| Instructor: |
Lee Iverson |
| Classes: |
FSC 1402 Tuesday & Thursday 12:00-13:30 |
| Office
Hours: |
Drop by MCLD 341 or by appointment
822-3381 |
| Readings |
Readings schedule |
| E-Mail List |
eece519 at ece.ubc.ca |
| Drupal |
CSCW Collaboration Website |
| Outline: |
This course is designed as a
research course covering the essential principles that need to be
embodied in computer and network systems designed to facilitate human
collaboration. The term Computer-Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW) is
often used to refer to the field of research that covers these systems. We will cover a broad range of computer-oriented technologies that enable collaborative activites including email, chat, instant messaging, hypertext, groupware, weblogs, distributed filesystems, knowledge management, and digital libraries. We will also seriously examine the ways in which these technologies enable or transform the communities within which they are deployed. We will also carefully consider the social aspects of communities and the ways in which these technologies mesh with the communities they support. Finally, we will look to the future and explore a research program for supporting rich human-oriented collaboration. |
| Structure: |
Each
week will consist of two
sessions. The Tuesday sessions will be traditional lectures, supported
by readings, that will provide background and my own interpretation of
the subject matter we are covering. After the first two weeks, the Thursday sessions will be taken up with student-led reports and discussions on the assigned papers for that week. This report will consist of a critical presentation and analysis of the assigned text(s) and facilitation of a discussion of the work. Another student will be assigned to take notes from the discussion. Both the research report presented and the discussion notes will be posted to the course website. The slides from the presentation I gave in Week 3, that cover my expectations for these paper reviews are available in PowerPoint or HTML. |
| Tools: |
A collaborative course web-site will be established with discussion forums and weblogs. All classroom reports and other written materials for the course will be made available through this site (site TBA). |
| Evaluation: |
The course grade will be divided
up as such:
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| Expectations: |
Students are expected to attend
all lectures and seminar sessions, and to participate freely in
discussions. Readings will be assigned on a weekly basis and all
students will be expected to have prepared for lectures by critically
reading the required texts prior to the Tuesday meetings. |
| Schedule: |
Readings |
Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4 |
Week 1 |
CSCW: Introduction and background. |
| Sep 9, 11 |
Week 2 |
Groups: Social Perspectives on
Collaboration |
| Sep 16, 18 |
Week 3 |
Groups: Groups and Teamwork |
| Sep 23, 25 |
Week 4 |
Groups: Virtual Teams |
| Sep 30, Oct 2 |
Week 5 |
Technologies: CMC and EMail |
| Oct 7, 9 |
Week 6 |
Technologies: Video and IM |
| Oct 14, 16 |
Week 7 |
Technologies: Weblogs and Wikis |
| Oct 21, 23 |
Week 8 |
Knowledge Management |
| Oct 28, 30 |
Week 9 |
The Semantic Web |
| Nov 4, 6 |
Week 10 |
Digital Libraries |
| Nov 11, 13 |
Week 11 |
Hypertext and Hypermedia |
| Nov 18, 20 |
Week 12 |
Documents and Annotation |
| Nov 25, 27 |
Week 13 |
Proposal Presentations |
| Dec 2, 4 |
Week 14 |