A recommended paper on E-Learning 2.0 added to the Literature List.
IMPORTANT: Return all of the books to Mauri latest Wednesday 10 at the library!

Topic

"Interactive Media Design in past, present and future" .

Validation

Validated by means of academic references to:
• the litterature sources and to
• present discussion (blogs of other course participants)

Timing

Start any time and continue throughout the course and finish by submission time.

Submission

Submission by Sept 17 2009, 23:59 to Urkund email mauri.kaipainen.sh@analys.urkund.se .

Instructions

Write in academic style:
Avoid first person.
Use (here) the Harvard referencing style.
Use as many indirect references to academic sources as possible.
Avoid direct quotes, except for something absolutely immortal, such as: McLuhan (1967) writes: "Medium is the message."
Do not refer to encyclopedias (e.g. Wikipedia) as sources. Use them only to seek for sources.
Never cite without reference (=plagiarism)!
Use page numbers if you can.
Try to cover the title as well as possible.
Refer also to other's blogs.
You can copy-paste your own previously written blog text in the essay.

Examples

Article

In text:
Somekh and Davies give examples of what can be called the pedagogy of information tehcnology (1991, 159).
List of References:
Somekh, B. and Davies, R. (1991) 'Towards a pedagogy for information technology', The Curriculum Journal, 2, 2 153-70.

Internet

In text:
As claimed by Danielsson, consumers may have gained a new "voice of power" (2009).
In the List of references:
Danielsson, P-H. (2009). Reading 10. Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. http://pehr-henric.blogspot.com/2009/09/reading-10-wikinomics-by-don-tapscott.html, accessed 2009/09/13.

Book

In text:
As marked out by Manovich, in virtual reality, the screen disappears (Manovich 2000, 101).
List of references:
Manovich, L. (2000). The Language of New Media. London: The MIT Press.

Ibid

When you refer several times to a source, then you can replace the reference as follows.
[After having given already one reference to Manovich] But he points out that the history of screen originates from military purposes (Ibid., 102).

Grading of the essay

Approved

You cover the area indicated by the topic.
You can refer to literature according to good academic practice.
NOTE: You don't have to refer to irrelevant literature. But indicate all text you have read in your course blog.

Approved as excellent

The above, but in addition you make own critical comments and elaborate the discourse beyond the literature.

Not approved

You don't cover the topic area.
• Your essay does not follow good academic fashion, as described in Instructions, or
You fail to refer to the required litterature.