0.3 Course Orientation

Welcome to the Course!

The Promise and Pitfalls of Distance Education
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Kinder to the environment
No parking hassles
Freedom to go to class at individualized times
Ability to finish the course faster than normal
Individualized interaction with the instructor

Pitfalls [audio:pitfalls.mp3]
Lack of face to face interaction
More freedom to fall seriously behind
Less community support

What to Expect in This Course
This course provides students guided experiences in analysis and appreciation of art, music, architecture, and theatre. Students will be guided to important information that form the basis of cultural literacy.

Cultural Literacy [audio:culturalliteracy.mp3]

Knowing important names, icons, events that help form a cultural reference

Basis for Comparison

What You Will be Doing
Utilizing Internet Resources [audio:internet.mp3]
Too much information!
Use the assignments to narrow your focus
Use the resources to explore where your interests take you

ThreeTypes of Assignments [audio:assignments.mp3]
Written Assignments

  • Getting the important factual information in order
  • Reflecting on your reactions to works of art, music and theatre
  • Reflecting on the influences that fashion the arts

Blogging

  • Sharing your views on specific works of visual arts, music and theatre
  • For students in this course
  • For the general public

Giving constructive feedback to other students in the course about the works they featured in their blogs and their views on these works

Final Project
In the final project you will be composing essays which demonstrate your understanding and synthesis of the key objective of this course: how the arts are a reflection of their times.

Additionally, you will be sharing your reflections on how your relationship to the arts has changed as a result of this course

Questions Expected

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Having questions about the course is natural. Please email your questions to:
ljkljaich@alaska.edu. I will try to get back to you in less than 48 hours. If you see on Google chat that I’m online, you can quick send a message and see if I’m really at my computer.

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38 Responses to “0.3 Course Orientation”

  1. Karen Wichert writes:
    No. 1 — January 27th, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    I’m looking forward to this class and love the way you have presented it.

  2. Tara Knight writes:
    No. 2 — May 29th, 2010 at 10:23 am

    Look forward to the class! The crafty technology is a little intimidating though! (hah)

  3. jessica wert writes:
    No. 3 — September 6th, 2010 at 7:21 am

    So far It looks like this class is going to be awesome, as long as I can master the technology side of the class.

  4. Tara Geoffroy writes:
    No. 4 — September 12th, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Good to be here. Looks like this is going to be a very informative class.

  5. David Andrew writes:
    No. 5 — September 15th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    Good. Think this class is interesting.

  6. Janice Smith writes:
    No. 6 — December 19th, 2010 at 9:38 am

    I am super excited about this course. I love all three subjects that we will be discussing, especially art! This course will also help speed up my graduation 🙂

  7. Andrew Slagle writes:
    No. 7 — May 23rd, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    Wait. I thought the dwarf song was when they were leaving the mine. Perhaps I am mistaken.

  8. Wolfgang Vonlahr writes:
    No. 8 — May 27th, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    This sounds like a great course really looking forward to learning and sharing.

  9. Sky Brandt writes:
    No. 9 — January 20th, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Greetings! I am also looking forward to this class. I am a big fan of all things music and have always been interested in art and theater.

  10. Hannah Gauthier writes:
    No. 10 — January 26th, 2012 at 3:44 am

    This course sounds like a wealth of knowledge in the arts! I’m excited to see what I learn.

  11. Hector Fisher writes:
    No. 11 — January 26th, 2012 at 11:39 am

    I’m really looking forward to this class. I hope everyone does well.

  12. Scott Franz writes:
    No. 12 — January 27th, 2012 at 3:53 am

    Should be a good semester!

  13. Chris Naber writes:
    No. 13 — May 21st, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    This is my first online class because I have been resistant to the craze of technology despite the acceptance by other mid 20’s students such as myself. However, you have set up this in a way that is very user-friendly and I greatly appreciate it. This is my first art class since taking printmaking my freshman year (2005), so I am looking forward to it.

  14. Warren Nicolai writes:
    No. 14 — May 22nd, 2012 at 5:02 am

    I am looking forward to this class! Sounds like it is going to be interesting to see how the arts have been influenced by the times.

