Class Time and Location

Wednesday 3:30-6:00pm
Room 317 Alderman Library

Course Materials

Bransford, J.  (2000).  How people learn. DC: National Academy Press (available online www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309070368  at no cost or printed edition can be purchased).

Ferster (in press). Teaching Machines. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.  (will be provided at no cost on Collab via pdf)

Ferster, B. (2013). Interactive Visualization: Insight from inquiry. Cambridge MA: MIT Press (will be provided at no cost on Collab via pdf or you can purchase the printed book)

Mayer, R. (2005). Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (worth owning, but chapters will be on Collab)

Norman, D. (2002). The design of everyday things. NY: Basic Books. (he is publishing a revised version in 2013, so if it’s available by fall, get the newer edition)

O’Reilly, T (2005). What is Web 2.0? (http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html)

Weinberger, D.  (2000). Small pieces loosely joined: a unified theory of the Web. NY: Basic Books (available online at www.smallpieces.com at no cost or printed edition can be purchased).

 

IMPORTANT: You will need  to bring a laptop/tablet computer that can connect to the UVa wireless to class each week.

Assignments, Assessments, and Evaluations

Because this class is taught using project-based learning, there are no graded assignments or assessments.  Grading is done on the basis of participation. Class attendance and a willingness to collaborate is critical.

Course schedule

Class 1:

 

Introduction to design of the class, project-based learning.

Discussion of last class (dscourse)

What is digital video?

Introduction to SHIVA tools

 

Read Design of Everyday Things 1-2  

Read Teaching Machines 1

Play with SHIVA video tool online

Find a video lecture and watch it

Class 2:

Discuss readings

Share video lecture experience

Review of some existing online tools

Deconstructing digital video

 

Read Design of Everyday Things 3-4

Read Teaching Machines 2

Find a video and watch it

 

Class 3:

Discuss readings

Share video lecture experience

Develop plan for taxonomy

Review of existing online tools

Explore digital video player components

 

Read Teaching Machines 3

Find a MOOC to take and watch one lesson

Class 4:

Discuss readings

Share MOOC experiences

Construct taxonomy

 

Read Teaching Machines 4

Watch a Khan Academy video

 

Class 5:

Discuss readings

Share Khan experiences

Construct taxonomy again

Class 6:

What learners want from educational video

What instructors want from educational video

What schools want from educational video

 

Read Interactive Visualization 6

Read Small Pieces Loosely Joined

Class 7:

 

Discuss readings

Internet 101

 

 

Read Multimedia Learning 1-2 (optional)

Read How people learn chapter 1

Class 8:

Discuss readings

Discuss personas

 

Initial design session

Class 9:

Design session

Class 10:

Design session

Class 11:

Design session

Class 12:

Design session

 

Class 13:

 

Finalize design

Class 14:

Finalize design presentation

Class 15:

Design presentation to university community