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==== Wikipedia Task #6 ==== | ==== Wikipedia Task #6 ==== | ||
;Task: Finalize article and turn in your report to Wikipedia | ;Task: Finalize article and turn in your report to Wikipedia | ||
;Due Date: | ;Due Date: Friday November 4 | ||
;Deliverables: Finish article in Wikipedia and turn in link to article in Canvas. Turn in report as subpage of your Wikipedia userpage and turn in link in Canvas. | ;Deliverables: Finish article in Wikipedia and turn in link to article in Canvas. Turn in report as subpage of your Wikipedia userpage and turn in link in Canvas. | ||
:Post your report as a subpage of your userpage. For example, I would create mine with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Report as the URL. Of course, | :Post your report as a subpage of your userpage. For example, I would create mine with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Report as the URL. Of course, ou should replace "Benjamin_Mako_Hill" with your Wikipedia username. You can also just go to your userpage by clicking on your username on Wikipedia and then adding "/Report" at the end of the the URL. | ||
:When you go that page, it will say '''Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name.''' | :When you go that page, it will say '''Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact name.''' | ||
:You can create the new page by just clicking the "Create" tab on that page. When you're done, you can paste the URL into Canvas. | :You can create the new page by just clicking the "Create" tab on that page. When you're done, you can paste the URL into Canvas. | ||
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:* Community identification essay (Turn in to Canvas) | :* Community identification essay (Turn in to Canvas) | ||
;Due Dates: | ;Due Dates: | ||
:* Monday November 7 | :* Signed copy of MOU: Wednesday November 7 | ||
:* Community Identification Essay: Monday November 7 | |||
In this assignment, you should identify and the community you will be working with for your final project. In the essay part of this assignment, I am asking you to write several paragraphs explaining which community you will be working with and why you think it will be an appropriate site for applying the course material. If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link to any existing community or to the organization. | In this assignment, you should identify and the community you will be working with for your final project. In the essay part of this assignment, I am asking you to write several paragraphs explaining which community you will be working with and why you think it will be an appropriate site for applying the course material. If relevant or possible, it might be useful to also provide a link to any existing community or to the organization. | ||
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==== Final Projects: Report and Presentation ==== | ==== Final Projects: Report and Presentation ==== | ||
;Presentation Date: December 12 | ;Presentation Date: December 12 | ||
;Paper Due Date: December | ;Paper Due Date: December 16 | ||
;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ;Maximum paper length: 4500 words (~18 pages) | ||
;Deliverables: Turn in in Canvas | ;Deliverables: Turn in in Canvas | ||
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=== October 31: Newcomers === | === October 31: Newcomers === | ||
'''Resources:''' | <!-- '''Resources:''' | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/ | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33204788/download?download_frd=1 Week 5 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33263514/download?download_frd=1 Lecture Slides Part I] and [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33263536/download?download_frd=1 Part 2] (Requires UW Access) | |||
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'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
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Our second case will be about a system called Snowdrift: | Our second case will be about a system called Snowdrift: | ||
* [Case] Snowdrift.coop: Read at least the [https://snowdrift.coop/ top page], | * [Case] Snowdrift.coop: Read at least the [https://snowdrift.coop/ top page], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/about about page], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/mission mission], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/faq FAQ], [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/how-to-help "How to Help" page], and [https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/next next steps page] and poke around on the rest of the site. | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
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=== November 14: ''NO CLASS'' === | === November 14: ''NO CLASS'' === | ||
=== November 21: | === November 21: Free/Open Source and Peer Production ''(Tentative)'' === | ||
<!--'''Resources:''' | '''NOTE:''' ''There is overlap this week with material I included in my "Innovation Communities" class in spring 2016. If there's overlap in the students who take this class, I'll probably modify or drop this session in favor of something new to everybody.'' | ||
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* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33600343/download?download_frd=1 Week 8 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33600343/download?download_frd=1 Week 8 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/files/ | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/files/33628104/download?wrap=1 Lecture Slides] (Requires UW Access) | ||
