{"id":25332,"date":"2019-10-17T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/?post_type=page&amp;p=25332"},"modified":"2019-10-17T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T16:40:09","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ids-intro\/ids-intro-home\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25332\" class=\"elementor elementor-25332\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-171e173 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"171e173\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15cb650\" data-id=\"15cb650\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bdfd11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bdfd11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8341af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8341af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Intro to Interdisciplinary Studies. Let&#8217;s see if we can figure out what&#8217;s going on here. . .<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39ee744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39ee744\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c181155\" data-id=\"c181155\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-726ea95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"726ea95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-78a41a8\" data-id=\"78a41a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2fb9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc2fb9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is this course, anyway?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fcd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c1fcd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies is a course for Interdisciplinary Studies majors. (Not because we want to be elitist, but because much of what we do is specific to the IDS major and not useful to other majors.) It is also a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.plymouth.edu\/general-education\/general-education\/general-education-requirements-fall-2005-later\/connections\/\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology in the Disciplines (TECO)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> course, so it will require students to use and think about technology.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are three modules to this course:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating an Interdisciplinary Studies contract and submitting application materials for the IDS major<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning about and working with useful digital technologies:<\/span><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ePorts (your own web domain)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal Learning Networks<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hypothesis (for annotating web pages)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning about Interdisciplinary Studies as a field and what it means to become an interdisciplinarian. This includes learning about how schools are structured and thinking about your own learning \u2014 past, present, future. By the end of this course, we want you to be able to take control of your education.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The underlying philosophy of this course is that of Open Pedagogy, which we will talk about a lot in class during the third module. (But if you want to learn about it now, check out <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/openpedagogy.org\/open-pedagogy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this definition at the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Pedagogy Notebook<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-angle=\"-45deg\" data-color=\"#E7EDDC,#B3BFB8,#FBFBFB\" class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5a07d7 eae-animated-gradient-yes\" data-id=\"a5a07d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-065d2f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"065d2f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Useful Terminology<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad1199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ad1199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><b>IDS = Interdisciplinary Studies<\/b><\/li><li><b>CoLab = The Open Teaching &amp; Learning Collaborative<\/b><b><i>,<\/i><\/b> <span>which IDS is a part of.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\">CoLab<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ids\">IDS<\/a> share an office space. The Director of the CoLab, Robin DeRosa, used to be the Director of IDS. The CoLab is a place for students, faculty, staff, and community members to talk about education, share ideas, collaborate on projects, and experiment with new ways of teaching and learning. You should visit us there.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><strong>ePort = electronic portfolio <\/strong>This is a personal(ized) Web site you&#8217;ll build this semester to share the work you&#8217;re doing in IDS.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Welcome to Intro to Interdisciplinary Studies. Let&#8217;s see if we can figure out what&#8217;s going on here. . . What is this course, anyway? Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies is a course for Interdisciplinary Studies majors. 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