Working with a primary or secondary school teacher, design an online CAL (computer assisted learning) project that will support an element of the UK's National Curriculum. This CAL is designed to be a part of the National Grid for Learning (NGfL). Whatever aspect of Key Stages 1-4 you choose to tackle, you must do so in cooperation with a teacher and students. The piece should be finished to a final standard, narrow in its focus, but deep in its structure.

It is strongly recommended that you purchase a domain name for your web site and to obtain web hosting without ads. This will cause your work to appear very professional, especially when you submit it to the NGfL (if you choose). Keep in mind that the Hypermedia project can become a central part of your portfolio

Due: December 12, 2003

Report:

You will complete a project report for this project. The report is to be produced individually. If you are a member of a team you are to focus on the area you worked on. Your report needs to be laid out according to APA style guides.

See attached sheet on writing a report

In December you should have completed Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and approximately 1/2 of Chapter 3 of your report. The December assessment will focus on these chapters. At this point you should have completed your Concept Document, and have begun your Functional Specification. You will also need to have completed a Node Map of your project.

You will be emailed a presentation schedule. The dates will be the week of January 18-24, 2004

Download the presentation
schedule

Artefact:

Working with a primary or secondary school teacher, design an online CAL (computer assisted learning) project that will support an element of the UK's National Curriculum. This CAL is designed to be a part of the National Grid for Learning (NGfL). Whatever aspect of Key Stages 1-4 you choose to tackle, you must do so in cooperation with a teacher and students. The piece should be finished to a final standard, narrow in its focus, but deep in its structure.

Strategies:

You may work individually or;

You may work in a team of no more than three (3) to produce a large piece. However, it should be clearly defined who is responsible for which piece of the project and each component should be able to stand on its own.

Example 1: Your team decides to work in the subject area of geography. One member works on a subject in geography for Key Stage 2, another member of the team works on the same subject for Key Stage 3, while the third member creates learning reinforcement games for both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. As a TEAM you decide the look and feel of the artefact and the navigational structure. Each piece of the project will be able to be assessed independently of the other. Assessment will be done individually not as a team.

Example 2: Your team decides to create a work in the subject area of physics. As a group you decide on Key Stage 4. As a group you decide on the look/feel and navigational structure. One team member creates the learning material, another member creates a series of tutorials, and drills, while the third member creates simulations, and games. Again, each piece of the project will be able to be assessed independently of the other.

For ANY team project you must get prior approval of the team and the division of duties.

In January you will be assessed on how well you have laid out your artefact according to the Node Map you submitted in December. We will NOT be looking for a completed project, but rather you will be assessed on how well you have planned what you need to do in the Spring Semester. You should bring to the assessment your sketchbook showing how your designs have evolved. You should have decided on the look and feel of the artefact and have planned the navigation.

Due: May 7, 2004

Report:

You will complete a project report for this project. The report is to be produced individually. If you are a member of a team you are to focus on the area you worked on. Your report needs to be laid out according to APA style guides.

See attached sheet on writing a report

In May you should have completed Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 of your report. The May assessment will focus on Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5. At this point you should have completed your artefact and have done significant user testing with the students involved in this project. Your Chapter 4 is devoted to the user testing part of the process, with Chapter 5 being devoted to the recommendations you would make prior to this project going from Beta Testing to full scale development.

Due: May 7, 2004

You will make a presentation during the end of May or
early June. The presentation schedule will be emailed to you. You are NOT assessed on your Hypermedia presentation. This is an opportunity to practice your presentation skills prior to presenting your Major
Project (where you ARE assessed on presentation skills)

Artefact:

Working with a primary or secondary school teacher, design an online CAL (computer assisted learning) project that will support an element of the UK's National Curriculum. This CAL is designed to be a part of the National Grid for Learning (NGfL). Whatever aspect of Key Stages 1-4 you choose to tackle, you must do so in cooperation with a teacher and students. The piece should be finished to a final standard, narrow in its focus, but deep in its structure.

In May you will be assessed on your artefact. You will make a presentation, however, the presentation will not be assessed. The assessment will focus on the artefact. We have you make the presentation to give you presenting practice prior to presenting your major project.

For final presentation you will be given a submission date and will be required to have your files uploaded on the the university server for assessment.