READING LINKS
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All readings come from Modules developed by the college's faculty.
Each week's module readings should be read before they are
discussed in class, so that a true discussion can
take place. For example, readings for Module 2, Organizations should be
read previous to the Week 3 class session.
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MODULE 1 READINGS: Lifelong Users
- People Lens:
- Information: different kinds of information people need, and its use
- Environment: where are the different places that users access information
- Systems: what are the systems to support different users
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MODULE 2 READINGS: Organization
- People Lens:
- Information: how organizations gather and use information
- Environment: information is strategically valuable to organizations in their competitive
and collaborative environment.
- Systems: an organizational information system is a system of people, information and
communication technologies, and processes that transforms data into information used by the
origination
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MODULE 3 READINGS: Social Relationships
- People Lens:
- Information: How do social relationships affect the way people treat information?
- Environment: How do social relationships form in information environments? Which ones
matter, when, and why?
- Systems: Technologies to support social interactions, e.g. social networks, and systems
that use relationship to present information
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MODULE 4 READINGS: Values and Ethics
- People Lens:
- Information: how is info content and use affected by values?
- Environment: what are the ethical and values norms (mores) in environments?
- Systems: how are systems & policies for systems are impacted and changed by values/ethics?
- Readings
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MODULE 5 READINGS: Multicultural Identity
- People Lens:
- Information:how information content and use are affected by different cultures
- Environment:information needs of diverse cultures in various environments
- Systems:how systems are impacted and changed by cultural identity
- Readings
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