dossier: teaching

Courses initially developed and taught at the Technical University of British University (TechBC), Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, a step ahead of the first cohort of students. In 2002, TechBC was absorbed into Simon Fraser University, officially becoming the new School of Interactive Arts and Technology in 2004.

Electronic Culture. 2002-04.
Web-based course for upper level students in interactive art. Web platform with student workspaces, weblogs, and wikis. Presentations and readings, with moderated online discussion, mailing list, and IRC.

Module 1: Complexity (Emergence & Wikis)
Module 2: Identity (Networks & Weblogs)
Module 3: Society (Open Source, Smart Mobs, and NetWar)

Networked Narrative Environments. 2001.
Web-based course module for upper level students in interactive art. Web presentations and readings, with moderated online discussion, and bi-weekly face-to-face classroom sessions.

Unit 1: Narrative Unraveled
Unit 2: Character as POV
Unit 3: Indeterminacy
Unit 4: Algorithms for Emergence

Interpretive Space. 2001.
Web-based course module for upper level students in interactive art. Web site, digital course reader with embedded learning objects, and weekly face-to-face studio sessions.

Unit 1. Relational Space
Unit 2. Discursive Space
Unit 3. Social Space
Unit 4. The Space of Global Flows

Cultural Icons and Popular Arts. 2000.
Web-based course for second year students in interactive art. Web site: Presentations and readings, with moderated discussion.

Module I: Historical Perspectives: Sacred Architectures
Module II: The Evolution of Low-Brow: Modern Popular Arts
Module III: All Mixed Up: Culture in the Age of Electronics

History and Theory of Technology and Culture. 1999.
Web-based course for first year students in IT and interactive art. Web site: Presentations and readings, with moderated discussion.

Module I: Technologies of Writing
Module II: Technologies of Visualizing
Module III: Technologies of Computing

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