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S621 Audio and Video Sources - Spring 2009
Welcome to e-class! The Course Website contains all the resources for the course. Go to the Course Materials section to read the Syllabus, then explore the Calendar, Requirements and Checklist.
When you're ready to begin, work your way through the Course Guide. The guide is divided into three CourseQuests containing the required readings, assignments, and projects.
The course focuses on audio and video materials, collections, collection management, collection production, and collection use.
NOTE: If you are enrolled in this class, you should be receiving these messages emailed directly to you. If that is not the case, email your instructor larrjoh@gmail.com
Preparing for the Course Strart - January 5, 2009
Hello Everyone,
I am still waiting to hear from a couple of persons enrolled; that's to be expected. We still have a few days before this class officially starts.
Let me know if there are any changes needed for your email; I have no problem sending to two different addresses - just want to be sure that you receive all communications.
Trust that everyone had a good holiday break. Some of you probably aren't ready to think about this class, but others may be anxious to get going. This web-course officially starts January 12th.
There are no required textbooks for the course, all readings are online. The entry point for the course materials is at http://eduscapes.com/seeds/index.html
I am currently working on updating the online materials - - making some needed changes in assignments, and adding / editing content information - - so don't lock in on the course content. Don't print out pages; I'm not sure that that is a good idea anytime and sure is a waste of ink and paper. The website will be there. The syllabus and calendar have been updated. But the materials update / revision process will extend into the coming weekend. I will get back in touch with more startup information in a few days.
EMAILED UPDATES
I will be sending out periodic emails to everyone to try and keep you up-to-date on assignments, due dates, and what's-going-on for the class. Sometimes I will throw in a bit of personal information: i.e., where my wife and I are currently calling home, what we are doing etc. For the last decade, we have followed a somewhat unique lifestyle - - we were full-time RVers living in a motorhome with our satellite Internet system keeping us connected. However this last summer and fall, we have been located in rural, southern Utah and been involved in the construction of a traditional house. That process is in its final steps and we should be moving into the new home in a few weeks. Currently still living in the motorhome that is parked in the driveway - our property is on the slopes of Boulder Mountain (7,300 ft elevation), near the towns of Teasdale and Torrey (we are talking small towns here) and just a few miles from Capitol Reef National Park. You can see photos of the construction process, follow our travelogues for the last ten years, explore the landscape here, and learn a little more about us at http://www.eduscapes.com/lamb/. Feel free to share some of your life with me also, especially since we do not meet face-to-face. I will place an archive of these emails online at the course website, so that you can always check on them later.
The best and quickest way to contact me is my personal email at larrjoh@gmail.com. I check my e-mail regularly. If you email me via Oncourse or my IUPUI address, it will be forwarded to me.
NO SYNCHRONOUS MEETINGS
We will not meet face-to-face or have scheduled sessions for this class. That's one advantage of an online course; you do not have to be in a particular location at a given time. Once all the materials are in place, you can access any hour of the day and day of the week. However this does mean that you are responsible for scheduling your own time to meet the course requirements. You may find that this is the most difficult part of the course. Each course is different (This is one of several online courses that I teach) but all require discipline and commitment.
Also mentioned earlier, there are no required textbooks for this course, but there are lots of online materials and reading assignments.
Back with you soon . . .
Larry
Larry Johnson, PhD
Indiana University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
larrjoh@gmail.com
ljohnso@iupui.edu
http://eduscapes.com