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Academic Year 2006/2007 Semester 2
| Week | Date | Lecture | Assignment/Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19-Oct-2006 | Intro, History, Myths and Society and maturity of a media | Form teams (2 students each) |
| 2 | 26-Oct-2006 | Technique (story, visual effects) | Announce assignment 1 |
| 3 | 2-Nov-2006 | Technique (story, visual effects) | |
| 3 | 3-Nov-2006 | 2006 Machinima Festival preview | Attend through Second Life. See events for more info |
| 4 | 9-Nov-2006 | Technique (interactive drama, collaborative scripting, trends, implications) | |
| 5 | 16-Nov-2006 | Assignment presentation | Assignment 1 due |
| 6 | 23-Nov-2006 | Feature showcase I | Announce assignment 2 |
| 7 | 30-Nov-2006 | History of Games | video |
| 8 | 7-Dec-2006 | Economics (Laws, trends) Industry (valuechain, SWOT) SCAMMPERR |
video |
| 9 | 14-Dec-2006 | e-learning (work on assignment 2) | *Dioselin on leave |
| 10 | 21-Dec-2006 | Semester break | |
| 11 | 28-Dec-2006 | ||
| 12 | 4-Jan-2007 | Feature showcase II | *Dioselin on leave |
| 13 | 11-Jan-2007 | Free | |
| 14 | 18-Jan-2007 | Assignment in-world presentation. | Assignment 2 due. 8.45am Singapore time, 4.45pm PST SL Location: Campus Island Audio: Singapore TeamSpeak Server - 210.24.174.9:8767 NYP channel - IM me for password |
| 15 | 25-Jan-2007 | Ethics (lecture conducted in SL) | 9am Singapore time, 5pm PST SL meeting point: Campus Island Audio: Singapore TeamSpeak Server - 210.24.174.9:8767 NYP channel - IM me for password Announce assignment 3 |
| 16 | 1-Feb-2007 | No lecture Work on assignment 3 |
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| 17 | 8-Feb-2007 | Assignment 3 presentation | Presentation will be in RL, *not* SL.
Venue: Electronic Theater, Block M level 5 |
The tool we'll be using on this course will be Second Life. Some lectures will be delivered inside the world, and assignments will require to create content and conduct activities in it.
All students must create a free account and email the instructors your:
- Full avatar's name
- Personal email address
- Hand phone
Important: Students are expected to be responsible, conduct themselves as adults inside Second Life and not to be involved in any offensive activity or "griefing". Failure to do so will be taken seriously and will affect final grades.
| Assignment 1 - Techniques, story telling | 30% |
| Assignment 2 - Economics, games | 30% |
| Assignment 3 - Ethics, media | 30% |
| Participation | 10% |