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'''Required Readings:''' | |||
* Fogel, K. (2009). [http://producingoss.com/en/introduction.html Producing Open Source Software]. Introduction - includes "History" & "The Situation Today." | |||
* [Case] Stallman, R. (1984). [https://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html The GNU manifesto]. | |||
* [Case] Stallman, R. (1989). [https://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-1.0.html The GNU general public license, version 1]. | |||
* Debian (1997). [http://www.debian.org/social_contract.1.0 Debian social contract, version 1.0]. | |||
* [Case] Raymond, E. S. (2001). [http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral & the Bazaar]. (The web-based version of this essay is split over many pages. Just keep clicking next until you get to the end.) | |||
=== November 28: Hackers and Pirate Communities ''(Tentative)'' === | |||
'''NOTE:''' ''There is overlap this week with material I included in my "Innovation Communities" class in spring 2016. If there's overlap in the students who take this class, I'll probably modify or drop this session in favor of something new to everybody.'' | |||
'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* Rosenbaum. (1971). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.single.html Secrets of the Little Blue Box] (This article was reprinted in Slate in 2011. There's also [http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/docs/rosenbaum1971.pdf a very large PDF scan] of the original Esquire Magazine article which includes the original NSFW and offensive magazine cover image.) | * Rosenbaum. (1971). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.single.html Secrets of the Little Blue Box] (This article was reprinted in Slate in 2011. There's also [http://www.historyofphonephreaking.org/docs/rosenbaum1971.pdf a very large PDF scan] of the original Esquire Magazine article which includes the original NSFW and offensive magazine cover image.) | ||
* Larkin. (2004). [http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/projects/globalization/secure/articles/16.2larkin.pdf Degraded images, distorted sounds: Nigerian video and the infrastructure of piracy]. | |||
* [Case] Wayner, Peter. “Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html Free Online] | * [Case] Wayner, Peter. “Tweaking a Camera to Suit a Hobby.” The New York Times, May 26, 2010, sec. Technology / Personal Tech. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html Free Online] | ||
'''Optional Readings:''' | '''Optional Readings:''' | ||
* Mollick, Ethan. “Tapping into the Underground.” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. [[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Available through UW Libraries]] | * Mollick, Ethan. “Tapping into the Underground.” MIT Sloan Management Review 46, no. 4 (2005): 21. [[http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/tapping-into-the-underground/ Available through UW Libraries]] | ||
* Mollick, Ethan. “The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. [[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726 Available through UW Libraries]] | * Mollick, Ethan. “The Engine of the Underground: The Elite-Kiddie Divide.” SIGGROUP Bull. 25, no. 2 (2005): 23–27. [[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1067721.1067726 Available through UW Libraries]] | ||
* Scacchi, Walt. “Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 Free Online]] | * Scacchi, Walt. “Computer Game Mods, Modders, Modding, and the Mod Scene.” First Monday 15, no. 5 (2010). [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2965 Free Online]] | ||
=== December 5: | === December 5: Innovation Communities ''(Tentative)'' === | ||
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<!--'''Resources:''' | |||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33600343/download?download_frd=1 Week 8 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/33600343/download?download_frd=1 Week 8 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access) | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/files/ | * [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/files/33724703/download?wrap=1 Lecture Slides] (Requires UW Access) | ||
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'''Required Readings:''' | '''Required Readings:''' | ||
* | * von Hippel, E. (2005). [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm Democratizing innovation]. Read Chapters 1, 2 & 5. | ||
* [Case] ''To be determined'' | |||
* [Case] | |||
=== December 12: Final Presentations === | |||
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* | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wiki_Ed/University_of_Washington/Interpersonal_Media_%28%29 Presentation Sign-up/Schedule] | ||
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/987817/assignments/2953943 Presentation Slides Dropbox in Canvas] — Slides are optional but recommended and are due by '''1:30pm before class'''. If you turn in your slides after 1:30pm, I will not have time to put them into the line-up for class. | |||
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'''No readings.''' | '''No readings.''' | ||
The final classes will be devoted entirely to presentations. | The final classes will be devoted entirely to presentations. | ||
== Practices and Policies == | == Practices and Policies == |