Last up-dated on: 3/18

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This is a day-by-day detailed course schedule for the entire semester. Changes to the schedule will be announced via the course listserv, in class, and the last day of revision is noted above.

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D2L has established a monthly maintenance schedule: every 4th Saturday/early morning Sunday of the month. The time period will be 10pm Saturday thru 3am Sunday (PST). 

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Week 1

Reading: Opening: The Network is the Message [8]; Coopman, T.M. (2009). Toward a pervasive communication environment perspective. First Monday 14. Available at: firstmonday.org [13]

Task: Introduction Workshop

Quiz: Orientation EC Quiz (workshop, syllabus, and wiki); Quiz #1 Opening and Coopman 2009

 

Thursday January 27

Introduction Workshop

All quizzes for the semester open Thursday January 27 at 9 am

 

Week 2

Reading: C1 Lessons from the History of the Internet [26]

Task: APA+AB+Scholarly Workshop (Online+F2F); Explore Pew Internet and American Life Project website

Quiz: 2 [C1];

 

Tuesday February 1

Discuss and report on reading #1

 

Thursday February 3

APA+AB+Scholarly Workshop

 

Week 3

Reading: C2 The Culture of the Internet [27]; Wired Magazine: 17.06 The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online [6] < http://www.wired.com/wired/issue/17-06>

Task: Theory Workshop #1 Technology (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 3 [C2, New Socialism] Orientation quiz, Quiz #1 and #2, and APA quiz closes Tuesday February 8 at 9 am

 

Tuesday, February 8

Discuss and report on reading #2

 

Thursday, February 10

Theory Workshop #1 Technology

 

Week 4

Reading: C3 eBusiness and the New Economy [51]

Task: Theory Workshop #2 The Web Economy (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 4 [C3] Quiz 3 closes Tuesday, February 15

 

Tuesday, February 15

Discuss and report on reading #3

 

Thursday, February 17

Theory Workshop #2 The Web Economy

 

Week 5

Reading: Wired Magazine: 17.06 Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews

Profitability [6] <http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-06/nep_googlenomics>; Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It's Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity [7] <http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-07/mf_freer>; "The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online"danah boyd, Personal Democracy Forum [10] <.danah.org/papers/talks/PDF2009.html>

Task: Theory Workshop #3 Information and Networks

Quiz: 5 [Wired, boyd]; Quiz #4 closes Tuesday, February 22

 

Tuesday, February 22

Discuss and report on reading #4

 

Thursday, February 24

Theory Workshop #3 Information and Networks (Online+F2F)

 

Week 6

Reading: C4 Virtual Communities or Network Society? [20]; Fletcher, D (2010, May 20) How Facebook is Redefining Privacy. Time [8]; Listen to Baym Interview (The Brian Lehrer Show "Does Facebook Care About Privacy?" Friday, May 14, 2010)

Task: Theory Workshop #4 Communication and Identity (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 6 [C4, Fletcher]; Quiz #5 closes Tuesday March 1

 

Tuesday, March 1

Discuss and report on reading #5

 

Thursday, March 3

Theory Workshop #4 Communication and Identity

 

Week 7

Reading: C5 The Politics of the Internet I [30]

Task: Theory Workshop #5 Regulation, Policy, and Law (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 7 [C5]; Quiz #6 closes Tuesday March 8

 

Tuesday, March 8

Discuss and report on reading #6

 

Thursday, March 10

Theory Workshop #5 Regulation, Policy, and Law

 

Week 8

Reading: C6 The Politics of the Internet II [30]

Task: Theory Workshop #6 Information and News (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 8 [C6]; Quiz #7 closes Tuesday March 15

 

Tuesday, March 15

Discuss and report on reading #7

 

Thursday, March 17

Theory Workshop #6 Information and News

 

Week 9

Reading: C7 Multimedia and the Internet [20]

Task: Theory Workshop #7 Entertainment (Online+F2F) and Wiki Expert Proposal Workshop (Online+F2F)

Quiz: 9 [C7]; Quiz #8 closes Tuesday March 22

 

Tuesday, March 22

Discuss and report on reading #8

Theory Workshop #7 Entertainment

 

Thursday, March 24

Wiki Expert Proposal Workshop

 

Week 10 Spring Break

Reading: none

Task: none

Quiz: none;

 

Tuesday, March 29

No class

 

Thursday, March 31

No class

 

Week 11

Reading: C8 The Geography of the Internet [39]

Task: Wiki Expert Proposal; Using Wiki Tools Workshop

Quiz: 10 [C8]; Quiz #9 closes Tuesday April 5 April 12

Tuesday, April 5

Discuss and report on reading #10

 

Thursday, April 7

Using Wiki Tools Workshop

Wiki Expert Project Proposal Due Thursday April 7 at 9 am

 

Week 12

Reading: C9The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective [27] and Conclusion [7]

Task: Wiki Expert Projects

Quiz: 11 [C9 & Conclusion]; Quiz #10 closes Tuesday April 12 April 19

 

Tuesday, April 12

Discuss and report on reading #11

 

Thursday, April 14

Consultations on Wiki Projects

 

Week 13

Reading: Articles for your wiki pages

Task: Wiki Expert Project Phase 1; comment on student wikis

Quiz: none; Quiz #11 closes Tuesday April 19

 

Tuesday, April 19

No class meeting, work on Wiki Expert Project

 

Thursday, April 21

No class meeting, work on Wiki Expert Project

Wiki Expert Project Phase 1 Due (posted on Wiki) Thursday April 21 at 9 am

 

Week 14

Reading: Articles for your wiki pages

Task: Wiki Expert Project; comment on student wikis

Quiz: none

 

Tuesday, April 26

No class meeting, work on Wiki Expert Project

 

Thursday, April 28

No class meeting, work on Wiki Expert Project

Wiki Expert Project Due (posted on Wiki) Thursday April 28 at 9 am

 

Wiki Expert Project Due (posted on Wiki) Friday April 29 at 9 am

 

Week 15

Reading: none

Task: Class Expert Wiki Presentations; comment on student wikis

Quiz: none

 

Tuesday, May 3

Class Expert Wiki Presentations

 

Thursday, May 5

Class Expert Wiki Presentations

 

Week 16

Reading: none

Task: Class Expert Wiki Presentations

Quiz: none

 

Tuesday, May 10

Class Expert Wiki Presentations

 

Thursday, May 12

Class Expert Wiki Presentations

 

Week 17

Reading: none

Task: Class Process and SOTES

Quiz: none

 

Tuesday, May 17

Class Process and SOTES