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hypertext.rmitoart1004 hypertext theory and practice
RMIT University
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Subject blog: description: OART 1004 provides an introduction to network writing and research, using hypertext as a foundation to develop a creative and critical vocabulary in hypermedia aesthetics. This course invites a reconsideration of writing by examining academic and literary networked writing and media. It introduces practical skills relevant to multilinear authoring, design, architecture, and structure. learning objectives: Develop preliminary applied research skills in networked environments. Become familiar with the theoretical and practical aspects of networked literacy and hypermedia. To invent alternative forms of academic and creative writing and to put these into practice. learning experiences: OART 1004 will use process and problem based learning to encourage students to develop their independent research and learning skills. The emphasis in assessment will be on individual work, while class teaching will combine individual and group activities. An email list will allow everyone to field questions, debate issues, share resources and solve problems collectively. The lecture/seminars will provide an introduction to theoretical concepts and issues, and the workshop labs will allow students to develop technical skills and put theory into practice. At all times the course will emphasise questions over answers, and assessment activities will be partly student driven. assessment You must complete a number of tasks to pass the course. These tasks are indicated below. In addition to these tasks students must be active participants in the course email list. As this course has an applied component attendance at workshops is required.
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grades reading: This course has a required text: Snyder, Ilana. Hypertext: The Electronic Labyrinth. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996. Copies are available in the RMIT bookshop. In addition a series of directed readings will be provided through the course of the semester. plagiarism: Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one's own. Plagiarism is not acceptable. The use of another person's work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course. Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarised by another student. Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. Student essays are required to exhibit individual research, argument, and criticism. Students are expected to have opinions about the material they read and write about, and these opinions are to be informed by critical and analytical thought and reading (opinion is informed, not personal). late work: Material that is not handed in on time will automatically be penalised at the rate of 2% per day. Work that is handed in more than two weeks late, without an extension or approved for special consideration, will not be assessed. extensions: Extensions can only be given prior to an assessment task's hand in date. Extensions are only given on merit. Adrian Miles, February 2003 |