143 Stuckeman Family Bl –  T R 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM

INSTRUCTOR: Yen-Ju Lin

Ph.D. Candidate, Art Education

School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University

Office hours will be held by appointment only. Please contact ywl5194@psu.edu to schedule an Appointment.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The course provides a foundation for innovative integration of digital technologies in art making, viewing, and teaching.

Schedule Number 194086 Section 001: 3 credits

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course explores issues, practices, and pedagogical implications of contemporary digital technologies such as Webs, blogs, video, virtual reality, threaded dialogue, WebQuests, online games, media communities, collaborations, and adaptive and assistive technologies for art education. Throughout the course, you will:

  1. Explore potentials of digital technology in teaching and learning art
  2. Learn terminology and uses of contemporary digital technologies in art making and art education
  3. Develop skills and questioning attitudes toward the use of digital technology in art education
  4. Engage in electronic mediated communication to share perspectives
  5. Discuss the relationship between visual cultural and educational technologies
  6. Identify and discuss issues in using digital technologies in the field of art education
  7. Consider how information and communication technologies influence how art is produced, viewed, and taught within educational contexts
  8. Demonstrate awareness of implementing adaptive technologies for learning and viewing art for people with different abilities

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

A: Attendance

I expect you to attend every class session and demonstrate active class participation and full attention in each class. Unexcused absences will be counted against your final grade. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class session. Beginning with the third unexcused absence, your final grade will be lowered by one grade increment (i.e. A to A-; B- to C+). In additionally, some aspects of the grade such as participation in critiques or presentation can only be earned if you are present.

B: Course Projects (65%)

There are 6 major course projects. Details of each course project are in the course blog. Unless specified otherwise, you should submit your work on the course blog.

C: Reflective Essays on Course Blog and Participation (35%)

Each student will participate in the course blog throughout the semester. There will be 7 reflective essays. Each reflective essay should be at least 500 words in length and follow APA citation style. Reflective essays are intended for you to make connections periodically among specific course project, reading content, and instructional possibilities. You should include embedded hyperlinks and images within their blog reflections to further extend their ideas.

You will respond to each other’s reflective essays on the course blog. You should post your response no later than the class after each reflective essay is due. (For example, Reflective Essay #1 is due Sunday, Jan 19, 23:59PM. Your response to Reflective Essay #1 is due Tuesday, Jan 21, before the class)

Each reflective essay AND your response is worth 5% of your total grade.

  • Reflective Essay #1: Your Teaching Philosophy: 2020 Vision
  • Reflective Essay #2: Social Media and Art Education
  • Reflective Essay #3: WebQuest Lesson Idea
  • Reflective Essay #4: WebQuest Reflection
  • Reflective Essay #5: Media Remix Idea
  • Reflective Essay #6: Media Remix Pedagogy
  • Reflective Essay #7: Virtual World & Net Art

REQUIRED READINGS:

Course readings will be required and provided through the course site https://sites.psu.edu/aed322spring2014/ and course ANGEL site. The readings are intended to supplement and/or further contextualize the topics and/or ideas that are being explored in A ED 322, as well as those topics and/or ideas that are being attended to in A ED 322. The readings are subject to change. Additional “other readings” may be assigned or posted throughout the semester.

ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION & GRADING CRITERIA:

Student final grades will be based upon the overall quality of work and the intensity of participation within and outside class. Student is responsible for turning in her or his work on time and for keeping up with course readings and assignments. All class assignments must be submitted electronically. Specific breakdown of points for each assignment will be provided on course website.

All written assignments must follow APA style. Unless otherwise noted, all written assignments must include: student’s name, title of assignment, date, and e-mail address. Students must avoid plagiarism and always cite work, images, and text obtained from the Internet, journals, books or other sources by following APA citation style.

Final grades for this course will be determined by an evaluation of the course requirements. The breakdown of points will be as follows:

100-95 A, 94-90 A-, 89-87 B+, 86-83 B, 82-80 B-, 79-77 C+, 76-73 C, 72-63 D, below 62 F. This scale is used for individual assignments and for final grades.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are expected to attend every class session and demonstrate active class participation and full attention in each class. Unexcused absences will be counted against a student’s final grade. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class session. Beginning with the third unexcused absence, a student’s final grade will be lowered by one grade increment (i.e. A to A-; B- to C+). In additionally, some aspects of the grade such as participation in critiques or presentation can only be earned if you are present.

