INSYS 447 Fall 2009

Instructional Instructional MultimediaMultimedia

November 4, 2009 November 4, 2009 Introduction to the CourseIntroduction to the Course

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AgendaAgenda

Welcome and IntroductionsWelcome and Introductions

SyllabusSyllabus

ANGEL and Team AssessmentANGEL and Team Assessment

Guest Speaker, Digital CommonsGuest Speaker, Digital Commons

Blogs @ PSUBlogs @ PSU

Teaming Time, if appropriateTeaming Time, if appropriate

Managing ExpectationsManaging Expectations

IntenseIntense

Time-intensiveTime-intensive

TechnicalTechnical

PedagogicalPedagogical

Angela Simparosa (Angela Simparosa (amh17@psu.edu, 865-, 865-3444)3444)By 3:30 tomorrow, November 5, 2009By 3:30 tomorrow, November 5, 2009

TeamsTeams

What is a design team?What is a design team? Instructional DesignInstructional Design Interaction DesignInteraction Design Graphic ArtsGraphic Arts ProgrammingProgramming UsabilityUsability AccessibilityAccessibility

Teams will be formed on the Team Teams will be formed on the Team Assessment (not graded)Assessment (not graded)

PlatformsPlatforms

Blogs @PSU (Moveable Type)Blogs @PSU (Moveable Type) Reflective blogsReflective blogs Content Blog (group edited)Content Blog (group edited)

Video (Kaltura, iMovie, Windows Movie Video (Kaltura, iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Flash)Maker, Flash)

Web 2.0 Technologies (Ning, Twitter, Flickr)Web 2.0 Technologies (Ning, Twitter, Flickr)

Traditional Web Technologies (XHTML)Traditional Web Technologies (XHTML)

ConceptsConcepts

Instructional Design (objectives, activities, Instructional Design (objectives, activities, assignments)assignments)

Pedagogy w/ Technology (The RAT Pedagogy w/ Technology (The RAT Framework)Framework)

Interaction DesignInteraction Design

UsabilityUsability

AccessibilityAccessibility

What is Multimedia?What is Multimedia?

Text, Images, Video, Audio, Hypermedia, Text, Images, Video, Audio, Hypermedia, Interactive media, Computer-Assisted Interactive media, Computer-Assisted Instruction, Virtual reality (e.g. SecondLife), Instruction, Virtual reality (e.g. SecondLife), Expert systemsExpert systems

Web 2.0Web 2.0

The Machine is Us/ing UsThe Machine is Us/ing Us

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

What does Web 2.0 What does Web 2.0 refer to?refer to?

An attitudeAn attitude

A time when the users are the creators, A time when the users are the creators, incorporating sharing, communication, and incorporating sharing, communication, and remixingremixing

What is a Blog?What is a Blog?

Origin of the name: Web Log = BlogOrigin of the name: Web Log = Blog

Online entries on any topic that can be Online entries on any topic that can be shared and used to facilitate conversationshared and used to facilitate conversation

Blogs@PSU vs. BloggerBlogs@PSU vs. Blogger

Blogs@PSUBlogs@PSU

Advantages: You own contentAdvantages: You own content

Disadvantages: Need to export once you Disadvantages: Need to export once you graduategraduate

BloggerBlogger

Adv.: You don’t own contentAdv.: You don’t own content

Disadv.: Stays onlineDisadv.: Stays online

RSSRSS

RSS in Plain EnglishRSS in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

What are RSS feeds?What are RSS feeds?

RSS = Really Simple SyndicationRSS = Really Simple Syndication

RSS feeds makes external content RSS feeds makes external content accessible on your personal pageaccessible on your personal page

Make it faster/easier for you to interact with Make it faster/easier for you to interact with other blogs you’re interested in (e.g., your other blogs you’re interested in (e.g., your classmates’)classmates’)

Open Educational Open Educational ResourcesResources

What is “open?”What is “open?”

Intellectual PropertyIntellectual Property Public DomainPublic Domain Government Resources (be careful, here)Government Resources (be careful, here) GNU Free Documentation LicenseGNU Free Documentation License Creative CommonsCreative Commons

Resources: Content Resources: Content and Textsand Texts

Folksemantic (Folksemantic (http://folksemantic.org))

Connexions (http://connexions.org) Connexions (http://connexions.org)

OER Commons (http://oercommons.org)OER Commons (http://oercommons.org)

Flat World Knowledge Flat World Knowledge (http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/)(http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/)

MIT’s Open Courseware Project: MIT’s Open Courseware Project: (http://ocw.mit.edu/)(http://ocw.mit.edu/)

Utah’s Open Courseware Initiative Utah’s Open Courseware Initiative (http://ocw.usu.edu) (http://ocw.usu.edu)

Resources: Images and Resources: Images and MediaMedia

Flickr Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced)(http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced)

Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/)(http://commons.wikimedia.org/)

CC Search (Firefox) CC Search (Firefox) (http://search.creativecommons.org/)(http://search.creativecommons.org/)

Digital Commons’ Free Media Archive Digital Commons’ Free Media Archive (http://digitalcommons.psu.edu/freemedia)(http://digitalcommons.psu.edu/freemedia)