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CS 4472/6470: Design of Online Communities

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Week Date Topic Readings & Online Sites
1 1/18 Intro & Community: Face to Face and Online Reading: Online Sites:  
  1/20 Third Places Reading: Online Site:
2 1/25 Research Methods Reading: Online Site: Due:
  1/27 Research Ethics Reading: Recommended: Online Site: Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the TA.
3 2/1 Ethics Continued:
Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts
Reading: Due:
  • Obtain ethics certification via the online course, if you do not already have certification.
Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the TA.
  2/3 The Social, the Technical, the Political Reading: Online Site: Due:
4 2/8 Design Factors Reading: Online Site:
  2/10 Theory of Identity Reading: Online Sites:
  • Dooce (Warning: site is known for being irreverent and using strong language.)
  • TVNewser
Due:
5 2/15 Identity Online Reading: Online Site:
  • Second Life
    Note: it takes a while to 'understand' this site. Please reserve at least 2-3 hours for exploring it.
  2/17 Gender Online Reading: Online Site:
6 2/22 Reputation Reading: Online Site: Due:
  2/24 Deviant Behavior Reading: Recommended:
7 3/1 Midterm Closed book.
  3/3 Governance Reading: Recommended: Online Sites:
8 3/8 Social Roles Reading: Online Site:
  3/10 Participation and Lurking Reading:

Recommended:

Online Site: Due:
  • HW: First interview transcript
9 3/15 Leadership and Hosting Reading: Recommended: Online Site:
  3/17 Class cancelled Due:
  • HW: Second and third interview transcripts (by email)
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10 3/22 & 3/24 Spring Break (no class)  
11 3/29 Online Privacy Reading: Recommended:
  • "Privacy policies as decision-making tools, an evaluation of online privacy notices." by Carlos Jensen and Colin Potts. Proceedings of CHI 2004. (electronic reserve)
Online Site:
3/31 Social Networks Reading: Online Sites:
  • Facebook (been there before?)
12 4/5 Social Networks Continued Guest Lecture

Reading:
4/7 Community Study Presentations Due:
13 4/12 Community Study Presentations, Continued
4/14 Innovative Design in Online Communities Please famaliarize yourself with these sites before class.
14 4/19 Guest Lecturer: Brant Chee, PatientsLikeMe Online sites: If you will be absent for the Passover holiday, please email the instructor and TA, and we'll arrange to videotape this class.
4/21 Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement Reading: Online Site: Due:
15 4/26 Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" Reading: Online Sites:  
4/28 Design Presentations (optional) + Final Exam Review  
16 TBD Final Exam TBD
Final Exam Schedule

Readings and assignments are subject to change.

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