New courses in Comparative Media Studies/Writing from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing 2022-02-11T17:22:21+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Students explore augmented reality audio through the design and evaluation of prototypes. Participants will probe design space and illuminate creative possibilities. This includes productive, playful, and social applications, as well as the intersection between games and music. The course builds understanding of the limitations and strengths of iterative design and rapid prototyping as research methods, familiarizes students with the theoretical foundations of design exploration, and practices working with physical and digital materials. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-s63-playful-augmented-reality-audio-design-exploration-fall-2019 Fall 2019 Jakobsson, Mikael Tan, Philip B. 2021-12-06T13:41:12+05:00 CMS.S63 CMS.S99 en-US augmented reality AR VR audio design game design prototyping playtesting music iterative design rapid prototyping MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The Civic Media Codesign Studio is a project-based studio course in collaborative design of civic media. Students work with a range of organizations to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. It covers theory and practice of codesign, including methods for community participation in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. This semester, the course will focus on building systems of collaboration between municipal government and local care networks to facilitate effective cocreation of policy. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-362-civic-media-codesign-studio-fall-2020 Fall 2020 Gordon, Eric 2021-05-24T15:55:43+05:00 CMS.362 CMS.862 en-US civic media community participation project ideation prototyping stewardship participatory design codesign project management iterative development MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Students use media and technology to develop new forms of learning experiences in schools, workplaces, and informal settings. Students participate in a range of new and ongoing projects that hone understanding and skills in learning science, instructional design, development and evaluation. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-594-education-technology-studio-spring-2019 Spring 2019 Slama, Rachel Hillaire, Garron Littenberg-Tobias, Joshua Ruiperez-Valiente, Jose 2019-10-17T14:03:15+05:00 CMS.594 CMS.894 en-US education technology learning analytics playtesting practice spaces ideation prototype universal design for learning udl empathy interview edtech teacher educational data mining MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is designed to improve the student's ability to communicate technical information. It covers the basics of working with sources, including summarizing and paraphrasing, synthesizing source materials, citing, quoting, and avoiding plagiarism. It also covers how to write an abstract and a literature review. In addition, we will cover communication concepts, tools, and strategies that can help you understand how engineering texts work, and how you can make your texts work more effectively.This course is limited to MIT graduate engineering students based on results of the Graduate Writing Exam. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-794-graduate-technical-writing-workshop-january-iap-2019 January IAP 2019 Beimford, Caroline Karatsolis, Andreas Lane, Suzanne T. Roldan, Leslie Ann Stickgold-Sarah, Jessie 2019-06-21T19:47:07+05:00 21W.794 en-US genre rhetorical situations abstracts stasis theory information management academic integrity use of sources synthesizing and structuring information discourse analysis genre analysis rhetorical moves metadiscourse MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class is an introduction to writing about science—including nature, medicine and technology—for general readers. In our reading and writing we explore the craft of making scientific concepts, and the work of scientists, accessible to the public through articles and essays. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-035-science-writing-and-new-media-science-writing-for-the-public-spring-2018 Spring 2018 Boiko, Karen 2018-12-12T21:11:31+05:00 21W.035 en-US science writing writing science technology communications medicine public public interest education literacy science literacy scientific literacy research MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course explores visualization methodologies to conceive and represent systems and data, e.g., financial, media, economic, political, etc., with a particular focus on climate change data in this version of the course. Topics include basic methods for research, cleaning, and analysis of datasets, and creative methods of data presentation and storytelling. The course considers the emotional, aesthetic, ethical, and practical effects of different presentation methods as well as how to develop metrics for assessing impact. Coursework includes readings, visualization exercises, and a final project. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-631-data-storytelling-studio-climate-change-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Bhargava, Rahul 2018-05-02T17:59:22+05:00 CMS.631 CMS.831 MAS.784 en-US data visualization data analysis data cleaning statistics environment climate communications audience analysis mapping interactive MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm In this course we will read and write about works that explore symbolic encounters in the American landscape. Some of the assigned works look at uneasy encounters between ordinary individuals and animals—wolves, eagles, sandhill cranes—that Americans have invested with symbolic significance; others explore conflicts between the pragmatic American impulse to impose order on unruly nature and the equally American inclination to enshrine the unaltered landscape. