NET308 Week 2(.5) Bulletin

6 December 2012

This week

• Finishing Module 1 readings: – Shirky video

– Blau

– Wasko and Faraj

– Sassen

– Castells

• Preparing for Module 2 + Week 3 reading activity

Week 3 Reading Activity

• Choose one of the nine Module 2 topics: – Wikipedia

– Anti-War Protest organisation

– Knowledge production and higher education

– Twitter and political protest

– Anonymous

– Collaboration and Disaster Management

– Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing

– Bit Torrent

– the 2011 London Riots and Blackberry

Week 3 Reading Activity

• Complete the set reading(s) for this one topic

• Publish an initial post on Blackboard:

– Summarising the reading, key points about collaboration and organisation, important concepts

– Also include one or two questions for further discussion

Week 3 Reading Activity

• Maximum of six people per topic

• Register for a topic on Blackboard/Facebook

• So far: – Twitter and political protest = 4 people; Bit Torrent = 3

– Wikipedia, Anti-war protest organisation, Knowledge production and higher ed = 0 people

• Can choose same topic as for Part A of A1 but can also do a different one – Working on a particular topic for this reading activity

is not a commitment for the assignment

Week 3 Reading Activity

• Publish your posts during Week 3

• This is not assessed work – can be completed as a group of six/in pairs/individually…

– Organise among yourselves!

• Not a compulsory activity, but a way for everyone to provide initial comments on their chosen topic

Assignment 1: A

• Due: Monday 24 December 2012, 9am (Perth time)

• Building collaborative knowledge database around the nine examples from Module 2

• Work for this assignment is individual, but sharing resources with the rest of the class

Assignment 1: A

• Choose one of the nine examples

– No limit on how many students pick a topic

– A good idea to have all of the nine topics represented, though!

• Find at least four resources about this topic, share them with the group using the social bookmarking site Diigo (in the specific-group page):

– http://groups.diigo.com/group/net308-oua-sp4-2012

Assignment 1: A

• Resources need to be a mix of academic/other sources

• Articles might not directly address the same exact topic (e.g. specific context of case study), but might discuss similar uses of online tools

• Resources you choose and share on Diigo should all cover the specific context of your example (such as the London riots) and/or the online tools (Blackberry) that are being used for collaboration and organisation and how they are being deployed

Assignment 1: A

• Need to add each of these four resources to Diigo

• Include for each new resource:

– URL of resource

– Title

– Comment providing information about resource, reason chosen

– Relevant tags

Assignment 1: A

Post Bookmark

Assignment 1: A

Assignment 1: A

• For each resource, you need to prepare a 200-300 word commentary on why you have chosen it

– Can include this in your Diigo comment, but can also work on it between posting on Diigo and submitting assignment

Assignment 1: A

• Commentaries need to critically engage with the articles - why are they useful for studying your chosen example? – Briefly state what the article is about, but don't focus

too much on just summarising what the authors have said

– Instead, try and explain the significance of this research and identify its importance for this project • What (new) information does it provide (about internet

organisation/collaboration/the specific case)? • How is it relevant to the topic you chose? • Why is this an appropriate/reputable source for your topic?

Assignment 1: A

• The four commentaries need to be included in a Word document and submitted (complete with cover sheet) via Blackboard

– Assessment criteria in study guide

– Include details for the resource each commentary discusses

– Referencing: APA style

– Academic writing

Assignment 1: A

• Part A summary:

– Pick a topic from the nine featured in Module 2

– Find four additional resources about this topic

– Share resources on Diigo

– Write one 200-300 word commentary per resource

– Submit commentaries as Word document via Blackboard

– Due: 24 December, 9am (Perth time)

Assignment 1: B

• Look at resources shared by other students in the Diigo group

• Leave comments for at least four of these resources

• Resources should be on a different topic to the one you chose

• Can all be on one topic or on a range of topics

Assignment 1: B

• Each comment should be 200-300 words long, and consider:

– how the case discussed relates to the one you chose

– any links you can see between the different examples

– the reliability of the source of the information

– relevance to the specific topic

– how useful you found it

– its value as a resource for this project

– be critical but constructive

Assignment 1: B

• Due: Monday 7 January 2013, 9am (Perth time)

• The four commentaries need to be included in a Word document and submitted (complete with cover sheet) via Blackboard

– Assessment criteria in study guide

– Include details for the resource each commentary discusses

– Referencing: APA style

– Academic writing

Contact

• General questions:

– Blackboard

– Facebook:

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/245734945553286/

• Personal questions (e.g. extension requests):

– tim.highfield@curtin.edu.au