrolled on other NetTel courses:

Your institution must provide NetTel students with:

1. Access to an Internet-connected computer lab
2. Access to your institution’s library
3. Access to a “Learning Facilitator” who will help local students liaise with the Lead Course Instructor who is located as a remote campus and with the course content in general.