Syllabus for Psych WI/409a
Fall 1998/ G10

InstructorDr. Leon James, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii

Office Hours...Gartley 213A.......12:00 to 1:00 M, T, R
Telephone: Instructor's office 956-8005
Home office and recording messages: 261-2382
e-mail: leon@hawaii.edu

Class Home Page: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy10/g10sthomes409a.html

Class time: M 1:00 to 3:30 in BUSAD G104 (classroom) and Crawford 201 (computer lab).

Course Description:

This seminar explores the social psychology of online learning communities. Topics include: Online learning communities; generational curriculum; technophobia and learning the Internet. No special computer skills are required, only a willingness to face and overcome your technophobia. All students are expected to use email. You will receive hands-on training in the computer lab. You will learn to set up your Home Pages on the World Wide Web and to integrate your class assignments into the work of prior semester students. You 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 on your Home Page according to instructions. Classes are in the form of discussions and oral presentations by students.

Textbooks:
Esther Dyson (1997), Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the digital Age (New York:
Broadway Books).
Elizabeth Castro (1996), HTML For the World Wide Web (Berkeley, CA:   Peachpit Press).

GRADES:  POINT SYSTEM

15

Completion of Internet Literacy Exercises on time

20

Class Oral Presentations and the following discussions

10

Timely participation in our email discussions

55

Appearance, content, and quality of your Web site containing your reports and projects.

A = 85 points...... B = 84 - 70...... C = 69 - 60...... D = 50 - 59...... F = 49

Absence Penalty:  -5 points/per class absent (also: 3 lates = 1 absence).

Late Work Penalty:  -2 points/per day late.

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