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-775-writing-about-nature-and-environmental-issues-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Taft, Cynthia B. 2017-12-13T17:05:50+05:00 21W.775 en-US writing American landscape wilderness symbolism humans animals non-fiction history ecology environmental policy anthropology MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Proficiency in communicating about science and technology comes from both knowledge and practice, and this course emphasizes both. Through a variety of reading and writing assignments, we will examine general principles of good writing, as well as principles associated specifically with scientific and technical writing. We will also explore the effects of new media as avenues for communicating about science. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-031-science-writing-and-new-media-explorations-in-communicating-about-science-technology-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Melvold, Janis 2017-10-25T21:43:29+05:00 21W.031 en-US writing science technology communication scientific writing technical writing media science essays scientific research communication MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class addresses the craft of writing about science in and for contemporary society, both its pleasures and its challenges. We will read essays, reportage, op-eds, and web-based articles on a variety of topics concerning science, technology, medicine and nature. Readings by contemporary writers such as Elizabeth Kolbert, Atul Gawande, and Michael Pollan will serve as examples of the craft and sources of ideas for our own writing. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-777-science-writing-in-contemporary-society-spring-2017 Spring 2017 Boiko, Karen 2017-09-20T19:44:39+05:00 21W.777 en-US writing science technology medicine nature Elizabeth Kolbert Atul Gawande Michael Pollan narrative media science writing culture society climate change Malcolm Gladwell investigative essays book reviews MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Fantasy is currently one of the most popular genres across every platform in fiction. From film to gaming to literature, fantasy tops the charts. Why? Why do people who believe in democracy and live with the magic technology appear to long for wizards and dragons and the matters of kingship? In this class, we will explore this question, and from that base read articles, novels, write exercises and stories in this genre. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-758-genre-fiction-workshop-fantasy-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Lewitt, Shariann 2017-06-20T19:41:42+05:00 21W.758 en-US fantasy film gaming literature wizards dragons novels genre reading writing stories legends short stories TV shows narrative media workshops creative writing MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course takes rhetoric as a system for designing meaning that helps us understand complex situations and ideas, enlighten and persuade others to act, and thus reshape our world. We’ll study rhetoric systematically and empirically, both analyzing how it works on us as readers, and testing how we can make informed rhetorical choices as we design our own texts. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-016-writing-and-rhetoric-designing-meaning-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Lane, Suzanne T. 2017-06-01T20:07:23+05:00 21W.016 en-US rhetoric meaning persuasion political speeches debates argument political beliefs cultural beliefs policy economics oral presentation writing MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides an introduction to writing about science (including medicine, technology, and engineering) for general readers. With a strong emphasis in background research, this course will help students build a foundation for strong science writing. Students will read works by accomplished science writers. Each assignment will focus on a different popular form, such as news articles, interviews, essays, and short features.  https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-035-science-writing-and-new-media-communicating-science-to-the-public-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Berezin, Jared David 2017-05-08T19:08:40+05:00 21W.035 en-US science writing writing science technology communications medicine public public interest education literacy science literacy scientific literacy research MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Like other scientists, medical researchers and clinicians must be capable of presenting their work to an audience of professional peers. Unlike many scientists, however, physicians must routinely translate their sophisticated knowledge into lay terms for their own patients and for the education of the public at large. A surprising number of physicians write for less utilitarian reasons as well, choosing the narrative essay as a means of exploring the non-technical issues that emerge in their clinical practice. Over the course of the semester, we will explore the full range of writings by physicians and other health practitioners. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-034-science-writing-and-new-media-perspectives-on-medicine-and-public-health-fall-2016 Fall 2016 Taft, Cynthia B. 2017-04-03T15:15:16+05:00 21W.034 en-US medicine public health physicians medical research scientists AIDS asthma malaria obesity critical review Scientific American clinical practice doctors patients MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of the process of designing games and playful experiences. Students are familiarized with methods, concepts, techniques, and literature used in the design of games. The strategy is process-oriented, focusing on aspects such as: Rapid prototyping, play testing, and design iteration using a player-centered approach. