Click on a Week from the timeline below to view the weekly assignments. Download a printable list of the Weekly Assignments (exact due dates are not included):
Spring 2023 Term 1: January 17 to March 10
Pre-Course Preparation
Get started with your LDL course!
NOTE: Work is required prior to the first live session
NOTE: If you have not taken a course from Dr. Cope, Dr. Kalantzis, or Dr. Francis previously, complete the Onboarding Series
Week 1
EPOL 582 topics:
1a. Introduction
1b. Recent Publications by Cope and Kalantzis
1c. Multimodal Meaning and Synaesthesia
EPOL 534 topics:
1a. Intelligence Tests: The First Modern Assessments
1b. Recent Publications by Cope and Kalantzis
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 1 Due
1st Live Session
Related: Live Session Details and Recordings
Week 2
EPOL 582 topics:
2. Making Meaning by Reading
EPOL 534 topics:
2. Select and Supply Response Assessments
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 2 Due
-Individual Community Update 3 Due
Work Request Notification Sent
Check your CGScholar notifications to accept the work request; this is sent to everyone who has joined the community by this date. Contact a TA if you have not received your Work Request.
Week 3:
EPOL 582 topics:
3. Making Meaning by Writing
EPOL 534 topics:
3. Standards-Based and Alternative Practices of Assessment
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 4 Due
-Continue to research and write your Work project
Contact a TA if you did not receive your Work Request
The CGScholar work request was sent to all students who had joined the CGScholar by the date indicated above.
Week 4
EPOL 582 topics:
4. Making Visual Meanings
EPOL 534 topics:
4. New Opportunities for Assessment in the Digital Age
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Project 1st complete version Due
Due Date
Project Complete 1st Version
Week 5
EPOL 582 topics:
5. Making Spatial, Tactile and Gestural Meanings
EPOL 534 topics:
5. Learning Analytics: A Case Study of CGScholar
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Work on Peer Reviews
Week 6:
EPOL 582 topics:
6. Making Audio and Oral Meanings
7. Literacies to Think and to Learn
EPOL 534 topics:
6. Educational Data Mining – Luc Paquette
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 5 Due
-Peer Reviews Due
Work Project Peer Reviews
Due date
Due Date
Week 7
EPOL 582 topics:
7. Literacies and Learner Differences
8. Literacies Standards and Assessment
EPOL 534 topics:
7. Educational Evaluation – Jennifer Greene
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Project Revisions Due (for TA and then Instructor review)
Project Revisions Due
Due date (You may be asked for further revisions by TA or instructor)
Due Date
Week 8
NOTE that tentative grades are posted to Analytics by the start of this week and will be updated again the day after the week ends
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Final Project Revisions Due (If asked for further revisions by TA or instructor)
-Complete any remaining work for the courses by the end of this week and the Post-Course Survey
-Check your Analytics to confirm your tentative final grade; contact a TA with any questions or concerns
Spring 2023 Term 2: March 13 to May 3
University of Illinois Spring Break
No Live Sessions, but work requirement deadlines still exist
Pre-Course Preparation
Get started with your LDL course!
NOTE: Work is required prior to the first live session
NOTE: If you have not taken a course from Dr. Cope, Dr. Kalantzis, or Dr. Francis previously, complete the Onboarding Series
Week 1
EPOL 583 topics:
1. The Big Picture: A Course Map
ERAM 557 topics:
1. Being an Educator in “Interesting Times”1. On Interpretive Methods and the Meaning of Meanings
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 1 Due
1st Live Session
Related: Live Session Details and Recordings
Week 2
EPOL 583 topics:
2. Ubiquitous Learning – Spatio-Temporal Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
2. Reference
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 2 Due
-Individual Community Update 3 Due
-Sign up for your desired project option (see the Project description webpage for more details)
Project Request Notification Sent
Check your CGScholar notifications to accept the work request. This is sent based on who has signed up in the Project Sign-up Sheet; see Current Courses; if you sign up past the deadline, fill in the spreadsheet and notify one of the TAs to send you the notification
Week 3
EPOL 583 topics:
3. Active Knowledge Making – Epistemic Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
3. Agency
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 4 Due
-Confirm you received the project/work request notification
Week 4
EPOL 583 topics:
4. Multimodal Meaning – Discursive Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
4. Structure
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Project 1st complete version Due
Due Date
Project Complete 1st Version
Due Date
Week 5
EPOL 583 topics:
5. Recursive Feedback – Evaluative Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
5. Context
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Peer Reviews Due
Due Date
Project Peer Reviews
Due Date
Week 6
EPOL 583 topics:
6. Collaborative Intelligence – Social Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
6. Interest
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Individual Community Update 5 Due
-Project Revisions Due (for TA and then Instructor review)
Due Date
Project Final Revised Version
Due Date
Week 7
EPOL 583 topics:
7. Metacognition – Cognitive Dimensions of Learning
ERAM 557 topics:
7. None
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Admin Update Comment(s) Due
-Final Project Revisions Due (for final Instructor review)
Week 8
NOTE that tentative grades are posted to Analytics by the start of this week and will be updated again the day after the week ends
Action Items due by end of the week at 11 p.m. CT
-Complete any remaining work for the courses by the end of this week and the Post-Course Survey
-Check your Analytics to confirm your tentative final grade; contact a TA with any questions or concerns