7W:245	Design of Instructional Computer Simulations	Steve Alessi
	Syllabus

Week	Today's Reading	Class topics and activities	Assignment due today
1		Simulation theory Stella and Modeling	Topic and partner selection
2	Stella Chapter 3 & 4 [5] [25] [28]	Simulation theory Stella and Modeling	1^st simulation analysis (5%)
3	Stella Chapter 5 [2] [4] [20]	Simulation theory Stella and Modeling	Project description (5%)
4	Stella Chapter 6 [13] [16] [27]	Simulation theory Stella and Modeling	2^nd simulation analysis (5%)
5	Stella Chapter 7 [24] [29]	Instructional support in simulations Stella and Modeling	Phenomenon analysis (10%)
6	Stella Chapter 8 [7] [11]	Instructional support in simulations Stella and Modeling
7	Stella Chapter 9 [14] [18]	Evaluate analysis and lesson design Instructional support in simulations	Revised phenomenon analysis, lesson description and complete lesson design on paper (10%)
8	[1] [15] [22]	Instructional support in simulations Work on projects
9	[9] [12] [21]	Evaluate first draft in class Instructional support in simulations	1^st draft complete program and print materials (10%)
10	[17] [30]	Simulation projects and approaches Work on projects
11	[6] [8] [10]	Evaluate second draft in class Simulation projects and approaches	2^nd draft complete program and print materials (10%)
12	[19] [26] [31] [3] [23] [32]	Virtual reality and the future of simulation Using versus building simulations
13		Demonstrate and discuss final lessons	Final program and print materials (20%)
14		FINAL EXAM (25%)

[ ] denotes reserve folders            Stella = An Introduction to Systems Thinking           % denotes percent of grade