Interpersonal
Communication on the InternetComm 385/585 on-line
Summer 2006
Interpersonal
Communication on the Internet
INTRODUCTION
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
ANYONE WHO IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN ON-LINE EXTENSION COURSE MAY ENROLL FOR
THIS CLASS BY E-MAILING UWSP EXTENSION COORDINATOR, SHEILA BANNISTER-GROSS, DIRECTLY: sbannist@uwsp.edu
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Comm 385/585-
Interpersonal Communication Laboratory:
"Interpersonal Communication on the Internet"
This class is being offered on-line via the internet. It begins on Monday June 19, 2006 and ends midnight Wed. Aug, 9, 2006. There will be no face-to-face class meetings. While weekly assignment deadlines are specified they represent guidelines for completing assigned work. All completed assignments for this class are to be submitted and in my hands no later than 12:00 midnight Wed. Aug. 9, 2006. To take this class you must have Internet access, a sound card and Netscape in your home or offices (or alternative local sites such as a library or UW Center). Instructor: Professor James Moe
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COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course examines computer mediated communication
and how it impacts on interpersonal relationships. Increased
use of technology to support human communication has
altered the conventions of communication interactions. This
course will consider interpersonal application of
collaboration technologies for recently developed Web
Based tools such as e-mail, bulletin boards, and
conferencing. Special attention will be given to using
technology to improve interpersonal relationships while
engaged in formal and informal organizational tasks. We will
focus on positive enhancement of the work environment by
motivating, helping, educating, and cooperating through
computer mediated communication. You will learn in three
ways throughout this course: 1) By doing -- you will use the
Internet to communicate with each other and with your
professor, to work on projects, and to display completed
work; 2) By critical reflection -- you will read literature,
write about what you've read, and read and respond to other
student reactions to the same literature; and, 3) By creative
application -- A group project will challenge your ability to
apply theoretical learning to your personal work environment.
Required Texts:
It is strongly recommended that you order your
books at your earliest convenience. Check with the office of
Extension/Outreach to see if you may be able to use text rental
for any of the books.
Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked
Organization. approx. $23.00 (pb)
By:
Lee Sproull. Professor of Management, Boston University
Sara Kiesler. Professor of Social and Decision Sciences
Carnegie-Melon University
Available: Book World, Inc., 1136 Main St.
Stevens Point, WI - Phone: 344-5311
or Online through Amazon or Barnes & Noble
Communicating in Groups and Teams: Sharing Leadership,
3rd ed.
approx. $45.00 (pb) There may be an additional $5.00
handling charge here.
By:
Gay Lumsden. Kean College of New Jersey
Donald Lumsden. Kean College of New Jersey
This book may be available through text rental. Check with
UW extension. It is also available on-line from Amazon or Barnes
and Noble.
(Prices may actually be a little higher than quoted here)
YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE YOUR OWN
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PURCHASING THE
BOOKS.
Graded Assignments and Percentages:
UG GRAD
Critical Responses (4)
20% 20%
Dialogue Response (2)
10% 5%
Exploration Report (1)
30% 20%
Group Project (1)
40% 35%
Group "Work" and "Team" Statements (5%)
Negotiated Team Meaning Excercise (5%)
Conflict Response (5%)
Critical Overview (5%)
Group Final Product (20%)
Applied Journal Report (Grad students only) 20%