However, any student interested in instructional technology or integrated teaching approach using art to his or her own discipline has been joining this class since then. Slide 4 Three parts comprise the course learning activities. They are creating digital collage, Web-based multimedia teaching resource unit , and online collaboration. Reflecting on the postmodern metaphor of artist as collagist rather than inventor, first collage focuses on self-awareness. Based on the course reading and online discussion students are asked to collage their story that refelcts diverse sociocultural components of themselves using Photoshop, scanner, and digital camera.
Second collage focuses on others-awareness.
Then, their authentic narratives as well as multicultural issues of collages are posted on their Web sites and the course Web board for both evaluation and discussion. Reflecting on the postmodern metaphor of teacher as collaborator rather than authority, students are asked to create online journals that include participant's reflective notes on own learning, reading responses, and feedback to other responses as a means to achieve collaborative understanding of important ideas and concepts among participants. Thus, this activity puts participants in charge of their own learning. It is an on-going activity throughout semester and held on the course Web discussion board. The instructional strategies and the pertinent use of technologies in this course are aiming to facilitate the followings.