A welcome to my Multimedia Design students in the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University. Although CISM students are the primary readership, I am happy to share the content of this site–for what it’s worth (and that’s for others to judge)–with the big wide wired world in the spirit of ‘open learning’. Although there is (as yet) no widget for it on WordPress-hosted sites, please assume that this site is covered by a Creative Commons licence.
The module will focus specifically on Web 2.0 design issues; an outline of the course content is published on the Syllabus page accessible from the sidebar. Because this is the first year in which the new syllabus will be taught, and I was asked to assume course leadership only a couple of weeks before the start of the semester, it will take time to populate all sections (including assessment specifications) of this site with full information. Please bear with me.
The blog you are now reading will be used to manage your own learning trajectory through this module. It will be organised as follows:
- the main blog will be used to manage the course on a week-by-week basis, with announcements, occasional reviews, pointers to important resources, and such like
- assessment information and rubric for the individual assignments for the course are listed in the sidebar. Please read these carefully and ensure that you understand exactly what is required of you. If you are in any doubt, please ask me to clarify.
- additional key resources are listed in the sidebar. Assume that because they are there they are important enough for you to take the initiative to look at them!
- non-HTML documents, including the module guide, may be downloaded from the Box.net panel. I’ll alert you via this blog each time a new document is added.
- all students enrolled for this module are required to create their personal learning blogs in which they will document their work and compile their portfolios. Student blogs are listed in the sidebar.
If you have not yet created your blog, please do so immediately and email me the URL. Please also ensure that enable ‘comments’: your work on this module will be assessed in part on the quality and number of comments you submit to the blogs of other students in your group. Once you have created your blog, upload a photo of yourself into your ‘About’ section (see the article at the end of this link): this will help me associate names with faces and save me the embarrassment of having to address you as “Thingy” in the class … 
I hope you’ll enjoy this module! have fun!
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