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:'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] / [mailto:makohill@uw.edu makohill@uw.edu] | :'''Instructor:''' [https://mako.cc/academic/ Benjamin Mako Hill] / [mailto:makohill@uw.edu makohill@uw.edu] | ||
:'''Office Hours:''' By appointment (I'm usually available via chat during "business hours.") You can view out [https://mako.cc/calendar/ my calendar] and/or [https://harmonizely.com/mako put yourself on it]. If you schedule a meeting, we'll meet in the Jitsi room (<code>makooffice</code>) you'll get a link to through the scheduling app. | :'''Office Hours:''' By appointment (I'm usually available via chat during "business hours.") You can view out [https://mako.cc/calendar/ my calendar] and/or [https://harmonizely.com/mako put yourself on it]. If you schedule a meeting, we'll meet in the Jitsi room (<code>makooffice</code>) you'll get a link to through the scheduling app. | ||
:'''Meeting Times:''' Wednesday 12-1pm and three other 90-minute sessions (see [[#Class Schedule|the class schedule below]]) | :'''Meeting Times:''' Wednesday 12-1pm and three other 90-minute sessions {{tbd}} (see [[#Class Schedule|the class schedule below]]) | ||
:'''Important Links''': | :'''Important Links''': | ||
:* We will use | :* We will use Canvas for [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1479641/announcements announcements] | ||
:* We will use [https://app.slack.com/client/T054LSQ4F/C02FVPE4SSY our own Slack Channel] (<code>mhcid590-dub-seminar</code> on the [https://uwdub.slack.com DUB slack] for asynchronous group chat to discuss assignments and talks, ask questions, and share information throughout the week. | :* We will use [https://app.slack.com/client/T054LSQ4F/C02FVPE4SSY our own Slack Channel] (<code>mhcid590-dub-seminar</code> on the [https://uwdub.slack.com DUB slack] for asynchronous group chat to discuss assignments and talks, ask questions, and share information throughout the week. | ||
:* [https://dub.washington.edu/seminar.html DUB Seminar website] with the calendar, links to information about speakers, etc | :* [https://dub.washington.edu/seminar.html DUB Seminar website] with the calendar, links to information about speakers, etc | ||
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# Wednesday January 12: Kathryn E. Ringland (University of California Santa Cruz) | # Wednesday January 12: Kathryn E. Ringland (University of California Santa Cruz) | ||
# Wednesday January 19: Ben Shapiro (University of Colorado) | # Wednesday January 19: Ben Shapiro (University of Colorado) | ||
# Wednesday January 26: Sheena Erete (DePaul University | # Wednesday January 26: Sheena Erete (DePaul University) | ||
# Wednesday February 2: Aylin Caliskan (UW Information School) | # Wednesday February 2: Aylin Caliskan (UW Information School) | ||
# Wednesday February 9: Marisol Wong-Villacres (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)) | # Wednesday February 9: Marisol Wong-Villacres (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)) | ||
# Wednesday February 16: Kashyap Todi (Facebook Reality Labs) | # Wednesday February 16: Kashyap Todi (Facebook Reality Labs) | ||
# | # Wednesday February 23: Sayamindu Dasgupta (UW Human Centered Design & Engineering) | ||
We're skipping March 2nd because (a) nothing has been scheduled during that period and (b) this will coincide with IxDA during which MHCI+D is not going to be having classes. | We're skipping March 2nd because (a) nothing has been scheduled during that period and (b) this will coincide with IxDA during which MHCI+D is not going to be having classes. | ||
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=== Facilitated Group Discussions === | === Facilitated Group Discussions === | ||
You are expected to attend the three facilitated group discussion events. | You are expected to attend the three facilitated group discussion events. Once they are scheduled, I'll update the syllabus. Expecting something week following January 26, February 9, and February 23. | ||
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# | # Monday, October 25th from 3:30–5pm (in person in Alumni House classroom) | ||
# | # Monday, November 15th from 3:30–5pm (in person in Alumni House classroom) | ||
# | # Monday, December 6th from 3:30–5pm (''Optional'' and virtual only via Zoom) | ||
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== Assignments == | == Assignments == | ||
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You are welcome to structure your pair conversation in whatever way makes sense. It can be an in-person discussion, a chat over coffee or lunch, or a short video call in Slack or Zoom. It can also be an asynchronous text chat in a set of private messages on Slack. Do whatever works for you! | You are welcome to structure your pair conversation in whatever way makes sense. It can be an in-person discussion, a chat over coffee or lunch, or a short video call in Slack or Zoom. It can also be an asynchronous text chat in a set of private messages on Slack. Do whatever works for you! | ||
