Syllabus for Psych WI/409a
Spring 1999/ G11

Instructor:  Dr. Leon James, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii

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

The G11 Main Page is here:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy11/g11reportsindex.html

Class time: T 10:30 to 1:00 in Gartley 217 (classroom) and Crawford 201 (computer lab).

Course Description:

This seminar explores the psychology of online behavior. Topics include: Cyberpsychology; Driving Activism on the Internet; Online learning communities; the Hawaii Online 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 and online bulletin boards for class discussions. 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. Attendance is required.

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).

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

Late Work Penalty:  -2 points/per day late unless you write email to Dr. James explaining why and giving the date you will be completing the late work.

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