Schedule and outline

Timing:
8.15 - 9:45, pause, 10:15 - 11:45
22.09.2009 M-543 Orientation: Instructions, goals, definitions, sources, tasks, applications, set up, communications
22.09.2009 M-543 Media: Mediation, communities, collaborations and environments, virtual and real. Blogs
23.09.2009 M-543 Interaction: roles, dynamics, practices, usability.
23.09.2009 M-543 Knowledge: Epistemology, construction, representation.
24.09.2009 M-543 Perception: experience, illusions, virtuality.
24.09.2009 M-543 Design, production: Innovation, engineering, project management.
25.09.2009 M-543 Locative media.
29.09.2009 T-510 Human & technology: Extensions, cyborgs.
29.09.2009 T-510 Media & society: Power, democracy, participation, health.
30.09.2009 T-510 Privacy & security: Privacy vs. sharing, security, crime.
30.09.2009 T-510 Media & economy: Ownership, innovation, open & proprietary content, business models, security.
01.10.2009 T-510 Environments: Networks, metadata, ontologies.
01.10.2009 T-510 Essay supervision and start. Referencing, style, perspectives.

Teacher

• Mauri Kaipainen
Email: mauri.kaipainen@tlu.ee
Skype: mkaipain
Feel free to contact by email or Skype.

Scope of the course

• 4 ECTS
• 3 weeks of intensive work (classroom/distance/library)

Keys

• Key terms
• Key perspectives
• Key theories
• Key trends
• Key applications
• Key literature

Intended learning outcomes

• Overview to the field and the program
• Stimulate critical reflection of core concepts
• Familiarize with core theories
• Help to identify own interests
• Familiarize with a number of interactive, collaborative and social media applications

How to finish the course?

Readings and essay

Read 10 articles or book chapters chosen from the literature list.

Essay

Write an essay following the instructions, with references to the literature you have read and the blog discussion of this course.

Course blog (portfolio)

Post on every article read on your course blog.
Comment on others' posts.
• Reflect the discussions of the course
• Refer to others in your own posts
Post on every assignment.

Preparations

Course contact list

Filli in your row on the contact info list for the purposes of this course. If necessary, set up a Google account.

Course blog

Set up your course blog (different from hou private blog).
• Invite all of your course mates
Start following everybody else's blog posts.
Make an initial blog, reflecting your expectations concerning the 'knowledge environment' of the course.
• Comment someone else's post

Links

• Course blogs
• TLU
• IMKE
• TLU library ESTER database