Details on: Week 3 reading activity Assignment 1 Parts A and B

1. NET308
Week 2(.5) Bulletin
6 December 2012

2. This week
• Finishing Module 1 readings:
– Shirky video
– Blau
– Wasko and Faraj
– Sassen
– Castells
• Preparing for Module 2 + Week 3 reading
activity

3. Week 3 Reading Activity
• Choose one of the nine Module 2 topics:
– Wikipedia
– Anti-War Protest organisation
– Knowledge production and higher education
– Twitter and political protest
– Anonymous
– Collaboration and Disaster Management
– Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing
– Bit Torrent
– the 2011 London Riots and Blackberry

4. Week 3 Reading Activity
• Complete the set reading(s) for this one topic
• Publish an initial post on Blackboard:
– Summarising the reading, key points about
collaboration and organisation, important
concepts
– Also include one or two questions for further
discussion

5. Week 3 Reading Activity
• Maximum of six people per topic
• Register for a topic on Blackboard/Facebook
• So far:
– Twitter and political protest = 4 people; Bit Torrent = 3
– Wikipedia, Anti-war protest organisation, Knowledge
production and higher ed = 0 people
• Can choose same topic as for Part A of A1 but can
also do a different one
– Working on a particular topic for this reading activity
is not a commitment for the assignment

6. Week 3 Reading Activity
• Publish your posts during Week 3
• This is not assessed work – can be completed
as a group of six/in pairs/individually…
– Organise among yourselves!
• Not a compulsory activity, but a way for
everyone to provide initial comments on their
chosen topic

7. Assignment 1: A
• Due: Monday 24 December 2012, 9am (Perth
time)
• Building collaborative knowledge database
around the nine examples from Module 2
• Work for this assignment is individual, but
sharing resources with the rest of the class

8. Assignment 1: A
• Choose one of the nine examples
– No limit on how many students pick a topic
– A good idea to have all of the nine topics represented,
though!
• Find at least four resources about this topic,
share them with the group using the social
bookmarking site Diigo (in the specific-group
page):
– http://groups.diigo.com/group/net308-oua-sp4-2012

9. Assignment 1: A
• Resources need to be a mix of academic/other
sources
• Articles might not directly address the same exact
topic (e.g. specific context of case study), but
might discuss similar uses of online tools
• Resources you choose and share on Diigo should
all cover the specific context of your example
(such as the London riots) and/or the online tools
(Blackberry) that are being used for collaboration
and organisation and how they are being
deployed

10. Assignment 1: A
• Need to add each of these four resources to
Diigo
• Include for each new resource:
– URL of resource
– Title
– Comment providing information about resource,
reason chosen
– Relevant tags

11. Assignment 1: A
Post Bookmark

12. Assignment 1: A

13. Assignment 1: A
• For each resource, you need to prepare a 200-
300 word commentary on why you have
chosen it
– Can include this in your Diigo comment, but can
also work on it between posting on Diigo and
submitting assignment

14. Assignment 1: A
• Commentaries need to critically engage with the
articles - why are they useful for studying your
chosen example?
– Briefly state what the article is about, but don't focus
too much on just summarising what the authors have
said
– Instead, try and explain the significance of this
research and identify its importance for this project
• What (new) information does it provide (about internet
organisation/collaboration/the specific case)?
• How is it relevant to the topic you chose?
• Why is this an appropriate/reputable source for your topic?

15. Assignment 1: A
• The four commentaries need to be included in
a Word document and submitted (complete
with cover sheet) via Blackboard
– Assessment criteria in study guide
– Include details for the resource each commentary
discusses
– Referencing: APA style
– Academic writing

16. Assignment 1: A
• Part A summary:
– Pick a topic from the nine featured in Module 2
– Find four additional resources about this topic
– Share resources on Diigo
– Write one 200-300 word commentary per
resource
– Submit commentaries as Word document via
Blackboard
– Due: 24 December, 9am (Perth time)

17. Assignment 1: B
• Look at resources shared by other students in
the Diigo group
• Leave comments for at least four of these
resources
• Resources should be on a different topic to the one you
chose
• Can all be on one topic or on a range of topics

18. Assignment 1: B
• Each comment should be 200-300 words long,
and consider:
– how the case discussed relates to the one you chose
– any links you can see between the different examples
– the reliability of the source of the information
– relevance to the specific topic
– how useful you found it
– its value as a resource for this project
– be critical but constructive

19. Assignment 1: B
• Due: Monday 7 January 2013, 9am (Perth time)
• The four commentaries need to be included in a
Word document and submitted (complete with
cover sheet) via Blackboard
– Assessment criteria in study guide
– Include details for the resource each commentary
discusses
– Referencing: APA style
– Academic writing

20. Contact
• General questions:
– Blackboard
– Facebook:
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/245734945553286/
• Personal questions (e.g. extension requests):
– tim.highfield@curtin.edu.au