Journal Activity
Keeping a journal encourages you to be a reflective learner. Keep journal for the duration of the course.
Activity Type: Reflective journals
Keeping a journal encourages you to be a reflective learner. Keep journal for the duration of the course.
Activity Type: Reflective journals
Find ten documents in print or online that you can study regarding their design and their use of visual aids. These documents should be from a field you are focusing on for this course. You will use these samples as you complete the next part of this unit. The ten documents you choose should reflect variation in document design and visual aids, if you can find it. In a posting, discuss your findings with your peers
Activity Type: Online Discussion, Reflective journals, Research activities
A good salesperson will have a robust understanding of the product that he or she is selling. Many salespeople stop at the point of understanding the technical details of the product. Excellent salespeople take their understanding further, and gain knowledge of the product on a much broader range of dimensions. For this activity you will develop a more intimate understanding of the importance of knowing your product through the process of developing a comprehensive product overview.
Activity Type: Reflective journals, Case study analysis
Create a personal technology statement by aiming to think of a saying that might best represent and summarize the values and beliefs that you have about the digital world in your personal and/or professional life and using the questions provided.
Activity Type: Reflective journals
Blog post.
The purpose of this assignment is to steer you to resources that convey the latest astronomical discoveries.
Activity Type: Writing a blog post
You will become a citizen scientist in this assignment, and participate in one of several projects relating to deep space or solar phenomena. In doing so, you will assist professional astronomers gain a deeper understanding of those phenomena.
Activity Type: Essay assignments, Case study analysis, Real world research
Review the video of an interview with Henry Jenkins on participatory culture and the role of the web in facilitating different forms of participation and engagement. Then answer the engagement questions.
Activity Type: Video resources, Reflective journals
This project is designed to guide you through the process of conducting ecological research. The main goals of the project are to:
Develop and revise a working hypothesis through detailed field observations
Design and implement a field experiment to collect data and test that hypothesis
Place your experiment into a larger theoretical context by evaluating your findings in light of existing peer-reviewed literature
Preparing a scientific report
The project will span the length of the course.
Activity Type: Essay assignments, Research activities, Case study analysis, Real world research
Review Jenkin's discussion in his book, "Spreadable media: creating value and meaning in a networked culture" on pages 28-29. Explore the web and provide two examples of online communities that correspond to a range of different interest categories then answer the following engagement questions.
Activity Type: Assigned readings, Reflective journals
This assignment is all about maize. Maize originated in the Americas and was widely grown by the peoples of both North and South America. Read and reflect on three articles, utilizing a series of prompts.
Activity Type: Essay assignments
Your instructor will either provide you with an article to read or help you choose one for yourself. This article will address the cultivation of a particular crop species by early farmers. Read and answer a series of prompts.
Activity Type: Essay assignments
Select one topic from the four below and write a 2000 word essay (approximately 6–8 double-spaced pages, not including diagrams or tables).
1) Media and Film
2) Climate Change
3) Mahatma Ghandi: "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."
4) Media Watch
Further details provided within Learning Activity template.
Activity Type: Essay assignments, Research activities, Case study analysis