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COURSE SYLLABUS: Computer-Mediated Communication

Course Title: Department: Instructor: Phone:

ED559 - Computer-Mediated Communication Education Nancy Barnes, M.S., B.S. - E-mail | Vita 620-662-3989

Course Text: Online Bookstore

• Net-Working; Teaching, Learning and Professional Development
  Kwok-Wing Lai
  ISBN #: 187713368x

Course Description:

CMC is communication between people using applications such as e-mail, newsgroups, chat, and 3d virtual worlds. This course concentrates on the design and implementation of such applications and the analysis of CMC practices and social formations that emerge when people use these applications.

Course Goals:

1. Introduce students to current issues in Computer Mediated communication.
2. Provide opportunities for preliminary research in the field.
3. Prepare students with a foundational understanding of computer mediated communication including the technologies available, the characteristics of the medium, the relationship between CMC and communication theory, and the effects of CMC on the process and dynamics of human communication and society

Course Outcomes:

At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Identify and discuss current issues and tools in computer-mediated communication.
2. Explain factors involved with conducting Internet research.
3. Analyze and evaluate recent computer mediated communication research.
4. Plan and implement basic research explorations into online communication issues.
5. Five Areas of Blooms Taxonomy Objectives will be recognized: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation.
6. Summarize the current and emerging trends in online communication.
7. Evaluate and recognize the popular attitudes and writings about computer-mediated communication and the effects of computer mediation on the communication process including interpersonal, small group, and mass communication settings.
8. Recognize and discuss the effects of computer-mediated communication on society and the education environment.

Course Procedure and Requirements:

• Project #1 Students will find an example of computer-mediated communication and share with the class. This may be a particular Web site, but may be an example of an emerging technology, hybrid media use, or other notable effort. Written paper will be required.
• Project #2 Students will select an online community and actively observe it for at least two weeks. Following the observation period, students will present their findings to the class in a written paper.
• Read all assigned text material, lectures and answer discussion questions
• Complete quizzes and tests
• End of class summary directly to the instructor

Resources:

Links will be provided throughout the course as appropriate

Assessment/Grading

Project #1 Project #2 Summary Quizzes and Tests Lecture and Discussion questions

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