Course Learning Activities

At the end of each chapter/session there will be examples and exercises to be done as the learner goes through the course. Review questions and problems will be set at the end of each chapter. These will test the understanding of the whole chapter. Case studies will be set for chapters that have practical application. A case study may be set to solve issues studied in more than one module. Some of the case studies may require application of the knowledge studied in other courses. This is intended to give the learners the totality and linkage of issues studied in the programme. Specific learning activities for this course include the following:

Individual Learning Activities

(i) Learning exercise by summarizing an important reading in a module/session/chapter. Put it on the Website/discussion board and other students should comment on the summaries.

(ii) Discuss and present specific financial analysis issues of telecommunication companies and regulatory bodies (postgraduate students)

(iii) Structure discussion board interaction on current hot topics in ICT financial analysis.

Group Learning Activities

(i) Collect Financial Statements of the regulatory bodies and companies. Analyse, interpret and compare the financial statements.

(ii) Building a financial simulation module using both micro and macro variables - on Excel Spread Sheet.

It is important that a learner does all the learning activities, as they are part of the course assessment. A learner will only be allowed to sit for the final exam if she/he demonstrated the following:

• Good understanding of all three modules covered in this course
• Participation in all the learning activities.
• Completing all the assignments and exercises assigned individually and in groups
• Participation in the discussion boards
• Passed the course work/continuous assessment with a B grade.

Class Discussions
You can access the class discussions by clicking the Discussions icon at the bottom of any page in KEWL. Then open the particular discussion you wish to read or post to.
The procedure for class discussion is as follows:

• To get full marks for participation in Class discussions, you must make meaningful contributions to at least 80% of the opportunities to contribute. For each class discussion, you have two opportunities to contribute: an original posting and a reply posting. (You may make more than one original posting and more than one reply posting to any discussion, but you only receive credit for the first original posting and the first reply.)
• A meaningful contribution is defined as an original posting of at least 200 words which is on topic and is supported by credible sources/references and is made within 7 days of the beginning of the discussion.
• A meaningful contribution can also be a posting in reply to another student of at least 100 words supported by rational arguments and made within 7 days of that student's original posting.
• You can only get credit for a reply if you have already made an original posting to the same discussion.

Class Discussion 1
Introduce yourself to your classmates. Include your name, your country of origin, your current location, your background in the subject-matter of this course, and your reasons for taking this course.
Overall Course Assessment Criteria

The assessment of this course will be based on both the final exam and the coursework. Coursework assessment will be 50% and the final exam 50%.

To be able to complete the course the learner will be required to do the following:

A: Coursework/Continuous Assessment
1). Participation on line (summaries) 5%
2). 1 Individual Case Study 5%
3). 1 Group assignment 10%
4) Group building a spreadsheet Module and present 10%
5) 2 tests (end of module 1 and half way module 2, and end of module 3) 20%

B: Final Examination
1 final examination 50%

A passing candidate will be considered to have passed if she/he gets an overall B or higher grade.

Grading System
Grade Percent
A 100-70
B+ 69-60
B 59-50
C 49-40
D 39-35
E 34-0