On
Campus: EDIT 472 World Builders
World
Builders has become a regular
part of our curriculum at California
State University. Los Angeles.
It will be offered once a year
in the winter quarter (January
to mid-March) through the Technology
in Education program at the
Charter College of Education.
World
Builders is an elective course
in both the New Media and the
Computer Educator's MA programs.
It is also an elective for MA
students in Elementary Science.
However,
you do not need to be enrolled
in these programs in order to
take this course, or even to
be enrolled at California State
University, Los Angeles. You
can enroll through the Open
University if you wish.
Write to Dr Viau for more information
about this. The tuition
fee for credit through the Open University
is $625.00. Completing
the course earns 5 quarter credits.
As
a Distance Course
EDIT 472
World
Builders has been offered as
an on-campus course, but in
Winter 2004 World Builders
will be offered as a distance course.
An organizational meeting will
be held on the first day of the class in King Hall, probably
in Room C 2092
from 4:20 PM to 9:00 PM on Friday,
January 9, 2004. All
students enrolled or hoping
to enroll in World Builders
should attend this meeting if they live nearby. Students at a greater distance should
email Dr Viau and send their telephone numbers to her so that communication can be established. The groups will be formed at this first meeting,
so it is important to attend it if possible.
Prerequisites
If
you decide that you would like
to take this course you need
-
to
have access to the world
wide web
- to
be able to use email
-
to
have (or get) an active
email account
-
to
be able to use a word
processor
Helpful
Knowledge and Skills
You
will learn the following skills
during the course. If you
have some of them already,
that is very good. If you
do not have any of these skills,
check with Dr Viau to be sure
you do not get overwhelmed
out there in cyberspace!
-
use
a computer graphics program
to make simple graphics and
diagrams
-
make
a web page (not required, but very helpful)
-
attach
a file to email
-
unzip
a file or folder
-
zip
a file or folder
- use
a chat program and/or Instant
Messaging
- change
the sizes and formats of graphics
- make
a transparent gif
- link
web pages
- use
the web to find information
- any
background in science is helpful,
but not required.
©
Elizabeth Anne Viau, 1996,
1998, 2004.
This material may be used freely
for instructional purposes but
not sold for a price beyond the
cost of reproduction. Please e-mail
me at eviau@earthlink.net
if you use this material. I'd
be interested to know how it works
for you!
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