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International Institute for ICT Journalism – PenPlusBytes -PPB0105 - Introduction to ICT Journalism

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Welcome to PenPlusBytes online course on ICT Journalism for the period of three months (20th March to 20^th May)

Classes

We shall post weekly lecture notes based on the class table time plus relevant documents.Participants are expected to contribute through questions, comments, contributions, suggestion etc after reading the lectures notes. Please remember that class postings constitute part of your final grading.At the end of each week, a weekly summary of all postings shall be post to the list.

Weekly Class Assignments

Class assignments are expected to be submitted on due dates.

Submit your assignment before Sunday each week to mediaictrain AT gmail.com

In the subject line indicate your name and the question for the weekly assignment

For example, question – tools of ICT in newsroom, name: Alajidi Kufe

Subject: Alajidi kufe( tools of ICTs in news room)

Project Work

At the end of the course, each participant is expected to submit a project work in any ICT Journalism area of choice.

Special Guests

In addition to the course instructors, participants would have a unique opportunity to interact with special guests with expertise in ICT Journalism.

Participants

We have 43 participants registered to take part in this online course

See below countries and time zones of participants :

1	Bangladesh ( Dhaka)	GMT +6
2	Liberia (Monrovia )	GMT
3	South Africa (Johannesburg)	GMT +2
4	Kenya (Nairobi)	GMT + 3
5	Ghana (Accra)	GMT
6	UK (London)	GMT
7	France( Paris)	GMT +2
8	Benin(Porto Novo)	GMT + 1
9	Uganda (Kampala)	GMT + 3
10	The Gambia (Banju)	GMT
11	Cameroon ( Douala)	GMT + 2
12	Zambia( Lusaka)	GMT + 2

A full participants list shall be made available to the group list soon.

Grading: Participants are expected to undertake weekly assignment, participate in online discussion and published final project work on PenPlusBytes website.

Final grades:

• 20% on weekly assignments
• 20% on class participation
• 40% on project work
• 20% on multiple tests

Links

The course mailing list is located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mediaictrain/

See course blog at http://mediaictrain.blogspot.com/

Course wiki is found at https://mediaictrain.pbwiki.com/

For PenPlusBytes website point your browser to www.penplusbytes.net

CLASS TIME TABLE - Three months (20th March to 20 May 2006)

PERIOD	CONTENT
WEEK ONE – 20th March	Introduction of Participants and Course Objectives Introduction to ICT Journalism – concept, theory and definition History of ICT Journalism
WEEK TWO	Introduction to ICT tools for Journalism – wikis, blogs, website, chat, forum, email, content management system, news room management system and publishing platforms
WEEK THREE	The role of information and knowledge management in the newsroom
WEEK FOUR	Online Research
WEEK FIVE	Reporting ICT Stories
WEEK SIX	Special Guests/Business models of Online Journalism
WEEK SEVEN	Special Guests /Project Work
WEEK EIGHT	Special Guests/ Project Work
WEEK NINE - 20th May	Conclusion and Future of ICT Journalism

Learning Online

Learning online comes with a lot of advantages especially when learning about technologies. There are inherent challenges when learning online mostly because of the lack of face to face experience. Learning online is an important skill you have to acquire.

Tips

1. Set a period of day to undertake online learning
2. Find a folder and print out hard copies of key notes and resources
3. Plan your on learning experience
4. Interact and connect with other participants via f2f, email or phone calls
5. Discipline
6. Time commitment
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