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ODL-690 Master’s Project I

4 semester credits


This is the first of a two-trimester course sequence in which students complete and submit a Master’s Project that: (a) identifies one or more theoretically or practically significant questions relevant to the student’s organization and/or the field of ODL; (b) critically reviews the literature and other resources with respect to theory and real-world examples relevant to their question(s); (c) where appropriate, integrates and builds on relevant models and practices; (d) proposes an organizational intervention project that contributes to our knowledge about their key question (s) and (e) describes a range of reasonable project outcomes and their implications, including a critical assessment of potential unintended outcomes. The course emphasizes rigor in the students’ work in terms of theory, inquiry, reflection and action.
Pre-requisites: ODL-669 , ODL-670 , ODL-671 , ODL-672 , ODL-685  
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):  

Students will be able to:

  • Integrate knowledge across ODL coursework.
  • Reflect on how you have integrated new learnings into your life and work.
  • Engage in reflective and critical thinking and creativity in addressing organizational issues and concerns.
  • Unravel a practical or theoretical issue by applying and integrating the methods and concepts studied in ODL program.
  • Engage fully in dialogue with your consultation team, providing constructive support of others’ ideas but also constructive questions to help refine topics and deepen investigation.
  • Evaluate proposed interventions using multiple points of reference - your own experience, your passion for problem-solving, and your own compass of intellectual curiosity, as well as theory and published data on similar solutions.
  • Develop an applied master’s intervention project to include planning the project, carrying it out, synthesizing the results, assessing the quality of the process and self-reflection as the project lead.



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