Syllabus
May 24th
- Introduction
- Report from Dr. Betsy Nix on the Public History Course (Content-producers -- our clients for the semester)
- Syllabus Overview
- The state of interactive education
May 31st
- Educational Theory and History
- Reading Due: Section 1: Thomas and Brown
June 7th
- Considering "Edutainment" and "Gamification"
- Starting materials Received from content-production class
- Research in Play: Educational Board and Video Games
- Reading Due: Section 2: Thomas and Brown
- Reading Due: Good Video Games and Good Learning - James Paul Gee
June 14th
- Looking at Mobile Educational Design
- Research in Play: Mobile Books and Textbooks
- Reading Due: Section 3: Thomas and Brown
- In-Class Presentations: Mobile App or Educational Game Research
June 21st
- Introduction to Dreamweaver for Mobile Design
- Html 5 and JQuery tutorial
- In-Class Presentations: Mobile App Design Documents
- Design Documents Due!
June 28th
- Guest Lecture: Mobile App Development
- Introduction to PhoneGap
- Building for the App Store
July 5th
- The Future of Interactive Education
- Experiments in Digital Learning
- New policies and controversies
July 12th
- In Class Presentations: Prototypes
- Peer Feedback and Testing
- First prototype due!
July 19th
- Final Projects Due!