Spring 2016 Schedule
# | day | date | topic ⇒ deliverable (if any)
Module ① Introduction to the field
01 | Tue | 12 Jan | intro
02 | Thu | 14 Jan | what is Information?
03 | Tue | 19 Jan | what is Information Science?
04 | Thu | 21 Jan | history of Information Science
Module ① report due by 2359 on Monday, 25 Jan 2016
Module ② Organizing Information
05 | Tue | 26 Jan | foundations
06 | Thu | 28 Jan | categorizing
07 | Tue | 02 Feb | classification
08 | Thu | 04 Feb | thesauri, controlled vocabulary and metadata
Module ② report due by 2359 on Monday, 08 Feb 2016
Module ③ Information Structures
09 | Tue | 09 Feb | markup
10 | Thu | 11 Feb | semantic markup
11 | Tue | 16 Feb | presentational markup
12 | Thu | 18 Feb | relational databases
13 | Tue | 23 Feb | relational databases in practice
Module ③ report due by 2359 on Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016
Module ④ Information Pathways
14 | Thu | 25 Feb | networks
15 | Tue | 01 Mar | networks in practice
16 | Thu | 03 Mar | structure of the internet
17 | Tue | 08 Mar | Big Data: structures and networks
Module ④ report due by 2359 on Wednesday, 09 Mar 2016
Module ⑤ Information Retrieval
18 | Thu | 10 Mar | introduction to ad-hoc retrieval
---- | Tue | 15 Mar | Spring Break ⇒ be safe
---- | Thu | 17 Mar | Spring Break ⇒ be safe
19 | Tue | 22 Mar | retrieval models
20 | Thu | 24 Mar | indexing
Module ⑤ report due by 2359 on Monday, 28 Mar 2016
Module ⑥ Information Design
21 | Tue | 29 Mar | information behaviors
22 | Thu | 31 Mar | information architecture
23 | Tue | 05 Apr | human-computer interaction
24 | Thu | 07 Apr | information design
25 | Tue | 12 Apr | design principles
Module ⑥ report due by 2359 on Wednesday, 13 Apr 2016
Module ⑦ Thinking about Information
26 | Thu | 14 Apr | information ethics
27 | Tue | 19 Apr | futures
28 | Thu | 21 Apr | Lifetime Library
29 | Tue | 26 Apr | course review & evaluation
final exam on Friday, 29 Apr 2016 at 1400-1500
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