LBSC 888: Doctoral Seminar (Fall 2009) | Syllabus

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LBSC 888: Doctoral Seminar (Fall 2009): Syllabus

#	Date(s)	Topic	Details
1	9/2	Introduction	[show]
1	9/2	Introduction Readings to be completed before class: Allison Druin, Paul T. Jaeger, Kenneth R. Fleischmann, Jennifer Golbeck, Jimmy Lin, Yan Qu, Ping Wang, and Bo Xie. The Maryland Modular Method: An Approach to Doctoral Education in Information Studies. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2009, in press. Allison Druin, Benjamin B. Bederson, Anne Rose, and Ann Weeks. From New Zealand to Mongolia: Co-Designing and Deploying a Digital Library for the World’s Children. Children, Youth and Environments, Special Issue on Children in Technological Environments: Interaction, Development, and Design, 2009, in press. Slides: [pptx] [pdf]	[Hide]
2, 3	9/9, 9/16	Module: Video Games and Learning	[show]
2, 3	9/9, 9/16	Module: Video Games and Learning Discussions leaders: Simon, Rachel, Greg For 9/16, read Cargo Cult Science by Richard Feynman (1974).	[Hide]
4, 5	9/23, 9/30	Module: Cloud Computing	[show]
4, 5	9/23, 9/30	Module: Cloud Computing Discussions leaders: Chen, Dennis, Susan	[Hide]
6, 7	10/7, 10/14	Module: Values and Ethics	[show]
6, 7	10/7, 10/14	Module: Values and Ethics Discussions leaders: Man, Darcy, Shannon	[Hide]
8, 9	10/21, 10/28	Module: Interactive Search	[show]
8, 9	10/21, 10/28	Module: Interactive Search Discussions leaders: Clay, Dongming, Irene	[Hide]
10, 11	11/4, 11/11	Module: Lifelong Users	[show]
10, 11	11/4, 11/11	Module: Lifelong Users Discussions leaders: Beth, Lesley	[Hide]
12	11/18	Presentation of modules	[show]
12	11/18	Presentation of modules Details TBA.	[Hide]
13	12/2	Writing workshop	show]
13	12/2	Writing workshop Details TBA.	[Hide]
14	12/9	Final paper presentations	[show]
14	12/9	Final paper presentations Details TBA.	[Hide]

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