UWSSLEC Advanced Design and Production
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Instructor: E. Anne Zarinnia, Ph.D.
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One of the requirements of any profession is the ability to comunicate. This is especially true of librarianship and, as information in all forms and formats is delivered to users of networked environments, it is especially important to be able to communicate effectively using print, multiple media and the Web to educate and assist the users of network accessible library resources. Communication is also an essential process for learning and teaching. This course builds on skills acquired in Instructional Technology that enable you to communicate with elegance and clarity using print and web documents. In particular, you will develop intermediate competence in using standard graphic and web authoring tools to create documents that support students and teachers in their use of modern libraries. Expression of creative activity is the owner's copyrightable work, so we will also be concerned with issues of intellectual property and copyright.
The UW-Whitewater conceptual framework, The Teacher is a Reflective Facilitator, is the underlying structure in teacher education programs at UW-Whitewater. Our teacher education program is committed to reflection upon practice; to facilitation of creative learning experiences for pupils; to constructivism in that all learners must take an active role in their own learning; to information and technology literacy; to diversity; and to inquiry (research/scholarship) and assessment.
IMPORTANT NOTE: While this is a distance course with a one week face-to face, because it is an intensive three-weekgraduate program
EACH DAY is a FULL DAY WITH A SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING ALL ACTIVITIES ASSIGNED IN THAT DAY BY NO LATER THAN 8PM.
(Adapted from ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Programs for School Library Media Specialist Preparation competencies, the Wisconsin DPI Content Standards for the Professional License, and the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for Library Media.)
University
of Wisconsin System |
WI DPI Standards for Professional Licensure |
AASL/ NCATE Standard |
NBPTS |
Possible |
Advanced Design and Production (UWW LIBMEDIA 754) |
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Apply basic principles of learning and message design to produce resources for specific learning purpose. Communicate complex and abstract concepts with elegance and clarity |
P5A, |
2C |
5 |
Web Design Plan |
Apply advanced technologies to design, develop and produce media in support of the library media and instructional programs |
P5B |
2C |
5 |
Web Resource Activties |
Teach ethical use of information and technology and respects and complies with intellectual property rights, laws and guidelines |
P4B |
1C |
5 |
Library Web site |
The course website in Desire2Learn (uwsa.edu/d2L) will have resources for the course. In addition, some reources will be provided in web environments like Google Docs in order to expand your experience with web resources. The introductory letter will proved the access to D2l, and D2l will provide access to the Web reources.
We will be operating in the framework of Campus Guides, LibGuides and the software below.
LibGuides and Campus Guides are web based and accessible from anywhere once you have signed in.
Note: Products created in softwareother than those indicated below, including software that is created elsewhere and then imported into the products below, will be neither reviewed nor accepted.
For discount prices, see:
Wisconsin Integrated Software Catalog
Dreamweaver and Fireworks in CS5 Web Standard v4 for Macintosh License & Media for Students, Faculty, and Staff Item 51579 $210 (Just Dreamweaver $119)
The particular book or books you read or acquire are a personal preference that depends on your need. The Non-Designers Design Book is an important, simple, conceptual underpinning of elegant and effective communication and is strongly recommended. The Visual Quick Start Series books are excellent. Before you buy expensive books, sit on the floor in Barnes & Noble for a few hours to see which look interesting and accessible. A few options follow:
New licensure and accreditation policies look for assessment of competencies developed. In keeping with that approach, grades will be based on professional performance indicated in the following scale adopted by the College of Education for advanced programs and consistent with the performance expectations of the profesional body:
Each program competency will be evaluated on a five point scale:
0: Undocumented (no evidence; undocumented demonstration of competence)
1: Minimal (limited or inconsistent demonstration; inability to meet level of expectation)
2: Basic (somewhat limited demonstration; emerging toward level expected)
3: Proficient (complete demonstration; at level expected)
4: Advanced (complete and outstanding demonstration; exceed level expected)
Religious Beliefs Accommodation
Board of Regents policy states that students' sincerely held religious beliefs shall be reasonably accommodated with respect to scheduling all examinations and other academic requirements. Students must notify the instructor, within the first three weeks of the beginning of classes (within the first three weeks of summer session and short courses), of the specific days or dates on which they will request accommodation from an examination or academic requirement. For additional information, please refer to the section in the University Bulletin and the Timetable titled, Accommodation of Religious Beliefs.
Academic Misconduct
The University believes that academic honesty and integrity are fundamental to the mission of higher education and of the University of Wisconsin System. The University has a responsibility to promote academic honesty and integrity and to develop procedures to deal effectively with instances of academic dishonesty. Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work, for the appropriate citation of sources, and for respect of others' academic endeavors. Students who violate these standards are subject to disciplinary action. UWS Chapter 14 identifies procedures to be followed when a student is accused of academic misconduct. For additional information, please refer to the section in the Student Handbook titled, Student Academic Disciplinary procedures.
Absence for University Sponsored Events
University policy adopted by the Faculty Senate and the Whitewater Student Government states that students will not be academically penalized for missing class in order to participate in university sanctioned events. They will be provided an opportunity to make up any work that is missed; and if class attendance is a requirement missing a class in order to participate in a university sanctioned event will not be counted as an absence. A university-sanctioned event is defined to be an intercollegiate athletic contest or other such event as determined by the Provost. Activity sponsors are responsible for obtaining the Provost's prior approval of an event as being university sanctioned and for providing an official list of participants. Students are responsible for notifying their instructors in advance of their participation in such events.
