Course Description
This course will examine theoretical bases for instructional design, and explore several important multimedia production tools. We will create multimodal objects, integrating terxt, graphics, animation, sound and video for classroom use. LRC 560 students will create computer-mediated interactive multimedia presentations for teaching and learning. A variety of multimedia  tools and Internet resources and research will be covered. National issues and developments in Learning Technologies will be discussed. The emphasis of this course will be on the uses of computer technology in the classroom.

This course will focus on:

1. theoretical bases for instructional design
2. research findings pertaining to the use and evaluation of multimedia and Internet uses and resources.
3. analysis of effective uses of multimedia and the Internet in teacher professional development.
4. development of an interactive multimedia presentation
5. development of interactive multimedia web site for the classroom.

Course Objectives
Students will:

1. Read and discuss the textbook and related readings.
2. Create and maintatin and interactive multimedia web site
3. Participate in the class social computing medium.
4. Create an interactive multimedia presentation as a group
5. Create an independent interactive multimedia presentation
6. Research and evaluate multimedia educational software and WWW resources. Maintain awareness of national issues in Learning Technologies
7. Create an annotated bibliography of research articles on a related theme.

Course Format
    LRC 560 will have a studio format. Class lecture, discussion, and workshops will support individual and group projects,with an electronic library or field research component. After basic instruction as needed, students will, independently, produce an interactive multimedia presentation and an interactive multimedia web site. Assignments may be done in teams of 2 or 3. Student projects and research will be shared with the class.

Major assignments

1. Midterm Multimedia product. "Multimedia and literacy instruction.
2. Final Multimedia Project
3. Class web Page with resources.
4. Annotated bibliography. Select five current journal articles related to multimedia technology in education. Give the citation (APA style), and a write a page of so in summary of research questions addressed, population, methodology, findings, and implications.
5. Software Critique. Review five educational software programs (examples of an interactive multimedia presentation). Create a rubric. Give your rationale for evaluation.

Grading Policy
    The mid-term presentation and final projects created will be evaluated by the instructor against the effective use of the available research methods discussed in class and handouts. The Annotated Bibliographies, Software Critique and Web Page will be on a pass/fail basis only. These must be completed in order to receive full credit for your other work. Student initiative and participation in class will be an important evaluative tool for the instructor. Final course grades will be based on holistic evaluations based on discussed criteria. All work completed satisfactorily = B grade.
Evidence of scholarly and unique work beyond the confines of the assignments = A grade.
In the final self reflection, justify the grade you believe you have earn
    Make it your business to meet with the instructor at least twice during the semester to discuss your progress.

Attendance Policy
    Attendance is required, as is punctuality. If you must miss class, notify the instructor in writing prior to class.

Equipment and Insurance
    It is your responsibility to follow the rules and procedures of the Instructional Technology Facility (ITF) and the Multimedia Learning Lab (MLL) in regard to equipment and software use

Textbook:
Required: Richey, R.C.; Klein, J. D. & Tracey, M.W. (2011). The Instructional Design Knowledge Base. New York: Routledge.
           Waldrip-Fuin, N. & Harrigan, P (2004). First Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press.

Recommended: Counts, E. L. (2004,) Multimedia Design and Production for Students and Teachers. New York: Pearson.

Policies against plagiarism. There is specific instructor policy regarding plagiarism in this course, as per the Student Code of Academic Integrity http://dos.web.arizona.edu/uapolicies

N.B. Information contained in the course syllabus, other than the grade and absence policies, may be subject to change with reasonable advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.

Please see attached LRC Statement of Principles

Students with Disabilities: If you anticipate issues related to the format or requirements of this course, please meet with me. I would like us to discuss ways to ensure your full participation in the course. If you determine that formal, disability-related accommodations are necessary, it is very important that you be registered with Disability Resources (621-3268; drc.arizona.edu) and notify me of your eligibility for reasonable accommodations. We can then plan how best to coordinate your accommodations.