EDTEC 496 Trends & Careers in Multimedia

Brock Allen Professor of Educational Technology Director, Center for Learning, Instruction, & Performance Technologies

Weds 7-10 PM Nov 20-Dec 20 NE 273

BSAllen@mail.sdsu.edu North Education 291 San Diego State University San Diego, CA 92182-1182. Voice/fax: (619) 594-5439

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Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Homework
Nov 20	Course Overview; Triumph of the Nerds, Pt 1	Send e-mail message with name, phone, and 50-word resume to Brock Allen. Make sure that subject header includes exactly these words "ET496 Profile". Read The Digital Economy, Ch 2. Read Wired Scenarios. Read Moody, pp. ix-112.
Nov 27	Scenario Building Exercises;Nerds, Pt 2	Read The Digital Economy, Ch 2. Read Moody, pp. 113-213. Complete 1-page proposal for scenario.
Dec 4	Guest Speakers; Nerds, Pts 3	Read Moody, pp. 214-301
Dec 11	Guest Speakers;Nerds, Pts 4	Complete Team's Scenario Presentation (Due Dec 18 & 20). Submit best 500 words from contributions to on-line discussion.
Dec 18	Workshop: Finalize Scenario Presentations	Present scenario presentations Dec 20 to Sean Reily

Assignments & Grading

Assignment	Percent of Grade
Scenario Proposal	25
Participation in on-line discussions of Triumph of the Nerds and Moody	25
Best 500 words from your contributions to on-line discussions. Submit by e-mail.	25
Final scenario Presentation (team effort)	25

Criteria for Passing Course: 80%

Readings

Moody, Fred (1995). I sing the body electronic: a year with Microsoft on the multimedia frontier. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-017655-1

EDTEC 496 Readings Packet. Available at Cal Copy. Cal Copy is on the south side of College Avenue next to Rubio's.