Weekly Course Schedule

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

Before 17 January, 2023

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

17 to 22 January, 2023
23 January, 2023

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

23 to 29 January, 2023
29 January, 2023

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

30 January to 5 February, 2023
By 5 February, 2023

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

6 to 12 February, 2023
12 February 2023
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

13 to 19 February, 2023
20 to 26 February, 2023

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

26 February, 2023
Due Date
27 February to 5 March, 2023

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)

10 March, 2023
Due Date
6 to 10 March, 2023

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

March 11-19, 2023

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

Before 12 March, 2023
13 to 19 March, 2023

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

20 March, 2023
20 March to 26 March, 2023

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

28 March, 2023
27 March to 2 April, 2023

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

3 to 9 April, 2023
9 April, 2023
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

10 to 16 April, 2023
16 April, 2023
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)

17 to 23 April, 2023
23 April, 2023
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)

24 to 30 April, 2023
1 to 3 May, 2023

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