CRNs: 31893 (section NET - for CTER & HRE students), 34377 (section LS1 - for LEEP students), 34489 (section GS - for GSE students)

Credit: 4.0 graduate hours

Link to Course in Moodle: http://ctercms.ed.uiuc.edu/course/view.php?id=25

Course Description

Section CRNs: 31893 (Section NET - CTER), 34377 (Section LS1 - LEEP), 34489 (Section GS - GSE)

Course dates: June 15, 2009 to July 12, 2009

Though designed for students in the CTER program at the University of Illinois, a limited number of seats are available for non-CTER students. Contact the instructor if you are interested.

This course addresses the design, construction, and evaluation of networked learning activities.

Students will read and discuss foundational literature and engage in hands-on activities using modern networking tools, including:

• Blogs
• Web feeds (such as RSS and Atom)
• Wikis
• Social networking applications (such as Facebook, Mahara, and MySpace)
• Course management systems (such as Moodle)
• Multi-user/multimedia social spaces (such as Second Life and Scratch)

Major Project requirement

Students will be expected to design and construct a significant networked learning activity.

Expected background knowledge

Basic web and email skills.

Hardware and software requirements

Mac OS X (G5 or Intel processor strongly recommended), Windows Vista/XP, or a recent Linux distro.
High-speed Internet connection strongly recommended.

Grading
Major Project (50% of grade)
Activities other than Major Project (50% of grade)

		Instructor: Tony Hursh Email: hursh@uiuc.edu
		Teaching Assistant: Crystal Feil Email: ysu@illinois.edu
		Teaching Assistant:Hee Yong Choi Email: hchoi28@illinois.edu