Texas A&M University-Commerce

Department of Secondary and Higher Education

ETEC 567 – Multi-Media Production

Syllabus

 

Instructor: Dr. Jason Lee Davis

Office:             Education North – Room 114

Phone:            903-886-5598                                               FAX:               903-886-5603

E-mail:            Jason.Davis@tamuc.edu

URL:               http://faculty.tamuc.edu/jdavis/

Online URL:   http://online.tamuc.edu/

Office hours:  See website for current instructor schedule.

 

Section:     401                                           Call Number:      10645

Term:        Spring 2003  (032)                     Credits:             3 hours

Day:                Monday                                                          Time:                          7:20pm – 10:00pm

Location:        Mesquite Campus – MPLX 126

 
Course Description

This course is concerned with the theory and practice of combining visual and audio components in instructional design.  Production processes and techniques and recent developments in electronic presentation technologies are studied.  Students will plan and produce multi-media presentations.

 

Prerequisite

ETEC 562 and ETEC 578 or permission of instructor.

 

Textbook:

 TBA

 

Course Goals and Objectives

            Upon completion to this course, the learner should be able to…

 

1.      plan and create a multi-media presentation.

2.      embed a variety of multi-media components in a presentation.

3.      design and implement an interactive multi-media website.

4.      evaluate and utilize multi-media software packages.

5.      design and create a multi-media portfolio.

 

Requirements and Assignments

Article Reviews – 15%:  Students will be required to identify and review two journal articles dealing with the instructional use of multi-media.  Reviews must be from 200 to 300 words and must demonstrate appropriate writing skills.  Reviews must be posted in the online component of the course for discussion.  The source of the article reviewed MUST be cited.  Reviews must be posted in the online component of the course for discussion.  Students are encouraged to respond to reviews in the threaded discussion.  Each of the two reviews can earn up to five (5) points each.  The remaining five (5) points may earned by responding to other posted reviews.

Participation – 15%:  All students must contribute to discussions on article reviews.  All students must be active participants in class activities.  Students may not use computers for non-class activities while class is in session.  The use of computers for playing games, chatting, e-mail, or working on assignments or discussions in other on-line courses is prohibited and will result in a reduction in participation credit.  Monitors are to be turned off during student presentations and the presenter should be given the respect of the full attention of the class.  Students must be in attendance to earn participation credit.

Multi-media Presentation – 20%:  Students will be required to produce a multi-media presentation dealing with a topic relative to the course.  The presentation should consist of a combination of text, graphic images, audio, and video.  Each presentation will be presented to the class by the student.  The details of the presentation will be discussed in class.

Multi-media Website – 25%:  Each student will design and create an interactive multi-media website.  The details and required content will be discussed in class.

Portfolio – 25%:  Each student will compile an electronic portfolio containing copies of article reviews, presentation, website, and any other work produced in this class.  Materials should be in a form suitable for inclusion in the student’s professional portfolio.  The electronic portfolio will be burned to CD-ROM  and the final product will be presented to the class.

Assignments MUST be submitted by due date.  Full credit cannot be earned by late or incomplete assignments.  10 points will be deducted for each class day an assignment is late.

 

Evaluation and Grading

Article Reviews:                    15%                            A         90-100%

Participation:                         15%                            B         80-89%

Multi-media Presentation:    20%                            C         70-79%

Multi-media Website:           25%                            D         60-69%

Portfolio:                                 25%                            F          59% or less

 

Attendance

Regular class attendance is very important.  Class participation requires that students be present.  Class discussions and group activities that take place during class cannot be made up.  If you do miss a class, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor in advance, to contact class members to find out what occurred in that class and to make up that work, and then to check with your instructor for any additional assignments.  For computer work, it is your responsibility to check for compatibility if you wish to use computers other than those provided in the lab.  If you have any questions, contact your instructor.  No make-up exams will be given.

 

Accommodations for Disabilities

Students requesting accommodations for disabilities must go through the Academic Support Committee.  For more information, please contact the Director of Disability Resources & Services, Halladay Student Services Bldg., Room 303D, 903-886-5835.

 

Student Conduct

All students enrolled at the University shall follow the tenets of common decency and acceptable behavior conductive to a positive learning environment  (see Student’s Guide Handbook, Policies and Procedures, Conduct).

 

Scholarly Expectations

All works submitted for credit must be original works created by the scholar uniquely for the class.  It is considered inappropriate and unethical, particularly at the graduate level, to make duplicate submissions of a single work for credit in multiple classes, unless specifically requested by the instructor.  Work submitted at the Graduate level is expected to demonstrate higher order thinking skills and be of significantly higher quality than work produced at the undergraduate level.

 

Additional References

           

Ertmer, P.A. & Quinn, J. (1999) The ID casebook:  case studies in instructional design.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

 

International workshop on network and operating systems support for digital audio and video: NOSSDAV.  Proceedings of the … International workshop on network and operating systems support for digital audio and video. New York, NY: AMC Press. [Internet Holding] [On-line] Available: http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/procedings/series/nossdav/

                                            

Kemp, J.E. (1994) Planning, producing, and using instructional technologies (7th ed.).  New York, NY: HarperCollins College.

 

Lozano, J. (1997) Multimedia: sound and video. Indianapolis, IN: QUE E&T/Macmillan.

 

Luther, A.C. (1997) Principles of digital audio and video. Boston, MA:  Artech House.

 

Newby, T.J. (2000) Instructional technology for teaching and learning: designing instruction, integrating computers, and using media (2nd ed.).  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.

 

Streit, L.D., Teague, F.A., & Newhouse, B.S. (1984) Media for teachers and trainers.  Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

 

Teague, F.A., Rogers, D.W., & Tipling, R.N. (1994) Technology and media: instructional applications.  Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

 

Tipton, M.H. (1998) Techniques for planning and producing instructional media (4th ed.) Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.

 

Techniques (periodical)

 

Educational technology (periodical)

 

Rev. 1/13/2003