Introduction
- 25 August - Introduction
- Course Overview
- Website & Syllabus
Computers
- 27 August - Computer Basics
- Daley, ch. 1 - Computers & You
- Pfaffenberger - History of Computing
- Lecture Slides
- 1 September - Labor Day
- No Class Meeting
- 3 September - Computer Hardware
- Daley, ch. 6 - Inside the System Unit
- Lecture Slides
- 8 September - Computer Hardware
- Daley, ch. 7 - Input/Output and Storage.
- Lecture Slides
- 10 September - Computer Software
- Daley, ch. 4 - System Software
- Daley, ch. 11 - Programming Languages and Program Development.
- Lecture Slides
Networks
- 15 September - Computer Networks
- Daley, ch. 3 - Wired and Wireless Communications
- Daley, ch. 8 - Networks: Communicating and Sharing Resources
- Lecture Slides
- 17 September - The Internet
- Daley , ch. 2 - The Internet & the World Wide Web
- Todd Campbell, The First E-mail Message
- Lecture Slides
- 22 September - Broadband & Next Generation Technologies
- Steven N. Goldstein, Overview of Emerging Network Technologies
- Cisco Systems, The Importance of Broadband Policy
- Lecture Slides
- 24 September - The Digital Divide
- Olu Oguibe, Forsaken Geographies
- David J. Gunkel, ch 3 - Second Thoughts (pp. 64-81)
- Lecture Slides
Mid-Term Examination
- 29 September
- Mid-Term Examination Preparation
- Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
- Lecture Slides
- 1 October
- Mid-Term Examination
The World Wide Web
- 6 October - Hypertext Markup Language
- Dave Raggett, A History of HTML
- NCSA, A Beginner's Guide to HTML
- Lecture Slides
- 8 October - Next Generation Web Technology
- Antony Mayfield, What is Social Media?
- Tim Berners-Lee, Semantic Web
- Lecture Slides
- 13 October - The Web, Books, & the Future of Information
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 2 - What's The Matter With Books? (pp. 44-63)
- Mark Amerika, FILMTEXT 2.0
- Lecture Slides
Digital Media & Intellectual Property
- 15 October - Digital Technology and Copyright Law
- Dan Hunter & Gregory Lastowka, Amateur-to-Amateur
- Lecture Slides
- 20 October - Rip, Mashup & Remix
- John Perry Barlow, The Economy of Ideas
- David J. Gunkel, Rethinking the Mashup
- Lecture Slides
Virtual Communities
- 22 October - Communication & Community
- James W. Carey, A Cultural Approach to Communication (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 27 October - Identity, Avatars & Annonymity
- A. R. Stone, "In Novel Conditions" (course reader)
- Julian Dibbell, A Rape in Cyberspace (course reader)
- MOO List--Links to various MOOs & MUDs
- Lecture Slides
- 29 October - Synthetic Worlds and Second Lives
- Second Life
- 3 November - Synthetic Worlds and Second Lives
- Edward Castronova, Virtual Worlds
- Second Life
- Lecture Slides
Virtual Reality
- 5 November - VR Systems & Technology
- NCSA, Introduction to Virtual Environments
- Michael Heim, "VR 101" (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 10 November - VR Systems & Technology
- VR projects
- Flatland 3DML Tutorial
- Lecture Slides
- 12 November - Virtual vs. Real
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 5 - Virtual Dialectic (pp. 103-119)
- Lecture Slides
Cyborgs, Robots & AI
- 17 November - Cyborgs & Post-humans
- David J. Gunkel, "Ecce Cyborg" (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 19 November - NCA Conference
- No Class Meeting
- 24 November - NCA Conference
- No Class Meeting
- 26 November - Thanksgiving Holiday
- No Class Meeting
- 1 December - AI, Communication & Ethics
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 6 - The Machine Question (pp. 120-150)
- Lecture Slides
Course Conclusions
- 3 December - Course Conclusion
- Final Exam Preparation
- Final Exam Study Guide
- Course Evaluation
- 8 December - Final Examination
- DU 218; 2:00-3:50pm
© 2007 - David J. Gunkel
