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Welcome
Hello
and welcome to Instructional Design a.k.a. ED626. Let's take a
moment to get to know something about this class and those in
the class. I'll start with an introduction of myself and some
words about how the class will proceed.
My
Introduction
My name is Denvy Saxowsky, and I will be your
instructor for this course. A former instructor of mine here at
Western would greet me with "I envy Denvy." He didn't, of course,
but it was his way of remembering my name. Saxowsky is a German
version of a Polish name given to our family probably in the seventeenth
century by the Polish people when my family lived in Poland for
economic reasons. Our family's German home is in the area known
as Saxon and the "owski" in Polish indicates "comes from." Saxowsky
is pronounced as three syllables with the accent on the middle "cow"--
sa-kow-ski.
I was born and raised as a farm boy in North Dakota.
I got my Bachelor's in mathematics from a small private liberal
arts college and attended graduate school at the University of Wyoming.
It was there, about forty years ago, that I took a one-hour course
in computer programming. That summer I drove to Alaska and, by chance,
stayed for 25 years. In Alaska that one-hour course got me a job
with the federal government setting up and heading a computer section
for ten years. By then I'd married a friend from college and we
had three children--two were adopted. We moved to remote Alaska
to raise our family and to make wooden toys.
During those years of living off the land personal
computers were introduced and we bought an early Apple. When the
schools started bringing computers into the classrooms, I taught
the teachers how to use them. In '92 we moved back to North Dakota
where I worked as the Director of Student Activities for three years
at my Alma Mater. From there we came to Oregon and I received my
Masters in Education-Information Technology while teaching mathematics
at Chemeketa Community College. As the ink of my advisor's signature
was drying on my final Masters project I was invited to teach information
technology courses at Western. As well as teaching information technology
courses I have taught several math courses.
My wife and I continue to live off the land but
more as a hobby than a livelihood now, so I routinely balance my
life between what nature offers me outside and what society offers
me on a computer. The computer is like magic with which I enjoy
playing, but when all systems fail there will still be the goat
to milch and the apples to pick. If I were to claim that nature
was real and computers were not, I would be missing a major force
that drives our society. Computers are real; they are here to stay
and they have many benefits. However, we need to also recognize
and deal with their limitations.
How
the Class Will (Hopefully) Proceed
This will be
the first time that I am teaching this class and I have several
visions how this class may proceed. This is a face-to-face in-the-classroom
class but we may use the Internet for some of our discussions. While
we will be refining our skills on the computer in several programs
and on the Internet, it is also a class where we will refine our
understanding of presenting information to a variety of audiences
so that the message is clear and accurate.
Information about appropriate design for different
situations and different audiences will be presented by the instructor
in class, through reading the textbook, through reading journal
articles and discussion among ourselves. We will be using the computer
to demonstrate our knowledge of designing information using several
programs such as Microsoft Word, Photoshop and web page authoring
program. We will be preparing four projects in which we will convey
our message using text, images and navigational tools. Along with
each project will be a thorough explanation of the rationale behind
the decisions in designing the projects. In some cases projects
will be created as group activities.
Online
Discussions
We will be
using WebCT for some class discussions, in particular our introductions
of ourselves and our reactions to journal articles and some textbook
readings.
WebCT will
require you to use your student ID name (e.g. jking06) and your
WebCT password, which is the last four digits of your V-number,
the number assigned to you by the University. If you have difficulties
with this contact me or Scott
Carter. Once you're logged in to WebCT choose the CSE615 course,
click on Discussions.
Turning
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Projects will be submitted
to me in class on the the date they are due. Some projects will
be presented to the class during the class period. Your comments,
journal reviews and reactions in the WebCT discussions will also
be monitored and recorded, as well as your participation in the
classroom discussions and activities.
Be well and good luck. Go to Lesson One
and send me and the class an introduction of yourself in WebCT.
You may contact Scott Carter at carters@wou.edu
or 503-838-8848 if you have technical difficulties like getting
into WebCT.
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