This is the web site for Professor Lawley's Spring 2007 section of CSCW and Groupware. I'll use this site for most course related material and news, with the exception of grades and copyrighted articles, which will be posted in
myCourses . This first page will have recent news and announcements; for information on class topics, readings, assignments, and discussions you can use the outline menu item above.
20 May 2008
Today's Topic: Final Project Presentations
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15 May 2008
Today's Topic: Project Work Time
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13 May 2008
Today's Topic: Open Topic Slot: TBD
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8 May 2008
Today's Topic: Mediation Issues in Gaming and Entertainment Computing
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6 May 2008
Today's Topic: Gaming and Entertainment Computing
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1 May 2008
Today's Topic: Mediation Issues in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
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29 April 2008
Today's Topic: Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
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24 April 2008
Today's Topic: Collaboration and Cooperation
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22 April 2008
Today's Topic: Trust and Reputation
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17 April 2008
Today's Topic: Place, Space, and Presence
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15 April 2008
Today's Topic: Introduction to Social Computing Research
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10 April 2008
Today's Topic: No Class (Midterm Posted)
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8 April 2008
Today's Topic: No Class: Project Work Time
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3 April 2008
Today's Topic: Design and Implementation of CSCL
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1 April 2008
Today's Topic: Mediation of Learning Processes (CSCL)
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27 March 2008
Today's Topic: Design and Implementation of CSCW
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25 March 2008
Today's Topic: Mediation of Work and Organizational Process (CSCW)
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20 March 2008
Today's Topic: Research Approaches to Mediation: Theoretical Constructs
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18 March 2008
Today's Topic: Research Contexts for Mediation: CMC, CSCW, CSCL, Social Computing
The term "computer-mediated communication" (CMC) has fallen out of disfavor in recent years, in large part because it is too broad to be entirely meaningful. In its place, narrower contexts for understanding CMC have arisen--computer-supported collaborative work (CSCW), computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), and social computing (social interactions not tied to a specific organizational setting). Today we'll talk about these various contexts for studying computer mediated communication.
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13 March 2008
Today's Topic: Mediated Identity
A key component of computer mediated communication is that the participants' identities are themselves mediated. The topic of identity in computer mediated contexts is an important one. We'll discuss issues surrounding mediated identity today.
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11 March 2008
Today's Topic: Defining Computer Mediation
What do we mean when we say something is computer mediated? Sometimes this refers to mediation between a person and information using a computer; more often, it refers to person-to-person (social) interaction mediated by computers. Today we'll talk about the course, my expectations, and your expecations.
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10 March 2007
Welcome!
This will be where I post readings, assignments, and information about the class. I will use myCourses only for posting copyrighted files for readings, and for the gradebook.
Use the menu at the top to navigate to specific sections (like the syllabus and the course outline), and the calendar on the left to find materials related to a specific class meeting date.
