Babara J. D'Angelo |
Office Hours: Mondays 10:00 - Noon |
Information and the technologies that produce, manage, and disseminate it have been an integral part of American history. This course explores the historical development of information and related technologies in the United States from colonial times to the present. Students will research, explore, and analyze the adoption and use of various information and communications technologies in American history. Topics may include the use of printing during colonial times leading up to and during the American Revolution, the relationship between the railroad and telegraph in westward expansion, the role of information technologies in the industrial age, the role of radio and film during WWII, the impact of information processing machines on business practices, etc.
Outcomes
Outcomes articulate the skills, abilities, and knowledge that students learn in the MWTC Program. If you are a TWC major, you will present examples of your work from the courses you have taken in your capstone portfolio to demonstrate your learning based on these outcomes. As you are taking courses, an understanding of the outcomes will help you in two ways: 1) it will help you understand how the various courses tie together and integrate work and experiences as part of a larger context and 2) it will help identify and select coursework that meets specific outcomes. In this course, the outcomes that are specifically addressed include:
Rhetorical Knowledge
RK1: Respond to the need of the appropriate audience
RK2: Understand how each genre helps to shape writing and how readers respond to it
RK3: Understand the role of a variety of technologies/media in accessing, retrieving, managing, and communicating information
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
CRW1: Use information, writing, and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
CRW2: Understand that research and writing are a series of tasks, including accessing, retrieving, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate data and information from sources that vary in content, format, structure, and scope
CRW3: Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power including social, cultural, historical, and economic issues related to information, writing, and technology
CRW4: Recognize, understand, and analyze the context within which language, information, and knowledge are produced, managed, organized, and disseminated
CRW5: Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with new information and the ideas of others
Processes
P1: Develop research and writing strategies appropriate to the context and situation
P2: Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
P3: Understand research and writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
Knowledge of Conventions:
To meet these outcomes, on completion of this course, students will be able to:KC1: Learn standard tools for accessing and retrieving information
KC2: Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
KC3: Understand and apply legal and ethical uses of information and technology including copyright and intellectual property
KC4: Understand and apply appropriate standards for use of technology including accessibility
This is an online course. If you have never taken an online course, you may want to take the Online Learning Readiness Quiz to see if it's right for you. Read the Course Guidelines and Policies and review all information posted in Blackboard to be sure you understand what will be expected of you. All assignments are expected to be completed on time. Late assignments will not be accepted for any reason other than documented family or medical emergency. See course evaluation section below for information on grading and Blackboard for information on assignments and due dates. Readings and assignments are also posted on the Schedule.
Graduate Students: Students registered for graduate credit (TWC553) will complete an additional assignment.
TWC453:
Meadow, Charles T. (2002) Making connections. Communication through the ages. Scarecrow Press.
Other readings as assigned.
TWC553:
Meadow, Charles T. (2002) Making connections. Communication through the ages. Scarecrow Press.
AND
Chandler, Jr., Alfred D. & Cortada, James W. (2003) A nation transformed by information. Oxford Univ. Press
Other readings as assigned.
+/- grades are not used in this course
TWC453:
| Confirmation email | 5 pts |
| Discussion posts (15 @ 4 pts each) | 60 pts |
| Research report | 65 pts |
Scale:
| 117 - 130 pts | A |
| 104 - 116 pts | B |
| 91 - 103 pts | C |
| 78 - 90 pts | D |
| 0 - 77 pts | E |
TWC553:
| Confirmation email | 5 pts |
| Discussion posts (1 @ 4 pts, 14 @ 6 pts each) | 88 pts |
| Research report | 65 pts |
| Portfolio | 20 pts |
Scale:
| 160 - 178 pts | A |
| 142 - 159 pts | B |
| 125 - 141 pts | C |
| 107 - 124 pts | D |
| 0 - 106 pts | E |
If you have a documented disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work, I encourage you to contact Disability Student Resources (DRS). Their phone number is (480) 965-1362 (voice) or (480) 965-9000 (TTY). They can also be accessed on the web at http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/ed/drc/
Last modified: 14 August 2007