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April 8
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - WELCOME -
to course
to webs at http://toLearn.net
to class computers

- INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION -
information design
information management
the Web as publishing house
metaphors: tailor, miner, architect, broker, navigator

assignment: read Patick Lynch's style manual and John Seely Brown's Social Life of Documents linked to the Style section of the  Texts & Resources page.
demo.gif (1119 bytes) Netscape Navigator's browser
mail and news clients
downloading software (WS_FTP, WinZip)
April 15, 20
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - WELCOME TO THE INTERNET -
history: Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Internet growth: graphs
current demographics: Nua, Georgia Tech, Internic
organizing principles: intranets and extranets
organized email: newsgroups and mailing lists
Web site critique: form
Moore's Law
information revolution?
demo.gif (1119 bytes) Metacrawler, DejaNews, Liszt

April 22
test.gif (1173 bytes) review
demonstration of software competencies
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - SEARCH ENGINES -
Search Engine Watch -- read the whole site before class

how do they search?
what do they search?
how do they display the results?
next: where they're going

what's available on the Internet (ftp and http)
how to download files and manage them locally
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April 27
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - FILE FORMATS -
email, mime-encoded attachments
etext (ascii)
proprietary word processing (doc)
image processing (gif, jpg)
proprietary desktop publishing, presentations (pdf, ppt)
mark-up (sgml, html)
future (xml)
Multimedia File Formats on the Internet

- PROTOCOLS -
web -- http
file transfer
telnet
news
chat
gopher
mail

- EVALUATING EVIDENCE -
credibility, validity, reliability
digital libraries
citations
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April 29
leccture.gif (587 bytes) finish mail lists (see above)
proposals
search engines (see above) also my page on searches
presentation resources
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test.gif (1173 bytes) responses to readings I
oral.gif (1175 bytes) finish web tours - Harriet's site map
May 4
oral.gif (1175 bytes) PowerPoint slides
test.gif (1173 bytes) review
demonstration of software competencies
responses to readings II
May 6
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - HYPERTEXT -
history
theories
models
concept maps
oral.gif (1175 bytes) web proposal using PowerPoint slides
demo.gif (1119 bytes) html editor:

AOLpress
Netscape Composer
Front Page Express

May 11
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - GRAPHICS -
scanning
creating
manipulating
tips & tricks
interface design
oral.gif (1175 bytes) explore and critique a search engine

search features, strengths and weaknesses
how attractive? how accessible? how navigable?
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May 13
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -
chunking
creating new content
repurposing old content
project management
copyright, domain, and site hosting

- NAVIGATION -
tree metaphor: depth vs breadth
information anxiety: forest vs trees
cognitive load
media immersion, addiction
test.gif (1173 bytes) review
demonstration of software competencies
responses to readings III
May 18
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - VISUAL LITERACY -
e-text
interface design and metaphor
clarity
consistency
orientation
May 20
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May 27
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - ISSUES -
access vs control
copyright
privacy
standards (develop here)
June1
oral.gif (1175 bytes) progress report on web
test.gif (1173 bytes) review
demonstration of software competencies
responses to readings IV
June 3
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June 8
leccture.gif (587 bytes) - INTERACTIVITY -
forms
java
dynamic html

- ISSUES -
the future ... of paper
of organizations
of information
June 10
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June 15
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final exam

First Class Summary
Wednesday, April 8, 1998

what the course is

communications hypertext in professional organizations

forms of communication that the course is not

entertainment games and events
forum chats, boards, lists, and groups
education knowledge and training
commerce goods and services


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last update: September 24, 1998
by Douglas Anderson
http://toLearn.net/infodesign/syleve.htm