ART110MT - Introduction to Art - DL (M. Tillyer) information page

Distance Learning Course Interaction Plan

Course Number and Title: ART 110

Instructor: Michael Tillyer, M.Ed.

Telephone Number (if any): 413-478-1993

Email Address: mtillyer@hcc.mass.edu

Office Hours (if any): By appointment with 24 hour notice

Online Hours: 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday

Communication Policy: Students may use email or phone. Emails must include ART 110 in the subject line and must be composed in business-style, formal language. Phone messages must include a date and time of call, a method (phone number) and convenient time for me to respond, and include a short statement for the reason of the call such as “ to discuss assignment” or “help with computer problem”. I will make effort to respond within 24 hours.

__X__ Asynchronous Course __X (some)__ Synchronous Course

Asynchronous: This kind of distance education is characterized by an emphasis on "learning on demand" or "as needed communication" between students and faculty from multiple locations at times convenient to participants.

Synchronous: This form of distance education entails the use of live, two-way communication among and/or between students and faculty in a scheduled or "fixed" point(s) of time(s), much like classroom-based instruction.

Course Description:

ART 110(C) Introduction to Art 3 credits

An introduction to visual art and design, intended for non-art students. Topics may include representation, structure, function, decoration, expression, use of media, art tradition, and cultural context; class activities may include slide lectures, assigned reading, discussion, and special projects.

Required Textbook & Materials:

Students will be required to research material assigned found at several Websites including http://www.massmoca.org , http://www.metmuseum.org, http://www.pbs.org/art21/, http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ and http://aco.artsnet.org/Portals/10/documents/Educational_Theories_2004/1-3_Visual_Thinking_Strategies.pdf. Specific shows, artists and approaches will be discussed and students will be expected to respond in short form on Buzzword®, through postings and comments at a class blog created at Wordpess.com, and will be expected to respond visually to specific topics. A culminating research paper will require students to use the HCC library database for three citations in addition to other sources. Students will need to download the free graphics software called GIMP found at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ , Every second week throughout the semester students will be required to attend one live local art venue, to include at least three visual art shows and three theater events,

Course Objectives:

Student will have a conceptual model for understanding the Stages a Aesthetic Development (Housen, et al) and will be able to locate his or her personal aesthetic awareness on the VUE™ scale and note movement at the conclusion of the course
Student will have awareness of the visual arts as a disciplined language and will distinguish the field’s applications: Design, Craft, Mechanical Illustration, Fine Art, Theater, Motion Picture, and Therapeutics
Student will have a personal lexicon that will assist her in reasonably decoding and interpreting visual artworks orally and in writing
Student will have fun experiences exploring media and exploiting the pictorial plane
Student will have a overview of the history of art in connection to the development of human civilization

Methods of Instruction: Online – Distance Learning

Students are required to engage in the following interaction(s) for successful completion of this course:

Students will post weekly to a class Web log, Students will read, view, and respond in 600 to 700 written analyses to online or live art tours and scholarly and journalistic posts. Students will participate in small-cluster live online interactions. A final evaluative summation, published online at the course site and including ten documented, reliable sources (sources presented as class materials and readings will qualify) pertinent to the course material will comprise a final examination.

This course may include, but not be restricted to, the following interactions:

1. in person meetings YES X by appt. NO

2. telephone interactions YES X NO

3. electronic interactions (email, internet...) YES X NO

If yes, dates, times, places are to be specified…

Phone calls and email communications may be at will. In-person meetings are by appointment and granted when synchronous, online contact will not suffice to solve a problem.

Evaluation of Student’s Progress:

Evaluation will be numeric for each project and will accumulate to determine the final grade. Accumulated total in ratio to the highest possible score will yield the percentile grade. Students may provide the instructor at any time with a evaluation of the course and its management, and students will have the opportunity to respond to three satisfaction surveys during the progress of the course.

Individual projects will receive a value set from 0 to four, four as the highest. Four represents complete, on-time work of high quality, three represents good work that is on-time work, two represents good work that is on-time, but is missing or is deficient some definable and important features, One represents an unacceptable submission. Revised submissions are encouraged on a contractual basis with the instructor. 0 represents missed work.


