I’m proposing to teach a new design course, based on a digital studio pedagogy. All students will work in pairs on one semester long project. In it, we’ll look at cases of multimedia learning, read some instructional and interaction design theory, and get lots of feedback from invited guests. In terms of skill, we’ll use the web as a framework for multimedia publishing: digital video/audio/images, CSS, Javascript (MooTools or JQuery, I think), and some basics for PHP or Python for the web, depending on the skills the students bring.

I’m interested in feedback on all aspects of the course, but especially on what the challenge should be. So far, I have three things in mind:

• teaching the BP oil spill
• the future of textbooks
• education for sustainable living

Update: This course has been approved and will run in AY 12-13. See the syllabus:

http://matt.curinga.com/static/courses/multimedia-studio.html