CE5560-Elements of the Web
Syllabus for Elements of the Web
Course Information
Title: Elements of the Web: Teaching, Learning & the 21st Century Classroom
CRN: 20019.200892
Description:
Educational technology is a rapidly evolving and ever-changing tool. Educators require access to and a working understanding of the latest trends and technologies in order to meet the needs and expectations of today's learners. This course provides a framework which will better enable today's educator to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate these tools into their own classroom(s) using open-source or free technologies as a facilitation mechanism.
Date: 6 December 2007 - 29 February 2008
Location: Lamson Learning Commons, Room 102 and online
Meeting days/time: Thursday 12/6, 1/3, 1/17 and 2/21 (March 6th is our snow day) from 6-9 p.m. EST
Instructor Information
Name: John Martin
E-mail: jemartin@plymouth.edu
Office: Lamson 107
Phone: 603.535.2926
Web: http://oz.plymouth.edu/~jemartin
Blog: http://edventures.whitemountaintech.net
Skype: edventures
Damaka: edventures
Google Talk: rkclmr@gmail.com
Textbook Information
Required:
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts
and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Will Richardson, Corwin Press 2006
ISBN: 1-4129-2767-6
Online at: http://weblogg-ed.com/book-info/
Recommended:
Social Software in Libraries
Meredith G. Farkas, Information Today, Inc.
ISBN-10: 157387275X
ISBN-13: 978-1573872751
Amazon Link
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Elisabeth and Eric Freeman, O'Reilly Media
ISBN-10: 059610197X
ISBN-13: 978-0596101978
Amazon Link
Web Wizard's Guide to Web Design
James G. Lengel, Addison-Wesley 2002
ISBN-10: 0201745623
ISBN-13: 978-0201745627
Amazon Link
Web Wizard's Guide to Multimedia
James G. Lengel, Addison-Wesley 2002
ISBN-10: 0201745615
ISBN-13: 978-0201745610
Amazon Link
Policies
Attendance:
Most of this course will be conducted within a virtual environment. Normal time and space rules do not always apply. However, there are a number of best practices that can serve to guide our online behavior. Check in daily to see what others have posted and to check for new materials
Your presence is often felt in the form of your comments to blog postings or your replies to discussion posts. Sincere and thoughtful posts are considered and valued in the absence of face-to-face (F2F) communication.
Academic Integrity:
It is expected, as in all academic endeavours, that the work presented by the learner is their own original material and that the use of any work belonging to others is cited appropriately. For purposes of copyright, all materials found online are to be considered the intellectual property of their respective author(s). This includes not only text, but audio, video and other web-based media. Even derivative work is protected by copyright unless permission has been obtained either in writing or through the author's implementation of a Creative Commons license.
Course Goals & Objectives
This course will develop within its learners the following:
Assessments
Blog - Learners will maintain an individual blog detailing their growth and development as the class progresses. Learners will employ categories to shape their knowledge management strategy. Posts should reflect the learner's research on edublogs and edubloggers with appropriate trackbacks. M03
Wiki - Learners will develop an activity requiring data cultivation, organization and collaborative development employing wiki technology. M04
Class Wiki - Learners will explore a technology of their choice and contribute their findings to a larger class wiki that will grow to include contributions from future classes. M02
Class Bookmarks - Learners will contribute to a class social bookmarking tool, employing appropriate use of tags developed in collaboration with their fellow learners. M03
Class Discussion - Learners will be expected to synthesize and refine their learning in a number of discussion postings. M00-M06
Resources
This course was inspired in part by the following resources:
Ulises Mejias :: Syllabus for graduate course on Social Software
Syllabus, HUM 202 -- Toward a Literacy of Cooperation
Virtual Canuck » Teaching a Distance education course using educational social software
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