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Course Description: WI/Psych 409 (Section 1) Fall 1996
Learning to Manage an Online Educational Database
This seminar explores the social psychology of learning the Internet
-- how to use it for research and community service. No prior
Internet knowledge is required, only a willingness to face and
overcome your technophobia. Students will receive hands-on training
in the Porteus 635 computer lab. They will learn to set up their Home
Pages on the World Wide Web and to manage a generational social
psychology database started by prior students. Students will also
learn to use search engines to investigate and access course related
Web Sites. There will be no exam, but all reports and assignments are
to be published in the student's Home Page according to instructions.
Classes are in the form of discussions and oral presentations by
students.
Instructor: Dr. Leon James
Course Description: WI/Psych 409 (Section 2) Fall 1996
Studying an Online Learning Community
Online learning communities on the World Wide Web constitute a new
social phenomenon with still unknown characteristics which will be
explored in this seminar. Students will receive hands-on practice in
the Porteus 635 computer lab on how to use Netscape to navigate the
Internet and use its search engines. Students will have access to the
members of a local learning community on the World Wide Web and will
study and analyze their Home Page Sites and activities. Class
discussions will include methods of studying this online community and
the social psychological principles it exhibits. Two typed reports
will be due, no exam. Topics include: cybercommunity site
construction, management, and maintenance; Database integration,
searching, and analyses; Access and navigation patterns within sites.
(Note: this section will be less computer intensive than Section 1
because it won't require constructing your own Home Page).
Instructor: Dr. Leon James
Course Description: WI/Psych 459, Fall 1996
Learning to Manage a Traffic Psychology Database on Internet
This seminar explores traffic psychology and its application to the
Internet -- how to use it for research and community service. No
prior Internet knowledge is required, only a willingness to face and
overcome your technophobia. Students will receive hands-on training
in the Porteus 635 computer lab. They will learn to set up their Home
Pages on the World Wide Web and to manage a generational traffic
psychology database started by prior students. Students will also
learn to use search engines to investigate and access course related
Web Sites. There will be no exam, but all reports and assignments are
to be published in the student's Home Page according to instructions.
Classes are in the form of discussions and oral presentations by
students.
Instructor: Dr. Leon James
Course Description: Psych 499, Fall 1996
Independent Research
This course may be taken for 3 or 6 credits. Students and the
instructor meet once a week to discuss a project. The rest of the
time, the student independently pursues the agreed upon focus and
work. For the Fall 1966 semester students will be choosing a project
relating to the online educational cybercommunity. This may involve
working on updating links in the generational files and improving
integration and focus. It may also involve scanning and uploading
student reports from earlier semesters. There is also an opportunity
to coach G4 students in the Lab.
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