Fall 2017 Schedule
Tuesday and Thursday in Manning 307 from 0930-1045
Introductory, overview, & definitional sessions, 01-04
01 | Tue | 22 Aug | intro
02 | Thu | 24 Aug | what is Information?
03 | Tue | 29 Aug | what is Information Science?
04 | Thu | 31 Aug | history of Information Science
information task due by 2359 on Monday, 04 September 2017
Sessions on organizing information, 05-08
05 | Tue | 05 Sep | foundations
06 | Thu | 07 Sep | categorizing
07 | Tue | 12 Sep | classification
08 | Thu | 14 Sep | thesauri, controlled vocabulary and metadata
organization task due by 2359 on Monday, 18 September 2017
Sessions on information structures, 09-13
09 | Tue | 19 Sep | markup
10 | Thu | 21 Sep | semantic markup
11 | Tue | 26 Sep | presentational markup
12 | Thu | 28 Sep | relational databases
13 | Tue | 03 Oct | relational databases in practice
structures task due by 2359 on Wednesday, 04 October 2017
Sessions on information pathways, 14-18
14 | Thu | 05 Oct | networks
15 | Tue | 10 Oct | networks in practice
16 | Thu | 12 Oct | University Day ⇒ no class, but try to attend
17 | Tue | 17 Oct | structure of the internet
---- | Thu | 19 Oct | Fall Break ⇒ be safe
pathways task due by 2359 on Monday, 23 October 2017
Sessions on information retrieval, 18-20
18 | Tue | 24 Oct | introduction to ad-hoc retrieval
19 | Thu | 26 Oct | retrieval models
20 | Tue | 31 Oct | indexing
retrieval task due by 2359 on Wednesday, 01 November 2017
Sessions on the information design, 21-25
21 | Thu | 02 Nov | information behaviors
22 | Tue | 07 Nov | information architecture
23 | Thu | 09 Nov | human-computer interaction
24 | Tue | 14 Nov | design principles
25 | Thu | 16 Nov | information design
26 | Tue | 21 Nov | design examples discussion
---- | Thu | 23 Nov | Thanksgiving ⇒ be thankful
design task due by 2359 on Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Wrap up sessions, 26-30
27 | Tue | 21 Nov | information ethics
28 | Thu | 30 Nov | futures
29 | Tue | 05 Dec | course review & evaluation
Final exam due by 1100 on Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017
30 | Tue | 12 Dec | 0800-1100 ⇒ final exam time