FDN 5420: Hypermedia in Education
 Last Updated: September 18, 2005

Evaluation

Class Requirements:

1. Attend class - Policy outline on page 67 of the Graduate Bulletin.  Class cancellations due to inclement weather or other disasters will be announced through the cohort listserve.  Generally, if your school district has closed schools we will not have a class in that district.  If we do decide to have a class, please use your own discretion and come only if you are sure of your safety.
 
2. Keep current - Participate in class - demonstrations, discussions, and activities.
 
3. Participate in on-site field trips and conferences:  as mutually agreed to by instructor and students.
 
4. Successfully complete all projects and activities - as outlined in the evaluation section of this class.
 
5. Change any assignment - in such a way that it is meaningful and useful to you and your students.

Evaluation

Students will be evaluated on the successful completion of the following activities:

  1. Learning the Tools:  Using a variety of hypermedia tools, become familiar with the technologies presently available and ways they can can be used to enhance instruction in learning environments. You (and your teammates) will be asked to explore at least 2 pieces of software with which you are unfamiliar and to share your experiences by responding to questions in the S-Mart and participating on the discussion board. (20%)
  2. Final Project:  Prepare and present a full scale, usable, learning activity that can be used for a learner population of your choice. Each project should include a series of learning activities that require students to engage in and use major hypermedia tools.  These activities should include: 
    1. Problems to solve.
    2. Knowledge to structure. 
    3. Assurance that each team member in class will achieve competence with many types of tool.
    4. Requires collecting, analyzing , decisions about the information (content) and presentations of information learned.
    5. Actively involves collaboration within and between learners.

    These projects will be presented to the entire class at the end of the semester. (35%)

  3. Demonstrate Your Understanding of the Research and Practice in Using Hypermedia in Learning Environments:  Review research and activity reports on the uses of hypermedia in learning settings. Write a paper on what hypermedia is, how it can be used in a learning environment, and what the critical issues are when considering the use of hypermedia. Cite your sources. (10%)
  4. Hypermedia Version of Your Position:  Using hypermedia software of your choice, present the position you established in the above paper on the use of hypermedia in learning settings in a hypermedia format. (10%)
  5. Establish the Difference:  In a format of your choice, explain the difference between writing a paper and preparing the same information in a hypermedia format. (5%)
     
  6. Participate: Participate on the class Discussion Board and respond to questions in "Caf� Cos� che cosa?". (10%)
     
  7. Map (with your teammates) the hypermazes, noting key concepts and the organization of the mazes as they delineate key features of hypermedia. You may use whatever format, software or materials you deem suitable for the task. (10%)

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