I'm imagining that you will spend | I'm imagining that you will spend at least half an hour talking through things in a synchronous discussion or some equivalent amount of idea development in a text chat over hours or even days. It's up to you to decide when to stop talking although I'm not expecting that these conversations will typically last more than an hour if they are conducted in-person or over video chat. | ||
=== Questions DUE Thursday at 9pm [Individual Deliverable] === | === Questions DUE Thursday at 9pm [Individual Deliverable] === | ||
Your individual deliverables are the three questions | Your individual deliverables are the three questions for your partner. They will be due in [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1516345/discussion_topics the appropriate Canvas discussion] where others can see them the day after each talk. This will be similar to what we did in the Autumn quarter, but without the sketch noting. | ||
=== Reports from Pair Discussion DUE | === Reports from Pair Discussion DUE TBD [Group Deliverable] === | ||
Each group will have two deliverables which will be due at time that | Each group will have two deliverables which will be due at time that is {{tbd}} (pending scheduling of the in-person facilitated discussions): | ||
# A short summary of your conversation (shoot for about 200 words). | # A short summary of your conversation (shoot for about 200 words). | ||
# Nominate one question | # Nominate one question that you brought to the session or that developed up in your conversation for the facilitated conversation in the full group discussion. Ideally this will be a question that you believe (based on your pair conversation) will provide an illuminating discussion and/or elicit very different responses and values from your classmates. | ||
Each week, '''one member of each pair should do one of these things and the other member should do the other.''' You're welcome to divide this up however you like but do make sure | Each week, '''one member of each pair should do one of these things and the other member should do the other.''' You're welcome to divide this up however you like but do make sure everybody does some of each over the quarter. | ||
Please complete both of these assignments in Slack in the following way: | Please complete both of these assignments in Slack in the following way: | ||
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# For questions, let's try to keep these together under a single thread in Slack. I'll try to pin a message for these questions each week but go ahead and start the thread if I haven't gotten to it first and I'll pin it when I see it. | # For questions, let's try to keep these together under a single thread in Slack. I'll try to pin a message for these questions each week but go ahead and start the thread if I haven't gotten to it first and I'll pin it when I see it. | ||
There is one final assignment: | There is one final assignment: | ||
<ol start=3> | <ol start=3> | ||
<li>In the period between #2 above is done | <li>In the period between #2 above is done is due and ''at least 2 hours before we have our facilitated group discussion'', look through the group discussion questions threads in the weeks since our last full group dicussion and nominate any question you are interested in for further discusssion. Thumbs-up (:+1:) reactions are a totally fine way to do this!</li> | ||
</ol> | </ol> | ||
== Grading and Assessment == | == Grading and Assessment == | ||
This course is offered credit/no credit. Although you will not receive a numeric grade, passing this class is not automatic and I will assess your work and evidence of learning throughout the quarter. You can find details about my approach to assessment and my very detailed grading rubric on [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment|my assessment page]]. Although I don't expect this to be a problem, you'll need to have credit for at least 2/3 of the assignments in the class in order to | This course is offered credit/no credit. Although you will not receive a numeric grade, passing this class is not automatic and I will assess your work and evidence of learning throughout the quarter. You can find details about my approach to assessment and my very detailed grading rubric on [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill/Assessment|my assessment page]]. Although I don't expect this to be a problem, you'll need to have credit for at least 2/3 of the assignments in the class in order to pass the class: | ||
I will assign points for each of following items according to the weights below: | I will assign points for each of following items according to the weights below: | ||
* Weekly Questions: 20% | * Weekly Questions: 20% | ||
* Weekly | * Weekly Group Discussions: 50% | ||
* | * Synchronous group discussion: 30% | ||
== Administrative Notes == | == Administrative Notes == |