Textbook
- Blogs,
Wikis, and Podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms.
Will Richardson ISBN: 978-1-4129-7747-0
Additional online readings will be announced and posted
on the course website as the course progresses.
A portable headphone is strongly recommended.
Course Description
WIU Catalog
Description of the Course: Development of functional skills in creating
and publishing web-based instructional products. Emphasizes the utilization of
content editors, DHTML, and streaming technologies for online instruction.
Description
that (Better) Reflects Course Objectives and Activities: This course
presents an overview and exploration of how to better integrate the Web as
resources (information, communication, and collaboration) to improve education
and training. At the beginning, trends and issues of the Web, education, and
implications for learning and teaching will be reviewed. Then, students will
explore major web technologies and resources, such as search engines, Weblogs,
Wiki, podcasting, social bookmarking tools and social networking services while
completing designated readings and lab tasks. Toward the end, individually or
as a pair, students will also complete an instructor-provided or his/her own
selected project applying selected Web tools/services to the chosen project in
order to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of teaching/learning.
* Project groups will be formed early according
to similar interests (e.g., corporate, K12, or higher education) – throughout
the course, members will play the role of peers, colleagues, students, experts,
and critiques.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course,
you will be able to:
·
Summarize major trends and issues of the Web
that affect how we learn and teach
·
Describe challenges, benefits, and potentials of
using the Web for teaching and learning
·
Describe what major web tools and services exist
and how they contribute to learning (e.g., publishing contents (Weblogs and
Wikis), managing information (RSS and aggregators), and sharing contents (e.g.,
social networking and bookmarking sites)
·
Select and apply popular web tools to education
or training strategically and purposefully
·
Discuss and apply pedagogical considerations
that are essential for teaching and learning (e.g., authenticity, relevance,
practice, transfer, reinforcement, etc.)
·
Design and frame student participation within
selected tools to support learning objectives
·
Foster collaboration and member support in teaching
and learning
Course Prerequisites
IDT 250 or permission of the instructor
Course Contents and Tentative
Schedule (Subject to change) – Last Updated, Jan 08, 2015
Trends
& Issues
Week 1 (1/20-1/25): Syllabus, background/skill survey
Week 2 (1/26-2/01): The Read/Write Web (Ch 1, pp.10) & Learning 2.0 (reflection due 2/01 to the blogging site)
Week 3 (2/02-2/08): Trends in education and more, Online rights and safety, Project options overview (Reaction paper due 2/08 midnight)
Web Tools & Services (as
new tools become popular, we may add or substitute them). * Lab work can be done in a pair/group
of 2~3.
Week 4 (2/09-2/15): Finding and evaluating information in a connected world (Lab 1 due 2/15 midnight)
Week 5 (2/16-2/22): Weblogging (Ch 2 & 3) (Lab 2
due 2/22 midnight)
Week 6 (2/23-3/01): Collaborative writing/editing: Wiki (Ch 4) and GoogleDrive/Doc, GoogleSite
(Lab 3 due 3/01 midnight)
Week 7 (3/02-3/08): RSS (Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication) (Ch 5) (Lab 4 due 3/08 midnight)
Week 8 (3/09-3/15): Social Web: Twitter and social bookmarking tools/services (Ch 6) (Lab 5 due 3/13 F midnight)
Spring Break (3/16-3/22): No Class
Week 9 (3/23-3/29): Digital storytelling and Mapping (Lab
6 due 3/29 midnight)
Week 10 (3/30-4/05): Sharing images and slides online (Ch 7) (Lab 7 due 4/05 midnight)
Week 11 (4/06-4/12): Podcasting, video and screencasting, and live
streaming (Ch 8), virtual conferencing (Lab
8 due 4/12 midnight)
Week 12 (4/13-4/19): Social/personal networks (Ch 9) (Lab 9 due 4/19 midnight)
Project (applying
tools selectively and purposefully)
Week 13 (4/20-4/26): Project
overview: Instructional strategies (Project Planning due 4/26)
Week 14 (4/27-5/03): Project development
Week 15 (5/04-5/10): Project development (presentation)
Week 16 (5/01-5/15):
Finals week (project & course reflection paper due 5/08 Friday midnight)
Course Requirements (details provided below)
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Reaction
paper on trends & issues (individual)
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5 % (50 points, week 3)
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Lab
work: Creating a tutorial (in groups of 2-3 members (preferred) or
individually)
|
32 % (320 points 40 x best
8 out of 9 during wks 4~12)
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Project
planning (as a group or individually)
|
10
% (100 points, wk 13)
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Project
(as a group or individually)
|
20
% (200 points, wks 14-15)
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Course
blogging participation (individually)
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15 % (150 points, wks 2-15)
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Course
reflection (individually)
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8 % (80
points, week 15)
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Attendance & class/project
participation/contribution (-7 per each unexcused absence)
|
10
% (100 points)
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