| Gerhard Fischer and Hal Eden |
Fall Semester 2008 |
Digital and Social Systems Foundations
CSCI 3002 - call number: 84218
taught jointly with
Current Topics in Computer Science: Digital and Social Systems Foundations
CSCI 7000-003 - call number: 85001
The course is offered to both undergraduates (as CSCI 3002) and graduate students (as CSCI
7000; graduate students will have more demanding assignments).
Time: Monday and Wednesday: 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Location: ITLL 1B50
This course will introduce the foundations for Digital and Social Systems (DSS). As computing is
changing our lives, this transformation is shaped not only by technology but also by how people
express themselves, how they think, how they interact with computational artifacts, and how
they collaborate with other humans. The broad-based research area of DSS will prepare students
to contribute to this accelerating global process. Students will learn about, design, develop, and
assess socio-technical environments that tie together technology with communication,
collaboration, and other social processes to address the challenges and opportunities of our
future world.
The course will cover practice and research in human computer interaction, design of interactive
systems, computer supported cooperative work, computer supported collaborative learning,
educational technology, tools that support creativity, user-developed knowledge collections, and
gaming.
Remark:
In the Spring Semester 2009, I will offer the following course (for which the above course in the
Fall of 2008 will provide important foundations):
CSCI 4412 taught jointly with CSCI-5412: "Design, Creativity and New Media"
This course will explore the design of new media and technologies to support design and
creativity. It will analyze design and creativity as human activities of fundamental importance in
the networked information culture and economy. It will provide theoretical and practical analysis
of new media. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor or CSCI 3002 / CSCI 7000-003.