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-301-introduction-to-game-design-methods-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Jakobsson, Mikael Verrilli, Sara 2016-12-20T21:42:16+05:00 CMS.301 en-US game design prototyping play testing user experience design practice design studies design exploration board games MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is a service-learning, project-based studio course that focuses on collaborative design of civic media. Students will work in diverse teams with community partners to create civic media projects grounded in real-world community needs. This course covers co-design and lean UX methods, and best practices for including communities in iterative stages of project ideation, design, prototyping, testing, launch, and stewardship. Students should have an interest in collaboration with community-based organizations. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-362-civic-media-codesign-studio-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Costanza-Chock, Sasha Henshaw-Plath, Evan 2016-12-15T19:00:15+05:00 CMS.362 CMS.862 en-US civic media worker owned cooperatives service learning community co-design user experience social transformation design inequality MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course focuses on the social and cultural aspects of networked life through internet-related technologies (including computers, mobile devices, entertainment technologies, and emerging media forms). https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-614-network-cultures-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Taylor, T. L. 2016-10-24T04:48:19+05:00 CMS.614 21W.791 CMS.867 en-US internet technology mobile emerging media online communication social media activism hacking hacktivism culture society intellectual property Anonymous trolling algorithms big data internet users MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This class will focus on the craft of writing genre science fiction. Students write and read science fiction and analyze and discuss stories written for the class. For the first eight weeks, readings in contemporary science fiction accompany lectures and formal writing assignments intended to illuminate various aspects of writing craft as well as the particular problems of writing science fiction. The rest of the term is given to roundtable workshops on student's stories. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-759-writing-science-fiction-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Lewitt, Shariann 2016-08-15T16:16:55+05:00 21W.759 en-US writing scifi sci fi science fiction fantasy fiction literature genre workshop speculative fiction subgenre world building worldbuilding protagonist characters future theme futurist publishing MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm In this course, you will be exposed to the work of many great documentary photographers and photojournalists, as well as to writing about the documentary tradition. Further, throughout the term, you will hone your photographic skills and 'eye,' and you will work on a photo documentary project of your own, attempting to reduce a tiny area of the moving world to a set of still images that convey what the viewer needs to know about what you saw—without hearing the sounds, smelling the odors, experiencing what was happening outside the viewfinder, and without seeing the motion. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-749-documentary-photography-and-photojournalism-still-images-of-a-world-in-motion-spring-2016 Spring 2016 Colen, B. D. 2016-04-29T21:12:04+05:00 21W.749 CMS.935 en-US photography photojournalism writing journalism documentary news image photo camera picture newspaper magazine nonfiction camera MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course examines the theory and practice of using computational methods in the emerging field of digital humanities. It develops an understanding of key digital humanities concepts, such as data representation, digital archives, information visualization, and user interaction through the study of contemporary research, in conjunction with working on real-world projects for scholarly, educational, and public needs. Students create prototypes, write design papers, and conduct user studies. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/cms-633-digital-humanities-spring-2015 Spring 2015 Fendt, Kurt Stuhl, Andy Kelleher 2016-04-07T00:26:21+05:00 CMS.633 CMS.833 en-US digital humanities data visualization data representation digital archives humanities data mining databases GIS design prototype programming MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course seeks to provide a supportive context for students to grow significantly as writers by discovering and engaging with issues that matter to them. Writing on social and ethical issues, we can see ourselves within a tradition of authors such as Charles Dickens, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Orwell, Rachel Carson, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., who have used the power of the pen to inspire social change. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-011-writing-and-rhetoric-rhetoric-and-contemporary-issues-fall-2015 Fall 2015 Walsh, Andrea 2016-01-26T19:49:44+05:00 21W.011 en-US writing rhetoric ethics social justice poverty homeless injustice civic service community MIT OpenCourseWare https://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see https://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm