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== course outline == All instructions, assignments, readings, rubrics and essential information will be on the [https://utexas.instructure.com/courses/1404678 Canvas website]. Check Canvas regularly. '''Changes''' to the schedule may be made at my discretion if circumstances require. I will announce any such changes in class and will also communicate them via announcements. I will send a weekly “reading note” to you via canvas to introduce the week’s content and any syllabus changes. It is your responsibility to note these changes when announced, and I will do my best to ensure that you are notified of changes with as much advance notice as possible. The following table summarizes the planned course schedule, and details on the readings and assignments follow in the [[#schedule|schedule]] below. Note that '''all assignments are due by 11:59 PM Central Time on Fridays''' unless specified otherwise. {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="text-align: center;"| Week ! style="text-align: center;"| Date ! style="text-align: left;"| Day ! style="text-align: left;"| Class Topic ! style="text-align: left;"| Out of Class Activities ! style="text-align: left;"| Assignments Due |- | style="text-align: center;"| 1. | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-august-27th|8/27]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-august-27th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Introduction to the course and online communities | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 1 ([[tktk|link tk]]) | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| 1. | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-august-29th|8/29]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-august-29th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Motivation I | style="text-align: left;"| Complete [[tktk|setup checklist]], video lecture 2, and week 1 readings | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-1|Wikipedia assignent 1]] '''Case: Yelp''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-2|2.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-september-3rd|9/3]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-september-3rd|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Motivation II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 3; readings for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-2|2.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-september-5th|9/5]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-september-5th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Commitment I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 4; week 2 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-2|Wikipedia assignent 2]] '''Case: Facebook & Reddit''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-3|3.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-september-10th|9/10]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-september-10th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Commitment II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 5; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-3|3.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-september-12th|9/12]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-september-12th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Norms and Regulation I, Codes of Conduct and Toxicity | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 6; week 3 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-3|Wikipedia assignent 3]] |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-4|4.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-september-17th|9/17]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-september-17th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Norms and Regulation II, Spammers, Trolls, and Newcomers | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 7; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-4|4.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-september-19th|9/19]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-september-19th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Creating information goods I, Wikipedia | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 8; week 4 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-4|Wikipedia assignent 4]] '''Case: Codes of conduct''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-5|5.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-september-24th|9/24]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-september-24th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Creating information goods II, Open source software | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 9; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-5|5.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-september-26th|9/26]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-september-26th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Creating information goods III, Quality | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 10; week 5 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-5|Wikipedia assignent 5]] '''Case:TKTKTK''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-6|6.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-october-1st|10/1]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-october-1st|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Newcomers I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 11; week 6 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-6|6.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-october-3rd|10/3]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-october-3rd|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Newcomers II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 12; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case:Explosive growth and going viral''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-7|7.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-october-8th|10/8]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-october-8th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Wikipedia Assignment Debrief I | style="text-align: left;"| Complete wikipedia assignments and reflection essay | style="text-align: left;"| [[#wikipedia-assignment-6|Wikipedia contributions and reflection essay]] |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-7|7.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-october-10th|10/10]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-october-10th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Wikipedia Assignment Debrief II | style="text-align: left;"| Prepare for case case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case:Designing for Wikipedia newcomers''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-8|8.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-october-15th|10/15]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-october-15th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Creating New Communities I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 13; week 8 assigned reading; | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-8|8.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-october-17th|10/17]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-october-17th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Creating New Communities II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 14; prepare for case; [[#community-identification|Community identification]] | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case:StackExchange and Reddit''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-9|9.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-october-22nd|10/22]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-october-22nd|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Identity and Anonymity I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 15; week 9 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-9|9.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-october-24th|10/24]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-october-24th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Identity and Anonymity II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 16; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case:TKTKTK''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| 10. | style="text-align: center;"| 10/29 | style="text-align: left;"| Tue | style="text-align: left;"| Fall break. No class. | style="text-align: left;"| Enjoy your break! | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| 10. | style="text-align: center;"| 10/31 | style="text-align: left;"| Thurs | style="text-align: left;"| Fall break. No class. | style="text-align: left;"| Enjoy your break! | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-11|11.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-november-5th|11/5]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-november-5th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Origins and history of online communities I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 17; week 11 assigned reading; [[#project-proposal|Final project proposal]] | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-11|11.