Online Courses and Resources

Online Communication Courses:

• Visual Communication

• Photojournalism

   

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Discover classes, workshops, and Web Resources prepared and collected by instructor Robert Gluckson. 

Here are resources for you to expand your media literacy:

·  Explore the worlds of the mass media, online 
·  Learn about media history, business, and career opportunities 
·  Develop your communication skills 
·  Prevent the media from manipulating you. 

These courses are designed to meet rigorous academic standards in Humanities and Communications studies.

Introduction to Film and Introduction to Mass Media have been taught for a decade in Washington state community colleges.

Photojournalism History has been taught in Oregon and California State Universites. Visual Communications is designed to be a college-level Survey course covering all the media, plus advertising and photography.

 

If your school would like to offer classes that increase enrollment and attract new students while developing powerful communication skills, contact Robert Gluckson.

 

The online Course Websites offer online resources and articles for self-paced learning. 

 

See the Web Resources section for Links to the most valuable History, Business, and Career Sites. 

 

 Visual Communications Online Course

 

See the images that shaped our world and discover the communication principles of each mass medium: Art, Photography, Print (Newspapers, Magazines, Books), TV and Films, and the World Wide Web.  Professionals will improve their skills; students will learn how the media work; and parents and youths will see how the media attempts to manipulate them.  The Internet provides our visual library, linking us to online museums, academic websites, and professional organizations.  Work from your own home or office.

Offered as a non-credit, self-paced independent study, with personal guidance from author/instructor Robert Gluckson.  We are seeking an institutional partner to authorize academic credit.  

 

Photojournalism History Online Course

 

The Photo History Online Course explores the medium of photography, from the first scientific and artistic experiments to the digital images in news and advertising today. We’ll see images so powerful they changed history as we learn the principles of photographic communication.  We’ll explore career and business opportunities.  The course will be taught on the Web: Online museums, business, and academic sites will be our texts; the syllabus and lectures are online; we’ll use a chat room and email to communicate.

Offered as a non-credit, self-paced independent study, with personal guidance from author/instructor Robert Gluckson.  We are seeking an institutional partner to authorize academic credit.  

 

Introduction to Mass Media Online Course

Explore the roles of media in your own life as you learn more about the history and impact of mass media (including books, magazines, newspapers, advertising, popular music, TV, movies, and the Internet). Apply your critical thinking skills to interpret media "texts" and to understand the ways media affect people around the world.  Study from the comfort of your home or office. There are no class meetings.  

Introduction to Film Online Course              

Study Hollywood film making as an art form, a business, and a shaper of culture. Identify film techniques and explore the role of motion pictures in your life.  This telecourse utilizes the PBS Documentary Series "American Cinema," the textbook American Cinema/American Culture, and Instructor Robert Gluckson's course design and lectures. There are no on-campus meetings.

Robert Gluckson, educator          

He began his academic career hunting through piles of old paper; published his own ‘zines at the age of 12; and became a comic book dealer at 13 (and retired at 17, with enough profits to take a four-year vacation). He has two Master’s degrees; in Popular Culture, and in Mass Communications.   See resume.

 

Workshops in Cartooning, Art Games for Academic Success,   Mandala Art, and Media Literacy

We play Cartooning games, create our own characters and comic strips, and learn practical skills; everyone’s work is published in a class comic book.

 

Other Youth Art Workshops include Mural-Making, Art Games for Student Success, and Puppetry.

 

Mandala Art workshops offer the chance to express one’s history and goals using geometric drawing exercises.

 

Media Literacy classes expose the tricks advertisers use and explore the effects of the mass media.

 

Words and Pictures Documentary       

 

See the historic art masterpieces that transformed the way we view the world.  Images and words have been used for religious, political, and entertainment purposes from the dawn of time.  This one-hour documentary, written and narrated by Robert Gluckson, was produced for public television.  Email Robert Gluckson to purchase or license.  

 

             Web Resources                       

 

Our reviewers spent countless hours surfing the web to find the sites with the most information and images.  The focus is on History, Business, and Careers.  These are great sources for your research papers!

 

 Mass Media :  Surveys of all media and/or sites that offer references to other sites.  Timelines.  Alphabetically by media: Advertising, Movies, Newspapers, Public Relations, Radio, and Television.  Sites reviewed by members of the Introduction to Mass Media Online Course.  Hosted at the Introduction to Mass Media Online Class website.

 

 Movies:  History, Business, and Careers.  Hosted at the Introduction to Film Online Class website.

 

 Photography: Timelines and histories; art; photojournalism; careers; and great photographs.

 

 Comics and Animation:  Histories; bibliographies; artist sites; and lots of cover art.  The site is hosted by Southern Oregon University, as part of the Schneider Art Museum’s “Contemporary Animation and Comic Book Art” show.

 

Robert Gluckson, M.A.

 

Phone 541 890-4621

Email robert.gluckson@gmail.com

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