Assignment 2: Multimodal artifact

1. New times

1.1. 1. Project Sponsor

1.2. Changing social landscape

1.2.1. 1. globalisation

1.2.2. 2. technology/digitisation

1.2.3. 3. (social) diversity

1.2.4. Who is Generations Y or Generation DYNIX?

1.2.5. 4. knowledging society

1.2.6. 5. Infusion of spaces: personal, public, work, home, past, present, future

1.3. Conceptual changes

1.3.1. 1. participatory democracy

1.3.2. 2. increasing/affordable multimodality

1.3.3. 3. intelligence equality--multiple intelligence theory

1.3.4. 4. communities of practice

1.3.5. 5. technology affordance

1.3.6. 6. productive social inquiry

1.4. Paradigm shifts

1.4.1. 1. behaviorism

1.4.2. 2. cognitivism

1.4.3. 3. socio-culturalism

1.4.4. 4. connectivism

1.4.5. 5. multiculturalism

1.4.6. 6. cosmopolitanism

1.4.7. 7. socio-ecologicalism

2. New text

2.1. 1. Semiotic text

2.1.1. linguistic

2.1.2. visual

2.1.3. auditory

2.1.4. haptive

2.1.5. animated

2.1.6. ...

2.2. 2. Social text

2.2.1. textual processes

2.2.2. activity

2.2.3. social norms

2.2.4. power

2.2.5. ethnography of communication

2.2.6. interaction

2.2.7. identity

2.2.8. desire

2.2.9. feelings& emotions

2.2.10. relationship

2.3. Textuality

2.3.1. Social inter/ation

2.3.2. Intertextuality

2.3.3. Genre

2.3.4. Context

2.3.5. Meaning making/negotiation

2.3.6. Discourse

2.3.7. Performance

2.3.8. Textual resources

3. New learning

3.1. Features

3.1.1. connected

3.1.2. networked

3.1.3. flexible

3.1.4. customised

3.1.5. practice-based

3.1.6. productive

3.1.7. ubiquitous

3.1.8. life-long

3.1.9. portable

3.1.10. mobile

3.1.11. instant/constant

3.1.12. collaborative

3.1.13. ...

3.2. Principles

3.2.1. 1. Learning is personal

3.2.2. 2. Learning is free-willed

3.2.3. 3. Learning is participatory

3.2.4. 4. Learning is productive

4. don'ts& dos

4.1. 1. It is an artifact. Do it with arts and design in mind. Do not do it as an essay or a lecture.

4.2. 2. Show us what you have done and impress us. Don't just tell, explain,or explicate.

4.3. 3. Be multimodal and resourceful. Don't get struck with one application.

4.4. 4. Make sure your artifact is linked, networked, and accessible

4.5. 5. Be mindful of your audience: their time and patience. Don't be too long or too much.

4.6. 6. Length does not matter. Depth and effects do.

4.7. 7. Use great movies, cartoons, picture book, paintings as your models. How do they do references, for example.

4.8. 8. Don't be intimidated by this map. You can't cover all. Be selective and creative!

5. New teaching

5.1. ? Your vision