Impact of New Information Resources: Multimedia and Networks
Winter 1995 Course Assignments
for January 13 (Ann Arbor students):
for January 20 (Ann Arbor students):
- If possible, attend Michael Joyce's lecture (Re)Placing the Author: "A Book in the Ruins" on January 19 at 1:30 in the Ehrlicher Room.
- Spend at least three additional hours browsing through the WorldWide Web
pages from previous incarnations of this class.
- Produce your own home page with links to other resources.
- Begin process of subscribing to commercial online provider.
for January 27 (Ann Arbor students):
- Write and post your first short essay about your impressions of distance learning and of this class
- Read Howard Besser's Elements
of Consciousness, (unpublished excerpt from dissertation), Berkeley, 1988.
- Begin looking at potential projects
for January 27 (Berkeley students):
for Feb 3 (Berkeley students):
for Feb 3 (all students):
- Read and be prepared to discuss: Debord, Guy. Society of the spectacle, Detroit : Black & Red, 1983. (Note: This is much more difficult and time-consuming to read than it appears.)
- Write and post a new essay about your impressions of distance learning and this class.
Please put this (and all subsequent) essays in HTML format. Michigan students drop these in sryan's public inbox. Berkeley students get these to Alex.
for Feb 10 (Ann Arbor students):
- Turn in an evaluation of the WorldWide Web resources for this class. Analyze conceptual structure, navigation, and design factors. Note separately concrete suggested improvements and any blind or missing links.
for Feb 10 (all students):
for Feb 17 (all students):
- Turn in short paper analysing multimedia program.
for Feb 24 (Berkeley students):
- Turn in an evaluation of the WorldWide Web resources for this class. Analyze conceptual structure, navigation, and design factors. Note separately concrete suggested improvements and any blind or missing links.
- Write and post a new essay about your impressions of distance learning and of this class
- Read Howard Besser's Elements
of Consciousness, (unpublished excerpt from dissertation), Berkeley, 1988.
for March 3 (all students):
for March 10 (all students):
for March 17 (all students):
for March 24 (all students):
- Turn in paper analysing commercial online services.
for March 31 (Ann Arbor students):
- Write and post a new essay about your impressions of distance learning and of this class
for April 7 (all students):
for April 14 (all students):
for April 21 (all students):
- Final Project Presentations
for April 28 (Berkeley students):
- Write and post a new essay about your impressions of distance learning and of this class
Return to the Impact Winter 1995 Homepage
Questions or comments? Please contact the Impact webmaster.
Last updated
04/09/99