Introduction

Course title: LAN Management

Duration: 12 weeks 2/20 of one year workload
Dates offered: Start date: 6. March 1997
Formal description
Language: English
Content: Lesson titles are as follows:

1. Introduction
2. Hardware Components
3. LAN Adapter/ NICs
4. Network Operating Systems (NOS)
5. Novell Netware and Windows NT
6. Planning and Installation
7. Intranet and groupware
8. LAN Security
9. The Printing Environment
10. Backup
11. LAN Management "Philosophy"
12. WWW Server Management

Prerequisites:

• Normal student qualification , Access to Internet, Knowledge of how to use a PC, lessons delivered as MS-Word 6.0 for Windows.

Learning activities:

• use of information and communication technology: conferences, hyper-media
• design of learning material (cooperation) and discussion on the net.
• development of a virtual learning environment

Source of material:

• All the learning material will be delivered electronically as web-documents. Internet has a lot of information in this area, and articles from the Internet will be used both as syllabus and as background material In addition, a conference system is established exchange of information between students - teachers etc. and where discussions may take place. This should act as help to create a virtual classroom.

Method of assessment:

• Written exam , 4 hours, 3credits (one year study provides 20 credits), given by one of the cooperating institutions or alternatively product assessment (lessons produced at end of course.

What new things should the learner be able to do:

• develop distance learning material/course
• be familiar with ICT-based open and distance learning (ICT = Information and Communication Technology)
• have a better understanding of cooperation between students, teachers, institutions in an open learning environment
• evaluate different models for implementing ODL (Open & Distance Learning)

Bibliography

• List of actual and recommended literature will be given along the course.

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Contact person

Arne B. Mikalsen
phone: + 47 73 55 95 54

More information

For more information about the MECPOL project, visit MECPOL homepage at STC.

Last updated 6. March 1997 by Arne B. Mikalsen