Course Specification Template

The radio frequency spectrum management is one of the superior integral parts of telecommunication management. Spectrum management, itself, is the combination of administrative, scientific and technical procedures necessary to ensure the efficient operation of radio-communication equipments and services without causing harmful interference. Simply stated, spectrum management is the overall process of regulating and administrating use of the radio frequency spectrum. The goal of spectrum management is to maximize spectrum usage efficiency and minimize interference. (See details)

1.4 Pre-requisites

Trainees will probably be in Bachelor in Science, and will be familiar in radio frequency in the field of telecommunication.

1.5 Study time

The principle of frequency allocation in the union of Myanmar course will run over a period of 8 weeks, and the average trainee is expected to spend about 15 hours per week in study, making a total of 120hours overall.                                                             TOP

2 Course Overview

2.1 Course aims and objectives

○       After the course, trainees should be able to contribute actively to his organisation of a principle of frequency allocation in the Union of Myanmar and to lead or to participate effectively in the work.

○       At the end of the course, each trainee should, together with possible group members, have licensing procedure concerning with radio frequency .

○       Trainees shall know how to maintain their frequency and safeguard them .

○       Trainees shall commence on e-learning as well as using software .

2.2 Lesson titles

There will be 8 weekly lessons as shown below.

2.3 List of principal technical / specialist terms used

Common Glossary / more

3 WBT strategy

3.1 Relative weighting of Web-based and other components

Web will account for 50% of the time the students are studying by themselves. It is essential half by half for web and non-web to the course.

3.2 Web-based self-instructional components

The Website will be made up of four Modules, and trainees will receive clear guidance on the recommended study path:

○       the main instructional module, which will take the trainee through a step-by-step sequence of activities in building up a development plan

○       a reference manual, with links going from the main instructional module to relevant parts which trainees are required to read; audio clips of mini-lectures by the original authors of the manual are included at key points

○       a module of  activity questions with model answers, to help trainees assess their understanding and progress

○       a module of synopses giving summaries and overviews

Permissions for use of the material in the Reference Manual have been obtained from the authors, who will also record the audio clips; there are no plans for making links from the course material to external Websites or resources.

3.3 Online interaction and role of CMC

The course will make available a listserver that will enable trainees to keep in contact with each other, and to undertake some group work. The listserver will have the email address of everyone on the course, and have a facility for uploading and downloading files.

3.4 Roles of tutors and other support staff

The  facilitators is a person who explain Each trainee  the terms of  this course with video clips.

Each trainee should have a mentor - someone with an influential position iin the organisation, who can facilitate access to information and resources, and to whom you will be required to make regular progress reports by email, written reports, or presentations.

The Tutor is person who keeps an eye on the students progress. The tutor will have had many years experience in this field, and will be in close contact through the conferencing system.

3.5 Assessment

Assessment will be organised on a case-by-case basis within the trainee's organisation, and will be based mainly on the regular progress reports and final plan submitted by each trainee to his / her mentor.                                                                             
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4 Course map

The course map illustrates how the course works. The main focus should be with a reference manual.

5 Evaluation strategy

There are three levels of evaluation.

1      Self-evaluation, using the self-assessment questions built in to the course

2      Informal weekly evaluations, arising when the tutor reviews each student’s progress

3      Given that this course is about both acquiring skills and developing the correct attitudes for this kind of work, the tutor will liaise with the mentor to assess progress.  
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6 Resources

6.1 For course development

○       people: subject-matter experts, technical staff.
 This course is for spectrum managers in the field of radio communications. They should be given free access to almost anyone in the senior management team, and it is the duty of the student’s mentor to see that this happens.

○       information: resource materials and information for the course such as lecture notes, reference books, slides, tapes. Taking into accounts work experience for the previous five years.

○       equipment: such a PC computer which can access internet , scanners if they can , digital cameras, printers.

○       software: MS office and those provided by trainer

○       funds, estimated development costs
The equivalent of half the students working time should be spent on this course.

6.2 For learner support

Trainees will need to negotiate and agree with their organisation the necessary technical resource (a networked PC), a place where they can study undisturbed, and sufficient blocks of time each week away from their day-to-day duties and tasks. Each trainee or group of trainees within the same organisation will need to identify and gain the support of a mentor to whom they will be required to make progress reports on the development of their Plan..

7 Schedule

The course is planned to run over a period of 8 weeks. Course development will consist of converting existing paper-based material to web format, a process that is estimated to take 10 days.
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