proposed topics for IM 260 class

• Media literacy. Differentiated instruction. Media literacy guide.
  Fake news as part of media literacy. Visual literacy as part of media literacy. Media literacy as part of digital citizenship.
• Web design / web development
  the roles of HTML5, CSS, Java Script, PHP, Bootstrap, JQuery, React and other scripting languages and libraries. Heat maps and other usability issues; website content strategy. THE MODEL-VIEW-CONTROLLER (MVC) design pattern
• Social media for institutional use. Digital Curation. Social Media algorithms. Etiquette Ethics. Mastodon
  I hosted a LITA webinar in the fall of 2016 (four weeks); I can accommodate any information from that webinar for the use of the IM students
• OER and instructional designer’s assistance to book creators.
  I can cover both the “library part” (“free” OER, copyright issues etc) and the support / creative part of an OER book / textbook
• “Big Data.” Data visualization. Large scale visualization. Text encoding. Analytics, Data mining. Unizin. Python, R in academia.
  I can introduce the students to the large idea of Big Data and its importance in lieu of the upcoming IoT, but also departmentalize its importance for academia, business, etc. From infographics to heavy duty visualization (Primo X-Services API. JSON, Flask).
• NetNeutrality, Digital Darwinism, Internet economy and the role of your professional in such environment
  I can introduce students to the issues, if not familiar and / or lead a discussion on a rather controversial topic
• Digital assessment. Digital Assessment literacy.
  I can introduce students to tools, how to evaluate and select tools and their pedagogical implications
• Wikipedia
  a hands-on exercise on working with Wikipedia. After the session, students will be able to create Wikipedia entries thus knowing intimately the process of Wikipedia and its information.
• Effective presentations. Tools, methods, concepts and theories (cognitive load). Presentations in the era of VR, AR and mixed reality. Unity.
  I can facilitate a discussion among experts (your students) on selection of tools and their didactically sound use to convey information. I can supplement the discussion with my own findings and conclusions.
• eConferencing. Tools and methods
  I can facilitate a discussion among your students on selection of tools and comparison. Discussion about the their future and their place in an increasing online learning environment
• Digital Storytelling. Immersive Storytelling. The Moth. Twine. Transmedia Storytelling
  I am teaching a LIB 490/590 Digital Storytelling class. I can adapt any information from that class to the use of IM students
• VR, AR, Mixed Reality.
  besides Mark Gill, I can facilitate a discussion, which goes beyond hardware and brands, but expand on the implications for academia and corporate education / world
• IoT , Arduino, Raspberry PI. Industry 4.0
• Instructional design. ID2ID
  I can facilitate a discussion based on the Educause suggestions about the profession’s development
• Microcredentialing in academia and corporate world. Blockchain
• IT in K12. How to evaluate; prioritize; select. obsolete trends in 21 century schools. K12 mobile learning
• Podcasting: past, present, future. Beautiful Audio Editor.
  a definition of podcasting and delineation of similar activities; advantages and disadvantages.
• Digital, Blended (Hybrid), Online teaching and learning: facilitation. Methods and techniques. Proctoring. Online students’ expectations. Faculty support. Asynch. Blended Synchronous Learning Environment
• Gender, race and age in education. Digital divide. Xennials, Millennials and Gen Z. generational approach to teaching and learning. Young vs old Millennials. Millennial employees.
• Privacy, [cyber]security, surveillance. K12 cyberincidents. Hackers.
• Gaming and gamification. Appsmashing. Gradecraft
• Lecture capture, course capture.
• Bibliometrics, altmetrics
• Technology and cheating, academic dishonest, plagiarism, copyright.