MrL8Nite goes back to school
"I don't mind change, I just don't want to be there when it happens." --Adrian Monk
Communication and Information Technology: I & II
From the Syllabus...
This is a 2-part course designed to prepare and support student competency for the oral and written communication needed for successful doctoral study. In addition, information literacy and considerations for electronic communications are addressed.
Part 1: Upon completion the student will be able to:
1. Discuss the changing nature of information literacy and its importance in today's academic and practice environments.
2. Appreciate the nuances of "academic writing" and develop an effective writing style using APA guidelines.
3. Understand and use literature databases for individual and team work.
4. Establish a process for creating your own electronic library of sources that will accumulate throughout your doctoral study.
5. Appreciate and use the inquiry learning processes of dialogue, reflection, asking questions and clarifying values, beliefs and assumptions.
6. Apply basic principles of effective oral presentations.
7. Understand the issues related to electronic communication methods.
8. Understand the legal and ethical ramifications of copyright restrictions and plagiarism as it applies to academic work at Pepperdine.
Part 2: Includes the previous objectives plus the following:
1. Locate the literacy plan you submitted to me last Fall. Review it and be prepared to discuss and share your reflections on it with classmates during f2f.
2. Read the Weissman text and choose a favorite chapter or one you found to be the most helpful. Bring the text with you to class.
3. [Obtain a] completion certificate from a web-based tutorial for Pepperdine's IRB process
Professor: Dr. Kay Davis
APA, EndNote and Libraries
The first course's main goal was to acquaint the student with the on-line library, the EndNote software, and APA writing style. Since my Masters degree had me write about 15 significant papers in APA style, that part is actually pretty easy for me. I've found a couple of databases in the on-line library I like (one for Business and one for Education so far), but I'm still struggling with End Note--it doesn't want to properly format references for APA. Oh well.
The second part of the course is getting us ready for the Research course next year and helping us understand the issues and morality of research projects. The assigned text was, in my opinion, rather "light weight" for a doctoral course, but the IRB certification process was valuable.