INFSCI 3550: The Social Web

Doctoral Seminar, Systems

(Spring 2008, CRN 19325)

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This is a projected outline to use for your planning. For up-to-date information see lecture schedule section on the course Wiki

1. January 08: Introduction - Web 2.0, History of social web
2. January 15: Social Navigation - Social Search
3. January 22: Recommender systems - Collaborative Peer rating
4. January 29: Games and Worlds - Digital media, podcasting
5. February 5: Supporting Technologies: Javascript, Ajax, SOAP, REST, RSS
6. February 12: Behavioral theories- social psychology, economics - Issues of online communities, participation, lurking, relationships, social capital
7. February 19: Social Bookmarking, Tagging, folksonomy - Collaborative content management (DRUPAL)
8. February 26: Applications I - publishing: content management systems, blogs, wikis
9. March 4: Applications II - Discussing and socializing: Forums, social networking
10. March 11: no class - spring recess
11. March 18: Applications III - Sharing: Files and music, images, URLs, Videos
12. March 25: APIs and Mash-ups
13. April 1: Challenges I - Trust and reputation
14. April 08: Challenges II - Privacy, Ethics of participation
15. April 15: Related issues (to be decided based on the interest of the class): Art and the Social Web, Education and the Social Web, Political Activism and the Social Web, The Future of the Social Web
16. April 22: Final project presentations