Weekly Topics

NB: Hover over the 'Weekly Topics' tab above to see links to each week in this course.

Week 1 • Aug 25* • Orientation, Internet privacy

Course overview, introductions, expectations, group work. Post an introduction. Define social media, it’s positives & negatives. Download and read key references.

Week 2 • Sep 2 • Digital identity and privacy

Discussion about creating a digital identity and privacy issues e.g. Terms of service, Facebook settings, web browser profiling, do not track browser extensions, etc. Start a reflection blog.

Week 3 • Sep 8* • Attention & media literacy

Discussion related to media literacy & multitasking. Create additional user accounts, as needed, for social media services.

Week 4 • Sep 15 • Authenticity (crap detection)

Discussion related to authenticity of information and techniques for identifying “crap.”

Week 5 • Sep 22* • Connectivism, connected learning, learning paradigms & web 2.0.

Collaborative video project (CVP) overview. Cultural differences among student learners.

Week 6 • Sep 29 • Curation tools, participation & information sharing.

Interpersonal network behaviors.

Week 7 • Oct 6* • Virtual communities and social networking characteristics.

CVP - Videoconference between Hawaii and Kansai University. Introductions of team members.

Week 8 • Oct 13 • Collaboration and collaborative skills.
Start Team assignment 2, TBA.

Week 9 • Oct 20* • Crowd sourcing and informal online communities.

Week 10 • Oct 27 • Participation in TCCfx mini-conference.

Week 11 • Nov 3* • Educational gaming.

Week 12 • Nov 10 • Characteristics of social networks.
CVP - Post completed video project. Review & comment on projects.
Start Team assignment 3, TBA.

Week 13 • Nov 17* • Social capital. Final project, Part 1. Brainstorming & mind mapping. CVP - Videoconference to evaluate experiences.
Use online tools to brainstorm ideas for a professional learning network.

Week 14 • Nov 24* • Final project, Part 2. Peer review.

Critical friends session. Continue work on final project. Peer reviews of final projects.

Week 15 • Dec 1 • Final project, Part 3. Post refined ideas.

Week 16 • Dec 8* • Final project, Part 4. Presentation.
Presentations of final project. Debriefing session about your learning experiences in this class. Complete course evaluation & peer assessments.