Interview skills/Design blueprint

Metadata

 * Level: Open to all students registered at Rutgers University
 * Notional learning hours: 15 hours class time (5 week course)
 * Credits:1 North American credits
 * Assessing institution: TBD
 * Proposed credentials: 1 credit at Rutgers University
 * Course codes: INTRV 100 (INTRV101, INTRV102, INTRV103)
 * Section codes: 37:575:393:04 and 37:575:393:05
 * Location: School of Management and Labor Relations, New Brunswick, NJ

Intended target audience

 * university students who want to learn more about job interviews
 * university students who have are seeking greater confidence, poise and ease with interviewing skills

Prerequiste knowledge

 * a working knowledge of English
 * a working knowledge of office software, computers file management, and Internet / web browsing skills.

Course aims

 * To establish a body of knowledge and competence for explaining the use of core interviewing concepts, principles and tools, for job seekers in a business context (also includes nonprofits, governments)
 * To apply key concepts and foundational principles to make job search decisions
 * To acquire skills and demonstrate understanding (using conventional and social media knowledge) for the development, use and evaluation of appropriate interviewing strategies.
 * To expand one's network and connect with job hunting colleagues, and discuss and share job search and interviewing issues and concepts.
 * To think / feel optimistic about interviewing skills for obtaining a meaningful and rewarding job.

Learning Outcomes
Throughout this course, you'll also see related learning outcomes identified in each unit. You can use the learning outcomes to help organize your learning and gauge your progress.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

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 * 1) define interviews and explain its function in society.
 * 2) describe interviewing concepts and terminology.
 * 3) describe the process of interviewing research.
 * 4) research organizations to discover their culture and working environment
 * 1) describe the concept of pricing.
 * 2) explain product strategy, including the concepts of product life cycle, positioning, and pricing.
 * 3) define competition and explain competitive analysis.
 * 4) analyze the process of distribution and explain marketing channels.
 * 5) identify the key elements of product promotions.
 * 6) explain how competitive advantages of digital marketing, and how they can enhance a marketing plan.
 * 7) develop core components of a marketing strategy and plan, integrating print and digital approaches, tools and practices.
 * 8) experience blogging as an experiential means for personal self-reflection, critical thinking; and learning; and as a digital tool for marketing outreach, visibility, communications and promotion.

Micro course structure
This development is a remix of the Saylor Course: Interview Skills (PRDV103). The OER version will be structured according to 1 micro courses of approximately 40 notional learning hours each (CHECK).

Assessment strategy

 * TBD

Student-content interactions
Students will be able to interact with the content via real-time and asynchronous technologies that are searchable and shareable including:
 * Microblog activities and posts
 * Discussion forum posts
 * Personal blog posts and comments
 * LinkedIn Profiles

Student-student interactions

 * Students will be encouraged to use a peer-support question-and-answer forum for addressing support questions.
 * Self-study help tutorials will be provided for the main technologies used in the course.

Student-support

 * Student will be supported through weekly office hours - online

Student-content interactions
Each micro-course will:
 * incorporate a short video as an introduction to the course and / or sample representative product / service
 * Provide learners with a series of learning pathways designed for independent study.
 * Incorporate one (1) learning challenge in each learning pathway.
 * Include learning challenges that function as building blocks for a final course assessment.

Student-student interactions
Students will be able to interact via a number of technologies which will be harvested using an aggregated timeline for the interactions:
 * Discussion forum posts
 * Personal blog posts and comments
 * Twitter fora / hashtags
 * Personal learning journal
 * WEnotes
 * Ask OERu, a community-based question and answer forum.

Student-support interactions

 * Students will be encouraged to use a the peer-support question and answer forum for addressing support questions.
 * Self-study help tutorials will be provided for the technologies used in the course.