2. Welcome
Welcome to this course on The Doctrine of
Salvation.
If you have taken a number of courses with SATS
before, you will immediately realise that this
course looks different to the others.
Indeed, this is a new approach that may be the
future of SATS. Let us explain.
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4. A New Approach
This is something of an
experimental course. In the
past, the download and e-
learning versions of the course
were separate. In this
experiment, we have brought
the two together and given
you the freedom to choose
which assessment tasks you
will take to complete the
course.
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5. A New Approach
If this approach works
well, we shall probably
introduce it in other
courses. We would
greatly value your feed-
back as to how you
experienced this hybrid
approach. (We hope you
like it.)
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7. Selection of Assessments
The most important change is
that you now have a selection
of assessment tasks. You can
follow the traditional route
(essays plus examination), or
you may substitute one or
more of those with interactive
forum-based tasks. In short,
you can choose the assess-
ments that you prefer.
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8. Selection of Assessments
Question Answer
What will happen if I choose to You are only required to
do all the assessment tasks? complete three of the six
assessment tasks, but you are
welcome to submit more. If
you submit both options for a
given assessment, only your
highest grade will count
towards your course grade.
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10. Weekly Format
Another big change is that the course page is
divided into study weeks. Starting from the
official starting date of the course, it shows the
start and end date of each week. It also shows
the suggested study topic for each week. Under
each week, additional helpful tools will be made
available. The current week will always be
highlighted on the course page.
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11. Weekly Format
Why the week-by-week
approach? The primary
objective is to help you
pace your studies, by
giving you a clear
indication of what you
should complete each
week to keep on track
with the course deadlines.
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12. Weekly Format
Why the week-by-week
approach? The secondary
advantage is that it allows
us to provide various
other features to enrich
the course. These might
include presentations,
videos, opinion polls, and
so on.
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13. Weekly Format
Question Answer
Do I have to work according to No, the week-by-week break-
the weekly timetable? down is just a guide. You may
start early and run well in
advance of the suggested
timeline, or you may begin late
and catch up as the course
progresses.
But please note the following:
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14. Weekly Format
Question Answer
Do I have to work according to 1. The assessment tasks must
the weekly timetable? be completed by the due
dates. You may submit
them early, but not late.
2. Certain features designed
to enrich the course will
only be available during the
week to which they are
related.
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15. Expert Tip
If having to scroll across all the weeks does not
appeal to you, you can have MySats show only
one week. At the top right corner of each week
there is a little square. If you click on the square,
MySats will hide all the other weeks. To show all
the weeks again, just click on the square once
more.
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17. Value-Adding Features
This course design allows
us to make available to all
students some value-
adding features that were
previously reserved to e-
learning courses. We trust
that these optional extras
will enrich the course for
you.
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18. Value-Added Features
1. Week-by-Week Guide. This tells you exactly how
far you should be with the study materials and
assessment tasks, and what you should do each
week.
2. Opinion Polls. The weekly opinion poll related to
the topic of the unit provides a fun way for you to
tell us your opinion and to see what the general
view is in the class.
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19. Value-Added Features
3. PowerPoint Presentations. Presentations like this
one provide a convenient way to share important
information and summarise content.
4. YouTube Videos. We shall occasionally feature a
YouTube video related to the topic of the unit.
5. Expert Lectures. We shall provide links to some
related lectures by world-class theologians.
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20. Value-Added Features
Question Answer
Do I have to make use of these No, not at all! They are 100
additional features? per cent optional. You can
ignore every single one of
them and still pass with
distinction. They are provided
to add value and enrich the
course for those who wish to
make use of them. (We hope
you will find them helpful.)
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