Readings and assignments are subject to change. Please always check the online syllabus.
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1/8 | Introduction | |
1/10 | Community: Face to Face and Online | Reading:
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1/15 | Third Places | Reading:
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1/17 | Research Methods | Reading:
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1/22 | Research Ethics | Reading:
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1/24 | No class | 1/29 | Ethics Continued: Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts |
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1/31 | Design Factors |
Eric Gilbert's class will be joining us. Reading:
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2/5 | Theory of Identity | Reading:
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2/7 | Lecture by Dan Cosley |
Dan suggests you check out the site before doing the reading. Reading:
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2/12 | Identity Online | Reading:
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2/14 | Gender Online |
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2/19 | Guest lecture: Sunah Su from Etsy (tentative) |
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2/21 | Leadership and Hosting |
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2/26 | No class | |
2/28 | The Social, the Technical, the Political |
Guest lecture by Casey Fiesler Reading:
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3/5 | Deviant Behavior | Reading:
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3/7 | Governance | Reading:
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3/12 | Social Roles | Reading:
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3/14 | Participation and Lurking | Reading:
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3/19 & 3/21 | Spring break--no class | |
3/26 | Constructionism |
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3/28 | Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science |
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| 4/2 | Community Study Presentations | Due: |
4/4 | Community Study Presentations, continued | |
4/9 | New Designs for Online Communities |
Eric Gilbert's class will join us.
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4/11 | Intellectual Property and Online Remix | Guest Lecture by Casey Fiesler Reading:
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4/16 | Online Privacy | Reading:
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4/18 | Design Presentations |
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4/23 | Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement | Reading:
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4/25 | Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" | Reading:
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Readings and assignments are subject to change.