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Course Outline

Evaluation & Grading

Assignments:

* Annotations
* Information Theory Project
* Database Project
* Personal Website
* Discussion

Assigned Readings

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LSC 508

INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Course Outline
Fall 2008

DATE
TOPIC
ASSIGNMENTS DUE

9/5-9/6

Required reading: Courtney: 1
Williams: 1-4

Optional reading: Beekman: 1-3
Norton: 1

Kingston: 9/5, 1:00-5:00 P.M., Room: Rodman Classroom 002

Worcester
: 9/6, 1:00-5:00 P.M.
Room: Sullivan 125

9/7-9/11

Required reading: Courtney: 4&5
Williams: 5&6

Optional reading: Beekman: 4-6

Annotations (2)
9/12-9/18  

Required reading: Courtney: 2

Optional reading: Beekman: 7, 13 & 14
Norton: 4

Annotation (2)
9/19-9/25

Required reading: Courtney: 6, 8-10
Williams: 7-11

Optional reading: Beekman: 9


Annotations (2)
Post Personal Website

9/26-10/2

Required reading: The Association for Educational Communications and Technology: pp. 16-37
Courtney: 3
Williams: 12-13

Optional reading:
Norton: 3

Annotation (1)

10/3-10/9

Required reading: Williams: 14-16

Optional reading:
Norton: 2
Debons: 1,4

Annotation (1)
10/10-10/16

Optonal reading:
Beekman: 11

Annotation (1)
Data Base Assignment

10/17-10/23 Networking

Required reading: Courtney: 7

Optional reading: Beekman: 8

Annotations (2)
Rough Draft of
Information Theory Project
10/24-10/30 Optional reading: Beekman: 11
Norton: 6
Annotation (1)
10/31-11/6 - Information Science Theory Assignment
11/7-11/13 - Information Science Theory Assignment
11/14-11/20 - Discuss Information Science Theory Assignment
11/21-12/1 Optional reading:
Norton: 5 & 7
Annotations (2)
12/2-12/9

Required reading: Courtney 11

Optional reading: Norton: 8
Beekman: Appendix

Annotation (1)
Final version of
Personal Web Site

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