Class One Summary

This class introduced the concept and potential of internet pedagogy.

Several internet metaphors were introduced including the information superhighway, digital library, electronic mail, electronic marketplace, digital world, dumpster and panopticon.

Themes running through the course were identified as
Low cost / no cost
User friendly
Postmodernism (alternative conflicting discourses
Teachers are teachers, not technicians

Other themes include democracy, social justice, globalization and the Canadian discourse.

The class concluded with an exercise. They viewed (three times) a commercial by BMW which stated “What if great ideas were no longer cherished? What if they carried no importance or held no value? There is a place where artistic vision is protected. Where inspired design ideas live on…”

Students were to submit a one page analysis. Interpretation or summary of the commercial for discussion in the next class.