Syllabus
Psych WI/409a
Fall 1999/ G12

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

Office Hours...Gartley 213A.......12:00 to 1:00 M, R
Telephone:  Home office and recording messages: 261-2382
e-mail: leon@hawaii.edu

The G12 Main Page is here:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy12/g12reportsindex.html

Class time: M 1:00 to 3:30 in Gartley 217 (classroom) and Crawford 201A  (computer lab).

Course Description:

Psychology of Internet Literacy

Focusing on the component skills of becoming internet literate and their developmental stages, including adaptive techniques that are effective and successful. Students publish their reports on the Web, give oral presentations in class, and participate in online discussions. Uses a cumulative point system instead of a final exam, and opportunities are given for earning extra credit points and correcting one’s reports. Includes computer lab where students are given help in Web publishing. No prior computer skills are required. This is a WI course and requires more writing than the average class.

Textbooks:

Lyn Martin (1997), The Challenge of Internet Literacy (The Haworth Press)

Elizabeth Castro (1996), HTML For the World Wide Web (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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