1. Web Pedagogies Week 3 Course Project and On- Line Research

2. Agenda Week 3 Last Week’s recap from far and near! Poll and chat about final project topics (off camera) Project Guidelines and timetable On-line research BREAK Groups get together Big group comes back share project ideas Break CCDT search

3. Last Week’s recap form far and near! Feedback from Students Learning Communities

4. Principles for the Design of Effective Learning Communities Community-Growth Principle Emergent-Goals Principle Articulation-of-Goals Principle Metacognitive Principle Beyond-the-Bounds Principle Respect-for-Others Principle

5. Take a Poll

6. Project Guidelines and timetable Go over document Rubrics

8. Relationship b/w Website and Design Document Example by analogy to architecture

9. What is a ? Would you build a new one today like these?

10. Building: Theoretical Underpinnings Confronting forces of modernization Commercialization of libraries Unprecedented growth of technology Changing social demands “Overstimulated world…drenched in imagery” Contextual setting of library Seattle as global city: library must deliver 1st architectural expression Situated in specific place Rem Koolhaas’ Seattle Public Library (2003)

11. Building: Tools Used Affordances of materials used Experiences of views and daylight Placement of different departments Rem Koolhaas’ Seattle Public Library

12. Website and the Design Document Obviously, you can use the library -- check out a book, buy a mug or take a class -- w/o knowing the theoretical or construction issues behind it. Same with the users of your website. But, Koolhaas couldn’t have designed it with out thinking through those issues and making particular choices about how to address them. The same is true for you as the architect of your website. The design document asks you to ‘document’ those issues and choices. Rem Koolhaas’ Seattle Public Library

13. On-line Research

14. Design Document and Research Design document is a narrative presentation of the theoretical underpinnings and tools used in your website. Research is for investigating and refining the issues and helping make appropriate choices. Focus on research for –Understanding issues related to audience (last week) –Big picture issues related to topic and site content –Pedagogical approach (TfU lectures and labs) –Feedback and assessment (Assessment lectures and labs)

15. Researching your topic Goals of research –Get ideas for your topic: what are the issues you need to think through? –Don’t reinvent the wheel –Understand where your topic fits in the field –Learn the different perspectives or controversies in the field –Become sufficiently expert in the topic that you can make appropriate choices about what to present to the audience of your website –Be a resource for your audience by knowing where to send them for more information

16. Internet Research: Affordances http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/apr2002/article3.htm Contrast with: http://www.medialabasia.org/

17. Internet Research: Quality Control http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm CARS checklist –Credibility –Accuracy –Reasonableness –Support

18. Internet Research: Free vs. Fee Fee –Hollis, Lexus/Nexus –Grossman library ( http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/2003- 04/resources/libraries.jsp) Free –CARS checklist especially important –Good portals are important –Use very targeted searches once you know a citation

19. Internet Research: Citations Harvard’s policy –http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~expos/sources/ Citing internet sources –http://www.mla.org/publications/style/style_faq/style_f aq4

20. BREAK

21. Groups get together Groups meet Include distance student All learn to give on-line feedback to each other Prepare for recap on project ideas

22. Big group comes back share project ideas Report from groups and conversation

23. CCDT search Learn how to find materials on the CCDT environment itself.

24. Next Week’s Pre-view Readings on Affordances Lab