[ Background Information ] [ Lab Overview Notes ]
[ DISCUSSION FORUM ] [ LAB No. 1 ]
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
MATERIALS ONLINE.
Start exploring those materials listed under TOOLS and see also: Bibliographic Resources by THEME; the SYLLABUS and note specifically guidance on GRADING and LABS; see also the course INTRODUCTION and COURSE STRUCTURE AND OBJECTIVES.
TIME/PLACE:
March 26 - June 1, 2007 -
6:00-9:30 PM Monday evenings (Room 117 Griggs Hall)6:00-9:30 PM Tuesday evenings (Geoinformatics Lab formerly Jorgensen Learning Center
LABS Overview / Notes on Projects:
Grades will be based upon performance in TWO areas of activity (Labs and Discussion Forum work):
50% of the grade is based on writing, production and design of FIVE short mini-projects/products (one each from the key Modules described under Course Structure and Objectives excluding No.1 which is an overview of IT and social science. The exact topics, issues, projects will be chosen in consultation with the professors and other students in lab. Some of the activities may become "group projects".
Each report/product or presentation will vary in length and style depending on various issues (more in class). Your products must include at least one:
- POLICY BRIEF prepared for hardcopy print using WORD, Adobe PDF, Illustrator, or other "layout tool" (see online criteria for the course ESSC 500 as a rough guide.
- Web-based Publication (seeWeb Searching and Internet Use and other aides listed on the course SCHEDULE and LAB sheets ). Examples will be shown in class and you will be introduced to various tools to use from both simple to more complex). Within this element you will also include production of a simple Personal Homepage (About.com)
where you will attach/publish all your mini-projects for the course, and later other documents you produce during your stint at LLU. The homepage will be linked to the STUDENTS page of the course.
NOTE: Style and length/complexity will depend on time, the audience, your ingenuity and committment, and willingness to learn, previous experience, etc. Grading will be individualized to a great degree.
- Your will create a new or update an existing POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (see More online under TOOLS such as Web Publishing & Image Editing and Executive Communications.
- Your will create a new or update an existing POSTER for a professional presentation session, including use of CHARTS and graphs, maps, images, photos. Again, see more under TOOLS such as Web Publishing & Image Editing and Executive Communications.
- Creation of a CHART, CONCEPT MAP, or other GRAPHIC....that illustrates and demonstrates a thought, process or other element within one of the above presentations, e.g. to be included in a poster, powerpoint, or policy brief.
Each written report/product/presentation will synthesize and summarize an assigned theory, concept, issues, application within the Module, i.e. students, OR, students will explore the use and application of tools or concepts within their own area of research, and they will share lessons-learned from real users within the field. Everyone will post the products on BLACKBOARD and eventually on their PERSONAL HOMEPAGE for the course.
DISCUSSION FORUM WORK:
50% of your grade will be based on active and thoughtful participation online in the Discussion Forum, i.e. your response to:
a) questions/issues posed by the instructor or guest lecturers extracted from presentations and lectures, and,
b) response to the mini-reports/policy briefs posted by your classmates that focus on each of the key modules of the course, selected readings, or other sharing of information from BLOGS, digital libraries, video-streamed conferences, etc.
c) Critique of each other's projects/products produced during the course...use this opportunity to get feedback that will enhance your professional competence.
d) Brief summaries (online) of assigned readings, e.g. online BOOK/READING REPORTS (to be discussed more in class). See SCHEDULE as well as Bibliographic Resources by THEME; see also the SYLLABUS and TOOLS from which readings will be chosen in consultation with you and the instructor.