CFP Computational Arts MOOC
Q1 The purpose of this Call for Proposals (CFP) is to solicit content from SUNY faculty to make
SUNY’s first Coursera MOOC into an Open SUNY flagship course covering artistic, cultural, and
production aspects of digital technology. In fall 2013, Dr. Margaret Schedel from the
department of Music and the Consortium for Digital Arts, Culture and Technology (cDACT) at
Stony Brook lead a team who developed and launched SUNY’s first Coursera MOOC entitled
Introduction to Computational Arts. This fifteen-week course covers some programming,
manipulation of digital images, and creation of digital audio, culminating in a student project
which incorporates all three. While the MOOC addresses the production and artistic aspects of
digital technology, it does not address the cultural implications, which is one of the cornerstones
of cDACT. In 2014, Coursera announced specializations--20 week's worth of lessons, with
a capstone project. The Introduction to Computational Arts MOOC is only five lessons away
from meeting the specialization criteria. All SUNY faculty with subject matter expertise are
invited to help expand the MOOC by proposing a week of content and participating in the course
as a guest speaker. If your proposal is selected, your stipend will be $1500 to create one week
of content. Stony Brook will provide you with instructional design and technical support and
bring you to campus for video recording. Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed. To
complete this CFP, you will need to
cite at least one learning objective from the CDT 208
syllabus to which your segment would align, create at least one learning objective specific to
your segment, describe the content of your segment and how it will contribute to students’
understanding of your learning objective, submit a sample learning activity aligned to your
objective, provide a sample scoring rubric for peer grading of the activity, attach your bio and
a 1-3-minute video explaining why you would like to be involved in this project.
This CFP
must be submitted by midnight, Monday, April 6, 2015. Awardees will be announced on May
1. Video recording at Stony Brook will take place in May, June & July. Additional instructional
components, including discussion questions and an 8-question quiz, must be submitted by
August 1. Any materials in need of revision must be submitted by August 15. If you need to
pause for any length of time while completing this CFP, you may return at a later date, as long
as you use the same link, browser, and computer. Otherwise your previous responses will be
lost.
You may preview the CFP here.
Q2 Last Name
Q3 First Name
Q4 What university or college?
Q5 What is your academic department and rank?
Q6 Please provide your email address
Q7 Please provide your daytime phone number.
Q8 Please provide a short bio. No more than 250 words please.
Q9 Please attach a 1-3 minute video explaining why you would like to be involved in this project.
Q10 To which learning objective from the CDT 208 syllabus will your segment align?
 understand the basics of computers, input and output devices, memory, and disks as
demonstrated through quizzes and projects (1)
 navigate file systems in Windows and Mac OS X (2)
 demonstrate creative/conceptual awareness of generative design through peer critique (3)
 install and set-up a digital environment using Processing language (4)
 generate and manipulate type, image and sound, incorporating principles of color, shape
and grids (5)
 create, edit, manipulate digital images using the basic functions of visual arts software (6)
 demonstrate creative/conceptual awareness of visual design through peer critique (7)
 produce an artistic image using software (8)
 record, edit, and process digital sound using the basic functions of a Digital Audio
Workstation (9)
 demonstrate creative/conceptual awareness of sound art through peer critique (10)
 produce an effective 1-3 minute sound work with a formal structure (11)
Q11 Please provide at least one learning objective specific to your segment.
Q12 Please describe the content of your segment and how it will contribute to students’
understanding of your learning objective.
Q13 Please submit a sample learning activity aligned to your objective.
Q14 Please provide a sample scoring rubric for peer grading of the activity,
Q15 Are you ready to submit your proposal? Carefully read the instructions below before
responding.
No, my proposal needs more work: Your work so far has been saved so you
can continue at another time. However, to do so, you must use the same computer and browser
each time you return to edit or add to the form. If you intend to return, you need do nothing more
at this time. Simply close your browser tab or window, but remember to come back to Submit by
midnight on Monday, April 6. Yes, my proposal is complete and ready for submission: If your
proposal is complete and ready to be submitted, click the Submit button. Once you submit, your
proposal is final and cannot be retrieved or edited. Do Not click Submit unless you are
completely finished.