	Distance Learning Course Interaction Plan Distance Learning Course Interaction Plan Course Number and Title: ART 110 Instructor: Michael Tillyer, M.Ed. Telephone Number (if any): 413-478-1993 Email Address: mtillyer@hcc.mass.edu Office Hours (if any): By appointment with 24 hour notice Online Hours: 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday Communication Policy: Students may use email or phone. Emails must include ART 110 in the subject line and must be composed in business-style, formal language. Phone messages must include a date and time of call, a method (phone number) and convenient time for me to respond, and include a short statement for the reason of the call such as “ to discuss assignment” or “help with computer problem”. I will make effort to respond within 24 hours. __X__ Asynchronous Course __X (some)__ Synchronous Course Asynchronous: This kind of distance education is characterized by an emphasis on "learning on demand" or "as needed communication" between students and faculty from multiple locations at times convenient to participants. Synchronous: This form of distance education entails the use of live, two-way communication among and/or between students and faculty in a scheduled or "fixed" point(s) of time(s), much like classroom-based instruction. Course Description: ART 110(C) Introduction to Art 3 credits An introduction to visual art and design, intended for non-art students. Topics may include representation, structure, function, decoration, expression, use of media, art tradition, and cultural context; class activities may include slide lectures, assigned reading, discussion, and special projects. Required Textbook & Materials: Students will be required to research material assigned found at several Websites including http://www.massmoca.org , http://www.metmuseum.org, http://www.pbs.org/art21/, http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ and http://aco.artsnet.org/Portals/10/documents/Educational_Theories_2004/1-3_Visual_Thinking_Strategies.pdf. Specific shows, artists and approaches will be discussed and students will be expected to respond in short form on Buzzword®, through postings and comments at a class blog created at Wordpess.com, and will be expected to respond visually to specific topics. A culminating research paper will require students to use the HCC library database for three citations in addition to other sources. Students will need to download the free graphics software called GIMP found at http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ , Every second week throughout the semester students will be required to attend one live local art venue, to include at least three visual art shows and three theater events, Course Objectives: Student will have a conceptual model for understanding the Stages a Aesthetic Development (Housen, et al) and will be able to locate his or her personal aesthetic awareness on the VUE™ scale and note movement at the conclusion of the course Student will have awareness of the visual arts as a disciplined language and will distinguish the field’s applications: Design, Craft, Mechanical Illustration, Fine Art, Theater, Motion Picture, and Therapeutics Student will have a personal lexicon that will assist her in reasonably decoding and interpreting visual artworks orally and in writing Student will have fun experiences exploring media and exploiting the pictorial plane Student will have a overview of the history of art in connection to the development of human civilization Methods of Instruction: Online – Distance Learning Students are required to engage in the following interaction(s) for successful completion of this course: Students will post weekly to a class Web log, Students will read, view, and respond in 600 to 700 written analyses to online or live art tours and scholarly and journalistic posts. Students will participate in small-cluster live online interactions. A final evaluative summation, published online at the course site and including ten documented, reliable sources (sources presented as class materials and readings will qualify) pertinent to the course material will comprise a final examination. This course may include, but not be restricted to, the following interactions: 1. in person meetings YES X by appt. NO 2. telephone interactions YES X NO 3. electronic interactions (email, internet...) YES X NO If yes, dates, times, places are to be specified… Phone calls and email communications may be at will. In-person meetings are by appointment and granted when synchronous, online contact will not suffice to solve a problem. Evaluation of Student’s Progress: Evaluation will be numeric for each project and will accumulate to determine the final grade. Accumulated total in ratio to the highest possible score will yield the percentile grade. Students may provide the instructor at any time with a evaluation of the course and its management, and students will have the opportunity to respond to three satisfaction surveys during the progress of the course. Individual projects will receive a value set from 0 to four, four as the highest. Four represents complete, on-time work of high quality, three represents good work that is on-time work, two represents good work that is on-time, but is missing or is deficient some definable and important features, One represents an unacceptable submission. Revised submissions are encouraged on a contractual basis with the instructor. 0 represents missed work.