Dear SC,
Folks, My grades now shows the complete record of your grades for SC. It shows your grades for your final assignments and any late work, as well as my very brief comments. I am sorry that I did not have time for blog comments before today's deadline for teachers' grades - for my comments on your final assignments please see My grades.
Be sure to enjoy your break and come back refreshed and ready to work hard next semester.
Best,
Owen.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
SC grades - please link from your blog
Good morning!
Folks, I will start working on your grade for SC first thing Friday morning. If you have not already created a link on your blog to your IE homepage do this as soon as you can, but by 9 a.m . Friday at the latest please - this guarantees your IE homepage will contribute to your overall score.
Thank you, Owen.
PS. Sorry we went over time yesterday.
Folks, I will start working on your grade for SC first thing Friday morning. If you have not already created a link on your blog to your IE homepage do this as soon as you can, but by 9 a.m . Friday at the latest please - this guarantees your IE homepage will contribute to your overall score.
Thank you, Owen.
PS. Sorry we went over time yesterday.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Tomorow's SC class
Hi Folks, You can use all of tomorrow's class time to work on your IE homepage. I will come and discuss your work with each of you for a little while, but mostly you can use the whole period to address the points in the IE Framework in the design and content of your site. Bye for now, Owen.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
SC Homework due Friday 10 (& Tuesday 14) November
Hi folks,
There are two pieces of IE homepage homework:
A) Post a "Guidelines for Comments" statement (or similar) to your IE Homepage. State the purpose of your rules. Consider using a using a "Do - Do Not" format for each rule, e.g.
Do be original.
Do not repeat something that someone else has already explained or commented on.
For support refer to these guidelines in the Class web box (or others you have found):
B) Continue your work on your IE homepage. Post a brief message of the work you will do to our class forum. Use the IE Framework to identify the most important work you still need to do:
1. Self analysis - know why your issue and why it is important to you
2. Establish your credibility - provide evidence of research and analysis of your issue
3. Identify target group (those people whose behaviour/opinions you want to change) - stake out a public position on your issue. Your "sticky message" needs to be highly visible and stated in a clear, specific way.
4) Build a social network (your supporters) - develop an organisational base of people supportive of your "sticky message" and link to existing organisations with views compatible with your own.
5) Design an IE homepage - stake out a personal, public presence. Your homepage will connect a) you to everyone else in your network (you to other nodes) b) everyone else to everyone else (nodes to nodes) and c) everyone to your "sticky message".
Looking ahead: You will give a brief presentation on your IE Homepage next Tuesday, November 14. In your presentation you will explain how the design of your homepage addresses each of the 5 points in the IE Framework. Assessment: 10% (out of 35% as per Syllabus).
There are two pieces of IE homepage homework:
A) Post a "Guidelines for Comments" statement (or similar) to your IE Homepage. State the purpose of your rules. Consider using a using a "Do - Do Not" format for each rule, e.g.
Do be original.
Do not repeat something that someone else has already explained or commented on.
For support refer to these guidelines in the Class web box (or others you have found):
B) Continue your work on your IE homepage. Post a brief message of the work you will do to our class forum. Use the IE Framework to identify the most important work you still need to do:
1. Self analysis - know why your issue and why it is important to you
2. Establish your credibility - provide evidence of research and analysis of your issue
3. Identify target group (those people whose behaviour/opinions you want to change) - stake out a public position on your issue. Your "sticky message" needs to be highly visible and stated in a clear, specific way.
4) Build a social network (your supporters) - develop an organisational base of people supportive of your "sticky message" and link to existing organisations with views compatible with your own.
5) Design an IE homepage - stake out a personal, public presence. Your homepage will connect a) you to everyone else in your network (you to other nodes) b) everyone else to everyone else (nodes to nodes) and c) everyone to your "sticky message".
Looking ahead: You will give a brief presentation on your IE Homepage next Tuesday, November 14. In your presentation you will explain how the design of your homepage addresses each of the 5 points in the IE Framework. Assessment: 10% (out of 35% as per Syllabus).
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
SC homework due today and Friday, November 3
Dear SC,
There are two pieces of homework:
Issue Entrepreneurship
Due today:
a) IE homepage: Update your plan of work for the next few days. Post your update to our forum Discuss Social Computing ICU (8).
Due Friday:
a) Blog post: Read "How to be a Great Host." What ideas and issues raised in the text resonate with you as host-to-be of your own community. Explain in a clear, well structured paragraph.
Thank you!
There are two pieces of homework:
Issue Entrepreneurship
Due today:
a) IE homepage: Update your plan of work for the next few days. Post your update to our forum Discuss Social Computing ICU (8).
