Editing Building Successful Online Communities (Spring 2021) (section)

=== March 30 (Tuesday): Introduction to the Course ===

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'''Resources:'''

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/files/folder/Slides?preview=75725739 Lecture Slides for Introduction] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1448701/files/folder/Slides?preview=75725738 Lecture Slides for Course Overview] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://uwnetid.sharepoint.com/sites/og_2021q2_com570_online_communities/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fog%5F2021q2%5Fcom570%5Fonline%5Fcommunities%2FShared%20Documents%2FClassroom%2FRecordings%2FMeeting%20now%2D20210330%5F181731%2DMeeting%20Recording%2Emp4&parent=%2Fsites%2Fog%5F2021q2%5Fcom570%5Fonline%5Fcommunities%2FShared%20Documents%2FClassroom%2FRecordings Class Session Recording] (Requires Teams access)


'''Required Reading:'''

* BSOC, Chapter 1, pg 1-17
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system Bulletin board system article on Wikipedia]. {{tentative}}
* Case: The WELL  {{tentative}}
** [Case] Hafner, K. (1997). [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/ff_well_pr.html The epic saga of the WELL].  {{tentative}}
** [Case] Turner, F. (2005). [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/technology_and_culture/v046/46.3turner.html Where the counterculture met the new economy: The WELL and the origins of virtual community]. {{tentative}}

'''Optional Readings:'''

* Hauben, Michael, Ronda Hauben, and Thomas Truscott. (1997) Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet. Los Alamitos, Calif: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. [[http://pear.accc.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/608/529 Chapter 2] and [http://pear.accc.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/609/530 Chapter 3]]
* Stanford 2011 symposium: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kQYWLtW3Y From Counterculture to Cyberculture: the Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog] [Video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgRHYw9-fU BBS Documentary] - This 8-part documentary is a fantastic look at the people, technology, and culture of the earliest online communities. It's long, but it's worth a watch. [Video]

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'''What? Where?'''

:Let's meet in the [https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3ad2ba87e07cc64dad886bca21f8902ad1%40thread.tacv2/Classroom?groupId=e5542b13-679d-4f7d-9e4f-54cc4bd03bbc&tenantId=f6b6dd5b-f02f-441a-99a0-162ac5060bd2 Classroom Channel] of our Microsoft Teams group during the course time (6pm Seattle time). We will very likely ''not'' be using the entire time time.

'''Goals for the day:'''

* Collect some basic information from you all
* Provide an introduction and some context for the course (and hopefully get you excited about the rest of the quarter)
* Review the course objectives and requirements
* Answer your questions about the class
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