Idsb10 week12012
This document provides an orientation for an online course on Knowledge and Communication for Development. It discusses why the course is online, the key themes students will learn, and how students will be evaluated. The course aims to help students gain skills in online learning and understand the relationship between technology, policy, economics, and social issues in the context of global development. Major themes include the political economy of knowledge production and how communication technologies can both benefit and pose challenges for development. Students will participate in weekly online discussions, activities, and evaluations like quizzes. They will also complete a group report and final evaluation. The document directs students to the course wiki for more details on the evaluation breakdown and schedule.
Idsb10 week12012
- 1. IDSB10H3 Knowledge and Communication for Development Orientation Session September 14th, 2012 Web Casting 10am – 12 noon Leslie Chan University of Toronto Scarborough
- 2. A note about “note-taking” 2
- 3. About this course Why is this course online? What are the key themes? What will students learn? How will you be evaluated? Expectations and concerns ? 3
- 4. Why is this course online? History of the course From IS to IDS Provost’s initiative (2011) Beyond the traditional classroom Modeling the online learning process Constructivist nature of collaborative knowledge building Understanding the limits and potential of technology supported learning 4
- 5. Students will: Gain skills and knowledge on how to participate in a network society and be able to think and act critically about the benefits and downsides of the widespread use of communication technologies in the context of development. 5
- 6. Students will: Develop online learning skills, including collaboration, peer learning, resource based learning and self- directed learning Gain appreciation of the political economy of knowledge production in a global context Understand the interplay between technology, policy, economic and social freedom 6
- 7. Themes
- 8. “ What has Wikipedia got to do with the 49 percent of the population of Congo that lacks sustainable access to improve water resources?” Yochai Benkler (2006) The Wealth of Networkhttp://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Chapter_9%2C_ section_2 8
- 9. Course format Weekly topics accompanied by key readings Modular components combining and linking to relevant resources (video-cast, slideshare, online video, blogs etc.) Online discussion to reinforce topic and issues from previous week Weekly online activities to enhance learning of key concepts 9
- 10. Course tools Blackboard Pbwork (Pbwiki) ePresence Vimeo, YouTube Google map, docs, etc. Dropbox Blog Twitter #idsb10 10
- 11. Course wiki 11
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- 13. Examples of collaborative learning Mind-mapping (concept mapping) Co-authoring, peer-review, editing (wiki) Production of multimedia case report Constructive commentary and criticism 13
- 14. Evaluation Due date Weight Participation Including online Ongoing activities and discussions Quizzes To be conducted Week of Oct. on blackboard Week of Oct. Week of Nov. Week of Nov. Group report Week of Nov. 26 Final ?? To be continued on course wiki 14
- 15. Questions?? 15