Sharing the Gospel 2011

Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. David Wiley

Winter Semester 2010

Section 001 Tu Th 12:05-1:20

Office: MCKB 150-E

Office Hours: By appointment

Office Phone: 801-422-7071

E-mail: david.wiley@byu.edu

Website Address: http://davidwiley.org/

Twitter: @opencontent

Facebook: http://facebook.com/opencontent/

Class Member Blogs

 * Brother Wiley - http://opencontent.org/blog/
 * David Miles - http://davidwmiles.wordpress.com/
 * Kristina Cummins http://kristinacummins.wordpress.com/
 * Lauren Pieper - http://laurenpieper.wordpress.com/
 * Younhee Burningham - http://echoinwater.wordpress.com/
 * Rebekah Allred-- http://bekahanne.wordpress.com/
 * Greg Williams - http://gperspective.wordpress.com/
 * Josh Cotton - http://dust-speak.blogspot.com/
 * Tatiana Leavitt- http://tatianaleavitt.wordpress.com/

Check Your Grades!
Keep up-to-the-minute with your class grade using BYU's online gradebook.

Classroom Procedures
Course meetings will include instructor presentations, student presentations, class discussions, group work, and presentations by visitors. Class will begin with prayer, an invitation for the Lord’s spirit to attend our discussion. "The Spirit shall be given unto you by the prayer of faith; and if ye receive not the Spirit ye shall not teach” D&C 42:14. We will then turn to a discussion of a scripture related to the week’s topic, and use the scripture as our entryway into the week’s conversation.

Class Culture
As instructor I will lead the class sessions, but I take very seriously the admonition, "seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith" D&C 88:118, emphasis added). You will be expected to contribute significantly to the class.

This course syllabus is in a wiki, and you are welcome to make improvements to this document. I hope that you will feel ownership of this course.

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Specific Outcomes

 * Strengthen your personal testimony of the restoration of the gospel, the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, and the prophetic calling of Joseph Smith
 * Learn to use social media tools to effectively testify about the truthfulness of the gospel
 * Develop expertise in the theory and practice of using social media
 * Learn how to stay safe when using the Internet

Program Outcomes
As per the Instructional Psychology and Technology page on the BYU Learning Outcomes Wiki, students in this course will grow in their capacity to:


 * Demonstrate the ability to produce appropriate written and oral professional communications.
 * Critique professional communications produced by others.
 * Manage projects, including planning, budgeting of time and resources, and implementation of work plans.
 * Teach competently, employing appropriate technological means.
 * Demonstrate the ability to use technology tools in the production and operation of instruction. Act in harmony with professional standards and the aims and goals of BYU education.

Course Schedule

 * Week 6: Email Marketing Campaigns and Customer Relationship Management
 * Tuesday - Research Day
 * Assignments. - (1) Find and read two articles about successful Email Marketing Campaigns and two articles about using Customer Relationship Management successfully. (2) Make a blog post that (a) links to the articles and (b) summarizes the key points to succeeding in using these approaches / tools. (3) Read each others' posts and spend some time thinking about how we can apply these lessons to our final project.
 * Thursday
 * We will discuss, argue, and create a concrete proposal about how to use these tools to improve the effectiveness of the Member-Missionary Challenge.
 * Hi folks, I've uploaded a picture of the whiteboard from class. Here's the horrendously long url: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=831198524509&set=a.773689378299.2354581.17832580&theater

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO_iWNTeDMs - a basic walk through of how to sign up with just slides 2) we could easily make our own video in a similar format as the one above, using screen shots and narrating it ourselves to tailor it better to our needs 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUnmowztKMQ - an example of a very thorough video (10:00 long). We probably would want to edit it though or make one in a similar format better suited to our needs. 4) Youtube has tons of options.
 * Video group ideas

Assignments
Most weeks there will be a weekly writing assignment in which you will have the opportunity to reflect on the week's readings and discussion. These assignments are worth 10 points each. Larger project assignments during the semester are worth 25 points each.

