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Players see how politicians use the redistricting process to select their voters - wow! Political Science Research Advisor: Kareem Crayton, Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science, USC Gould School of Law, kcrayton [at] law [dot] usc [dot] edu, http://law.usc.edu/ - created at the USC Game Innovation Lab - part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts', Interactive Media Division. It was developed for the USC Annenberg Center for Communications by the following people: Lead Game Designer and Project Lead, Chris Swain, Assistant Professor, Co-Director, EA Game Innovation Lab, Interactive Media Division, USC School of Cinema-Television, cswain [at] cinema [dot] usc [dot] edu, http://interactive.usc.edu/research/games "The game provides a basic introduction to the redistricting system, allows players to explore the ways in which abuses can undermine the system, and provides info about reform initiatives - including a playable version of the Tanner Reform bill to demonstrate the ways that the system might be made more consistent with tenets of good governance. Beyond playing the game, the web site for The Redistricting Game provides a wealth of information about redistricting in every state as well as providing hands-on opportunities for civic engagement and political action."

Open field notes for a book to be written for Johns Hopkins Univ Press on trends in education, inc. MOOCs. One post is entitled: "the real disruption isn't online courses, it's their business model" George Siemens, Bonnie Stewart, and Dave Cormier have been contracted to write for Johns Hopkins University Press, and they expect the book to be published in mid-2013. They started the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs), together with Stephen Downes, in 2008.

A terrific checklist for anyone looking to "build" a course: 1. Plan for 30 minutes 2. Develop content without technology (clarify goals, assumptions about students, objectives, assessments, learning outcome artifacts, sequencing, validation) 3. Implement your content using technology (inc prep to evaluate the efficacy of your course) 4. Pilot with your target audience