Due Friday:
a) Blog post: Read "How to be a Great Host." What ideas and issues raised in the text resonate with you as host-to-be of your own community. Explain in a clear, well structured paragraph.
Thank you!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Lots & lots of social software
Hi Folks
I have just posted this site Online Collaboration Reviews by Robin Good to the class Web box, it contains lots of reviews of new social software services you could use in the design of your IE homepage. Here is a sample page from the site, but do look for services that meet your specific needs, look for services that specifically aim to connect and support collaboration -- this makes software social. This site could be a very useful resource as you design and build your homepage.
Best, Owen.
I have just posted this site Online Collaboration Reviews by Robin Good to the class Web box, it contains lots of reviews of new social software services you could use in the design of your IE homepage. Here is a sample page from the site, but do look for services that meet your specific needs, look for services that specifically aim to connect and support collaboration -- this makes software social. This site could be a very useful resource as you design and build your homepage.
Best, Owen.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
SC homework for Friday
Hi Folks,
Just one new item of homework due for Friday:
A. Begin building your IE homepage.
The fifth step of the IE Framework calls for you to stake out a personal public presence. Your IE homepage will need to connect i) you to other nodes in your network ii) each node to your "sticky message" iii) each node to all other nodes. You may use any combination of social software to create your homepage, including a blog, wiki, RSS, distributed bookmarking system, aggregator (perhaps for live news updates on your IE issue), podcast, video, and there many more services you might use. Don't worry! We can all help each other, the important thing is to make a start and show us your work Friday!
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The homework below was due today. There are two excellent examples of completed work here and here. Do be sure to catch up and finish by next class.
B. IE blog post: The IE Framework (you wrote this up in Google Docs last Friday) describes a five-step process to developing an Issue Entrepreneurship, including 1) Self analysis 2) Establishing credibility 3) Knowing your target group 4) Developing an organisational base, and 5) Designing a IE homepage. Develop a blog post that defines and responds to what you see as the most important work you need to do at this particular stage. The Syllabus calls for ongoing posts summarizing the work you do, as well as, critical examination of the value of social software in your work. Come next class ready to present and discuss your ideas and issues with the group. You are encouraged to use the Internet to support your discussion.
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In class on Friday, you will-
a) Update us on your IE based on homework B above (Taketei and Kenta did this today).
b) Take us on a 5 min tour of the main features of a social software service. We did not have time in class today for this, but their will be time to for you to show us on Friday. This activity is described in more detail here.
c) Show us the first steps you have completed to build your IE homepage.
Folks about homework, because Social Computing is a collaborative course, the work you do makes the course for everyone else, your input is vital and required for everyone to benefit from the collective intelligence, skills, and understandings of others. SC is not an individual study course, so it could be seen to be somewhat selfish not to contribute in timely manner. Please take seriously the responsibility you have to all other students in the course and complete your homework in timely fashion, arigato.
Thanks folks!
Just one new item of homework due for Friday:
A. Begin building your IE homepage.
The fifth step of the IE Framework calls for you to stake out a personal public presence. Your IE homepage will need to connect i) you to other nodes in your network ii) each node to your "sticky message" iii) each node to all other nodes. You may use any combination of social software to create your homepage, including a blog, wiki, RSS, distributed bookmarking system, aggregator (perhaps for live news updates on your IE issue), podcast, video, and there many more services you might use. Don't worry! We can all help each other, the important thing is to make a start and show us your work Friday!
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The homework below was due today. There are two excellent examples of completed work here and here. Do be sure to catch up and finish by next class.
B. IE blog post: The IE Framework (you wrote this up in Google Docs last Friday) describes a five-step process to developing an Issue Entrepreneurship, including 1) Self analysis 2) Establishing credibility 3) Knowing your target group 4) Developing an organisational base, and 5) Designing a IE homepage. Develop a blog post that defines and responds to what you see as the most important work you need to do at this particular stage. The Syllabus calls for ongoing posts summarizing the work you do, as well as, critical examination of the value of social software in your work. Come next class ready to present and discuss your ideas and issues with the group. You are encouraged to use the Internet to support your discussion.
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In class on Friday, you will-
a) Update us on your IE based on homework B above (Taketei and Kenta did this today).
b) Take us on a 5 min tour of the main features of a social software service. We did not have time in class today for this, but their will be time to for you to show us on Friday. This activity is described in more detail here.
c) Show us the first steps you have completed to build your IE homepage.
Folks about homework, because Social Computing is a collaborative course, the work you do makes the course for everyone else, your input is vital and required for everyone to benefit from the collective intelligence, skills, and understandings of others. SC is not an individual study course, so it could be seen to be somewhat selfish not to contribute in timely manner. Please take seriously the responsibility you have to all other students in the course and complete your homework in timely fashion, arigato.
Thanks folks!
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