Digital Immersion Spectrum

Instructor: Cindy Royal, Ph.D.

Week of March 11

Description
This week, we’ll talk about some of the emerging trends in media, related to digital platforms and product management, and how they can/should influence curriculum.

Objectives

  • Understand the ways that technology is affecting media
  • Describe how digital platforms and products can influence curriculum
  • Become introduced to design thinking techniques that will be explored in the in-person workshop
  • Analyze your own teaching competencies and the curriculum in your program

Instructor Videos

The following videos are a presentation entitled Is Your Curriculum Digital Enough? This presentation introduces the range of concepts in the digital environment and provides a means for assessment. It was originally recorded for the 2018 program, before I presented the material at SXSWEdu.

Read and Watch

Products and Platforms

Curriculum Issues

Design Thinking
We’ll be using Design Thinking techniques during the in-person workshop, so familiarize yourself with the overall concepts.

Just FYI, here are some articles I have written about the new DMI degree at TXST.

Discussion
I’ve introduced you to a lot of resources that are meant to generate new ways of thinking about media and how we teach it. Look at the Digital Curriculum Inventory. What areas do you feel proficient? Which of these areas would you like to move into? How is your program (where you are getting your phd or where you now work) doing in these areas? Make some general assessments and discuss any challenges or opportunities you see in doing this analysis in the #curriculuminventory channel.

SXSW Interactive March 8-16
And be sure to follow along as my graduate students cover SXSW Interactive at SXTXState.com and @sxtxstate on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat! March 8-16. In the #sxtxstate channel, what trends do you see in the SXSW topics? What are your thoughts about the way we cover the event as an experience learning project?

I know there’s a lot of material to digest here, so peruse as much as you can and bookmark as a resource for the future.