Module 5
Engaging Interface, Content, and Presentation Contexts

 

2. Assignments & Resources

 

Assignment 1

Work with your group to design one assignment around the short video clip included in the resources below.
More specifically,

  1. Identify issues raised by the clip that would be relevant to a communication course.
  2. Come up with possible learning objectives that would address the issues and concepts identified.
  3. Locate one or two (or more) scholarly resources that would support the learning objectives.
  4. Draft an assignment that supports and assesses student accomplishment of the learning objectives and has the clip as one of the assignment resources.

Resources

  • Module 5 Lecture Notes
     
  • "Work Groups" menu area
    Enter the "Work Groups" area, click on the "Group" that includes your name, enter the "Group Discussion Board," and select the "Module 5: Assignment 1" forum. Additional instructions are included in the forum's description.
     
  • "Evolution of Beauty" - Clip from Clipland.com (credits)
      

     

Timeline

  • Start: Saturday, 5/23
  • End: Open-ended discussion; no submission required
     

Assignment 2

Search the Web for multimedia materials that can enhance the resources and assignments for your prospective online course.
Enter your finds into a list of "Useful Links" in your DOTS Blackboard course and start considering specific course resource and assignment contexts where these materials would be introduced.
Incorporate some of your ideas into your sample course.

 

Resources

Timeline

  • Start: Monday, 5/25
  • End: Friday, 5/29, 12:30 a.m. (i.e. late Thursday night)

 

References and Additional Resources

Review these optional additional resources for more information on the module's topics
 

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