Psychology 2011 1997 Lab Week 1 Summary

Psychology 2011 1997 Lab Week 1 Review Summary

These pages are demonstration pages of mixed mode deli very for an on-campus course. The curriculum and course structure has changed substantially for 1998, but these pages have been retained here as an example of a particular use of the Web in teaching.

Introduction to WWW and Newsgroups (and other stuff)

This is the first of the weekly summaries that should appear by Friday afternoon or (at worst) Monday morning after each week of lab. Please review "what happened" in the PSY2011 labs during the week, and check that you are clear on the task sets as homework, or those lab program requirements to be completed by the end of the week.

The first lab, as you are all well aware, was really an introductory session to the course, and specifically, to the lab program. Furthermore, we acquainted you with the Psychology WWW material and newsgroups, introducing you to the necessary Web and Newsgroup skills that we will expect you to acquire by the end of week 4 (just before Easter).

At this stage do not panic if much of what we went through this week passed you by. There will be ample opportunity in the lab times in Week 2 and Week 4 to go over material presented in small groups or on an individual basis. The key thing is not to feel too daunted by all this "computer stuff" - we are interested in teaching you about Psychology. Computers are merely a tool, and the computer skills you will acquire may facilitate the learning of psychological content.

Below is a list of things we covered in the first lab, and we would ask that by week 4 you will know and understand what we mean by these terms and be confident in using the WWW and Newsgroups.

WWW Concepts and Skills

Students should have some level of understanding on the following;

Concepts of Pages/Sites, site addresses
Hypertext or links
WWW navigating tools including back, forward, home (Psych Homepage), Go
Bookmarks, Printing and Saving material from Web.

Newsgroups

Students should have some level of understanding on the following;

Posting
Replying to / Mail to
Threads / Editing previous posts
The Catch up all articles, Reload, and Show Read Articles buttons

Each student was to subscribe to the following newsgroups by the end of the week;: monash.psych.test
monash.psych.psy2011
monash.psych.psy2011.labs

Computer Attitude Survey

Before the end of the week each student was to complete the CAS survey on the web.

Checklist

The following tasks should now be complete;

Sign up library tutorial.
Register computer account.
Post to monash.psych.test newsgroup.
Complete CAS survey
Personal learning objectives, and how you intend to achieve them written in your Lab Diary

That's all folks. As I have said earlier, don't worry too much about the computer skills. We are here to help you learn what you need to know.

Chris Hughes

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