This course complies with the Faculty Senate Policy 42-27 on Class Attendance. If a student knows she or he will be absent, they need to notify the instructor in advance. Students should send a brief e-mail message to ywl5194@psu.edu regarding the reason for the absence. Documented cases of illness concerning the student’s own health or other legitimate, unavoidable reasons such as family emergency are acceptable excuses for missed classes. Other, acceptable reasons include legal obligations, religious holidays, and participation in university-sponsored out of town athletic contests, and educational conferences and activities as required by particular program of studies.

When a student is absent, she or he is responsible for all material covered in class. Moreover, it is the student’s responsibility to find out what was missed. Consult with classmates before making an appointment to visit with the instructor to cover missed material. Opportunity to make up work will only be provided for student’s who miss classes for legitimate, unavoidable reasons.

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THE COURSE:

Students will have access to a computer in the classroom/computer lab during the class meetings however, students are expected to work outside of class, either in the classroom/computer lab, another campus lab, or on their own computer.

In this course, students will need a reliable digital storage device such as a portable drive or one or more USB flash drives. Other free storage services such as Dropbox (2GB+) is available online. Students are encouraged to utilize Penn State U-drives and Access Account Storage Space (PASS) as storage spaces that can be easily accessed from any Penn State networked computer. U-drives on the computers at Penn State can provide up to 1 GB storage space. Students may also request their personal PSU web space at https://www.work.psu.edu/. Students will receive a “www” folder added to their respective Penn State Access Account Storage Space (PASS) folder with a 10 gigabyte quota. More information about PASS can be found online or read about Web publishing information, resources and instructions. Inquiries and requests for assistance should be directed to ITS Help Desk.

Media & Technology Support Services, a division of the University Libraries, offers for student check-out a full range of portable audiovisual and technology equipment (laptops, LCD projectors, digital video cameras, digital audio recorders, projectors, etc.).You may check-out equipment at the Media & Technology Services (MTSS) at the Wagner Annex for 24 hours, a weekend, or other specified time periods. Reserve prior to date you need it by calling 865-5400 or emailing UL-MTSSEQ@LISTS.PSU.EDU.

NOTE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

It is Penn State’s policy to not discriminate against qualified students with documented disabilities in its educational programs. If you have a disability-related need for modifications in this course, please contact me during the first week of classes and the Office for Disability Services (located in 116 Boucke Building) or the Disability Contact Liaison at your Penn State location. Instructors should be notified as early in the semester as possible. You may refer to the Penn State’s Nondiscrimination Policy in the Student Guide to University Policies and Rules 1997.

SAFETY INFORMATION

The School of Visual Arts will endeavor to comply with the intent of state laws or acts and the University Health and Safety Program in an effort to maintain a safe academic and working environment. Efforts will be made in this class to comply with this intent.

When using a computer the main safety practice is to keep your arm, wrist, and hand in a straight line as you use the keyboard or mouse to avoid muscle stress, inflammation, and injury. Also take breaks, stretch, and look at objects in the distance periodically. Use Internet Explorer’s “View menu” and “Text Zoom” to increase the font size of this and any Web page to meet your vision needs.

Students in the School of Visual Arts may find themselves working in the shop or in their studios or classrooms using a variety of materials and power and hand held equipment, which may cause injury. Given this possibility, equipment is provided and ventilation systems have been installed that are regularly inspected and maintained to ensure the safety of all students working in classrooms, studios and the shop. Students should use the shop only after having received an orientation in the use of such equipment and when supervised by faculty or shop personnel. Should any injuries occur in the shop, studios, or classrooms in the School of Visual Arts, please report them to Jerry Bierly, Shop Supervisor, Room 108-A Visual Arts Building. Phone: 814-865-3962. Email: jib7@psu.edu.

Click here for emergency procedures and phone numbers. Dial 911 for emergencies, (814) 863-1111 for University Police, or (814) 231-6110 for Centre Community Hospital Emergency Department. Patterson, room 304, has a phone by the podium to use (when there is not a class in session) to call off campus. Flashing lights and an alarm inside a building mean fire. Exit quickly.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT

On March 23, 2001, the faculty of the Penn State School of Visual Arts adopted the following statement on academic integrity:

University Policies and Rules Guidelines states that academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University’s Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students’ dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.

Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.

Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to acts such as cheating on exams or assignments; plagiarizing the words or ideas of another; fabricating information or citations; facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others; claiming authorship of work done by another person; submitting work completed in previous classes; and/or submitting the same work to multiple classes in which a student is enrolled simultaneously.

Plagiarism is the use of more than three consecutive words, ideas, or images of another author without proper citation. Proper citation formats must follow one of the academic writing style manuals such as APA, Chicago, MLA, or Turabian. All images and text from the Internet, journals, or books must have full citation to be used in your work.