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-november-7th|11/7]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-november-7th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Origins and history of online communities II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 18; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case: TKTKTK''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-12|12.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-november-12th|11/12]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-november-12th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Artificial Intelligence I | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 19; week 12 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-12|12.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-november-14th|11/14]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-november-14th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Artificial Intelligence II | style="text-align: left;"| Video lecture 20; prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case: Wikipedia and AI''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-13|13.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-november-19th|11/19]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-november-19th|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Ecosystems of online communities | style="text-align: left;"| Week 13 assigned reading | style="text-align: left;"| '''Reading Quiz''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-13|13.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-november-21st|11/21]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-november-21st|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Guest lecture TBD | style="text-align: left;"| Prepare for case | style="text-align: left;"| '''Case: TKTKTK''' |- | style="text-align: center;"| 14. | style="text-align: center;"| 11/26 | style="text-align: left;"| Tue | style="text-align: left;"| Thanksgiving. No class. | style="text-align: left;"| Enjoy the Holiday! | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| 14. | style="text-align: center;"| 11/28 | style="text-align: left;"| Thur | style="text-align: left;"| Thanksgiving. No class. | style="text-align: left;"| Enjoy the Holiday! | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-15|15.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#tuesday-december-3rd|12/3]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#tuesday-december-3rd|Tue]] | style="text-align: left;"| Guest lecture TBD | style="text-align: left;"| | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-15|15.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#thursday-december-5th|12/5]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#thursday-december-5th|Thur]] | style="text-align: left;"| Guest lecture TBD | style="text-align: left;"| | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| 16. | style="text-align: center;"| 12/10 | style="text-align: left;"| Tue | style="text-align: left;"| Study day, No class | style="text-align: left;"| | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| 16 | style="text-align: center;"| 12/12 | style="text-align: left;"| Thur | style="text-align: left;"| Finals week. No class | style="text-align: left;"| | style="text-align: left;"| |- | style="text-align: center;"| [[#week-16|16.]] | style="text-align: center;"| [[#friday-december-13th|12/13]] | style="text-align: left;"| [[#friday-december-13th|Fri]] | style="text-align: left;"| Final project presentations | style="text-align: left;"| CST | style="text-align: left;"| Final paper due at 11:59pm |} The class is roughly divided into 3 phases. The first phase, comprised of weeks 1-7 of the semester will have the greatest workload in terms of reading material and assignments. In this part we will ask fundamental questions about how online communities work: What motivates sustained participation in an online space? How are can online spaces be made orderly and safe for participants? How do online communities create value to their participants and the public through high-quality information goods as exemplified by open source software and encyclopedias such as Wikipedia? In this initial period students will embark on their adventures into Wikipedia with help from [https://wikiedu.org the Wikieducation foundation]. The first main project is to complete the Wikieducation training, make substantive contributions to Wikipedia, and to write a short essay reflecting on the experience and critically analyzing Wikipedia in terms of the course material covered through this point. The second phase of the course roughly corresponds to weeks 8-11. The workload will lighten during this period as we conclude studing ideas about how to build successful online communities in weeks 8-9. Week 10 is fall break. In week 11 we will take a deep dive into the early history of online communities and then in week 12 we will explore how online communities use technologies under the “artificial intelligence” and anticipate how advances in such technologies may shape online communities in the near future. In this phase students will plan and begin work on final projects. In the final phase of the course we will no longer follow a “flipped classroom format”. Students are expected to put considerable effort into their final projects during this phase, and so the work required to prepare for class will correspondingly decrease. Class sessions during this phase will cover special topics by myself or guest speakers. <span id="reading-quizzes"></span> === Reading Quizzes === In about half of our class sections, as indicated in the [[#course-outline|schedule]], students will receive a reading quiz via Canvas at the beginning of class. The reading quiz will consist of a small number of multiple-choice questions, which will be graded out of 15 points. The quiz will start when class starts and end 5 minutes later. The quizzes are designed to check that students have grasped the most important ideas from the last week’s reading, not to trick, puzzle, or stump with trivia. Students who pay reasonable attention to the reading and come to class should easily earn these points. <span id="case-analysis-discussions"></span> === Case analysis discussions === In the other have of class sessions where we do not have a quiz, we will have a discussion to analyze a case. Analyzing these cases develops our skills in applying the course material to practical real-world decisions that actors in real-world situations face. This style of case-based assessement is common in business schools, but less common in other fields. In a case analysis discussion, students prepare by studying readings on an examle—perhaps up to 35 pages—about a community or organization and a challenging decision it faces. Pay close attention to readings marked as “[Case]” in the syllabus in order to prepare for the case. '''I will not cover case material in class or lecture.''' We will dive right into the case discussion at the beginning of class and I expect you to be prepared to participate in a critical discusion. <span id="cold-calling"></span> ==== Cold calling ==== During the case analysis portion of class, I will lead a structured discussion in which we will systematically break down the problem situation and construct recommendations for the actors using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method socratic method]. Some students are always more open and confident in speaking during open-ended class discussions than others. Therefore, in the interest of fairness, I will use a randomized system for choosing which student to call on when I ask these questions. This system is designed to ensure that every student is called on about the same number of times over the semester, and to avoid calling on the same student too frequently. <span id="case-analysis-assement"></span> ==== Case analysis assement ==== When a student is called upon, I will note the quality of their answer in terms of ''engagement'', ''preparedness'', and ''fluency'' each on a 4 point scale, for a total of 12 points each time a student is called upon. An ''engaged'' answer shows that the student has been attentive to the current discussion. ''Preparedness'' demonstrates that a student has done the reading to prepare for the case discussion. ''Fluency'' reflects command over the concepts and language from the course material overall. Each student will be called on approximately, but not exactly the same number of times. Therefore, to make grading fair, I will follow the following procedure to award 120 points for case discussions: I will drop the bottom 10% of the questions, average the remaining scores, and then multiply by 100. I will be quite generous in these assessments. Students who keep up with the course material, prepare for the cases, and are present in class when they are called on should have little difficulty earning near-perfect scores for the case analyses. <span id="schedule"></span>
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