Extra credit may be earned by writing "synthesizing posts." These are blog posts that combine material written by other students and draws new insights from the combination of their ideas. Synthesizing posts are worth 2 points each and you can earn these 2 points any week in which your weekly writing assignment was posted on time.

Grading
We will be participating in a pilot test of a new Gradebook application this semester. This should provide us with unique opportunities for giving and providing feedback during the semester, and tracking your grades in real time. Further information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

Final grades will be awarded as follows:

A - 93-100%

B - 86-92%

C - 78-85%

D - 70-77%

Late Work Policy
Late work may or may not be accepted and may or may not be harshly penalized at my completely subjective, mood-influenced, and possibly biased discretion. If this seems unfair or makes you uncomfortable, please turn in your work on time.

Library Information
Name: Rachel Wadham

Office: 1223 HBLL

Phone number: 422-6780

E-mail: rachel_wadham@byu.edu

Reference Desk Information
Name: Social Sciences / Education

Phone number: 422-6228

Hours: M-Th : 8am-9pm; F: 8am-6pm; Sat: 10am-6pm

BYU Honor Code
In keeping with the principles of the BYU Honor Code, students are expected to be honest in all of their academic work. Academic honesty means, most fundamentally, that any work you present as your own must in fact be your own work and not that of another. Violations of this principle may result in a failing grade in the course and additional disciplinary action by the university. Students are also expected to adhere to the Dress and Grooming Standards. Adherence demonstrates respect for yourself and others and ensures an effective learning and working environment. It is the university’s expectation, and my own expectation in class, that each student will abide by all Honor Code standards. Please call the Honor Code Office at 422-2847 if you have questions about those standards.

Preventing Sexual Discrimination and Harassment
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination against any participant in an educational program or activity that receives federal funds. The act is intended to eliminate sex discrimination in education. Title IX covers discrimination in programs, admissions, activities, and student-to-student sexual harassment. BYU’s policy against sexual harassment extends not only to employees of the university, but to students as well. If you encounter unlawful sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination, please talk to your professor; contact the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895 or 367-5689 (24-hours); or contact the Honor Code Office at 422-2847.

Students with Disabilities
Brigham Young University is committed to providing a working and learning atmosphere that reasonably accommodates qualified persons with disabilities. If you have any disability which may impair your ability to complete this course successfully, please contact the Services for Students with Disabilities Office (422-2767). Reasonable academic accommodations are reviewed for all students who have qualified, documented disabilities. Services are coordinated with the student and instructor by the SSD Office. If you need assistance or if you feel you have been unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of disability, you may seek resolution through established grievance policy and procedures by contacting the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895, D-285 ASB.

Academic Honesty Policy
The first injunction of the BYU Honor Code is the call to be honest. Students come to the university not only to improve their minds, gain knowledge, and develop skills that will assist them in their life’s work, but also to build character. President David O. McKay taught that ‘character is the highest aim of education’ (The Aims of a BYU Education, p. 6). It is the purpose of the BYU Academic Honesty Policy to assist in fulfilling that aim. BYU students should seek to be totally honest in their dealings with others. They should complete their own work and be evaluated based upon that work. They should avoid academic dishonesty and misconduct in all its forms, including but not limited to plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, cheating, and other academic misconduct.

Plagiarism Policy
Writing submitted for credit at BYU must consist of the student’s own ideas presented in sentences and paragraphs of his or her own construction. The work of other writers or speakers may be included when appropriate (as in a research paper or book review), but such material must support the student’s own work (not substitute for it) and must be clearly identified by appropriate introduction and punctuation and by footnoting or other standard referencing.

Devotional and Forum Attendance Policy
Brigham Young University’s devotional and forum assemblies are an important part of your BYU experience. As Elder Dallin H. Oaks stated, ‘You neglect your education and fail to use a unique resource of this university if you miss a single one’ (from the address ‘Challenges for the Year Ahead’, 6 September, 1973). Your attendance at each forum and devotional is strongly encouraged.