About Transient Spaces
Course Description
Transient Spaces will introduce students to theoretical and practical issues surrounding networked media, specifically the Internet and mobile phones. The practical component of the course will involve students learning to use social software and create html pages.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development:
Students will:
- develop an understanding of issues in networked media;
- develop research skills and experimental approaches to understanding and developing innovative media;
- develop a sense of the evolutionary nature of the mediascape and learn techniques for coping with this;
- develop their ability to justify their use of technology with reference to theory and appropriate content outcomes.
Learning outcomes for this course include:
- network literacy;
- network search skills;
- basic technical competencies;
- more sophisticated aesthetic appreciation of networked media;
- project management skills;
- problem solving techniques;
- independent learning skills.
Overview of Learning Activities
Class time will be divided between exemplifying and theorizing the networked media environment in which we live and work and acquiring technical skills. An emphasis will be placed on students acquiring the skills and knowledge to meaningfully reflect on networked media developments, with a view to implementing some of these developments in future personal and professional projects.
Students will be expected to undertake self-directed learning to expand their technical skills, if required. Students will find it difficult to grasp some concepts and acquire the technical competencies if they don’t attend classes. Students will be learning to use Macintosh computers.