  15. Marceline Lee writes:
    No. 15 — May 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Looking forward to this class!

  16. Denise R. Wagenman writes:
    No. 16 — May 24th, 2012 at 2:34 am

    I’ve taken quite a few online classes but never a class about art. This should prove to be quite the challenge for me.

  17. Amy Quinn Boardman writes:
    No. 17 — May 28th, 2012 at 12:41 pm

    Looking forward to becoming a little more cultured through this class this semester!

  18. Bailey Brewer writes:
    No. 18 — August 31st, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    I didnt think that it was possible to take a class about art online. Im thinking that the first part of this class will take a little bit of getting used to.

  19. Jody Zollman writes:
    No. 19 — September 5th, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    I’m very excited to begin this class! I look forward to increasing my insight and appreciation of the arts!

  20. Stephanie Williams writes:
    No. 20 — September 7th, 2012 at 3:43 am

    I am looking forward to taking this. I have never taken an art class and heard from a lady in line at the bookstore that this class is fun and insightful.

  21. Rainey Noteware writes:
    No. 21 — September 8th, 2012 at 5:09 am

    I am looking forward to insights that will be presented through this class and what I may learn that is new to me. I do like taking my classes online, but understand all the cautions that are presented in the orientation material….and agree with it also.

  22. amaillet writes:
    No. 22 — September 8th, 2012 at 9:14 am

    Very excited about this class. It’s a relief to be taking a class that I know I will enjoy!

  23. Amy M. writes:
    No. 23 — January 17th, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    I didn’t realize that architecture was included in the material at all. I know next to nothing about the subject; this should be fun!

  24. Sierra Owen writes:
    No. 24 — January 18th, 2013 at 3:10 pm

    I am so excited. This is really an amazing way to present an online course. It is very realistic! I will love this class for sure.

  25. Jason Hausner writes:
    No. 25 — January 19th, 2013 at 12:46 am

    Very excited about this course! I feel like such a novice when it comes to art, music and theater. Definitely looking forward to expanding my horizons.

  26. Sierra Owen writes:
    No. 26 — January 21st, 2013 at 12:09 am

    I am very happy to be in this class. I love how the instructor has set it up and chose to let her students the ability to be creative. I am excited to work with you all!

  27. Mark Slingerland writes:
    No. 27 — January 21st, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    This is going to be challenging, I’m old school, my preference is a classroom, instructor, paper, pencil and a blackboard. Not an electronic web based blackboard though. Looking forward to the class though.

  28. Toni Pickard writes:
    No. 28 — January 22nd, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    I’m very Interested in this class and hope all of you have a great semester!

  29. Kalli Kline writes:
    No. 29 — January 25th, 2013 at 6:22 am

    I’m excited to see how this class goes! Hopefully I can follow along just fine.

  30. Melissa Isaacs writes:
    No. 30 — January 26th, 2013 at 7:42 am

    I hope everyone has a great semester!

  31. Patrick Garcia writes:
    No. 31 — January 27th, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    This class is going to be very intresting, it has a very different approach to everything which makes it intresting.

  32. Brandon Meston writes:
    No. 32 — January 30th, 2013 at 8:47 am

    I have a lot of online course experience, but this course still seems a little different…in a good way. I started a little late, but I’m just about caught up and looking forward to the rest of the semester!

  33. Michael Bellia writes:
    No. 33 — May 24th, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    Looking forward to it!

  34. jang writes:
    No. 34 — August 29th, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    I see a challenging, exhilarating, stimulating, and fascinating semester.

  35. Olivia Braastad writes:
    No. 35 — September 5th, 2013 at 4:16 am

    The only other online class I have taken was strictly on blackboard with no visuals or audio! This course seems much more interactive and attention-grabbing! Looking forward to it!

  36. michael hersey writes:
    No. 36 — September 5th, 2013 at 6:19 am

    this class is what i was hoping to get from a uni education. lets do art and learn how to use the media.

  37. Lyndsey West writes:
    No. 37 — September 6th, 2013 at 5:13 am

    As long as I can figure out how to do this blog everything else should go pretty smooth. I am looking forward to getting to know people!

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