1/17/2007 (W)
Snow Day
1/19/2007 (F)
Topic: Introduction to RHE 312; introduction to Project 1
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Activity: Discuss topic of course; discuss changes in work organization, connectivity.
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1/22/2007 (M)
Topic: Changes in work and technology
Reading: Datacloud Ch.0-3; GTD Ch.1-3
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1/24/2007 (W)
Topic: Self-mediation and lifehacking
Reading: GTD Ch.4; Vygotsky, Ch. 3 (to get, log in and go to bottom of this page); Spinuzzi's Flickr set on workspaces
Activity: Spinuzzi's Flickr set on workspaces. Other Flickr clusters.
Due: Select participant; write a half-page description of the participant and her/his work.
1/26/2007 (F)
Topic: Ecologies of texts
Reading: Datacloud Ch.4; GTD Ch.5-7
Activity: Discuss students' personal systems for organizing information and tasks.
Due: Bring basic methodology; Brief description or Flickr set of current ways to organize your own work
1/29/2007 (M)
Topic: Investigating ecologies of texts
Reading: Spinuzzi and Zachry, "Genre Ecologies"; Millen, "Rapid Ethnography"
Activity: Discuss textual ecologies of participants' work.
Due: Bring in sample texts from investigation; describe
1/31/2007 (W)
Topic: Organizing and aligning ecologies of texts
Reading: GTD Ch.8-10
Activity: Card sorting exercise: develop categories for describing texts
Due: Bring in sample texts from investigation; describe
2/2/2007 (F)
Topic: Mapping ecologies of texts
Reading: GTD Ch.11-13, Conclusion; Spinuzzi, "Knowledge Circulation"
Activity: Diagramming exercise: map out mediational relationships among texts
Due: Bring in drafted maps (genre ecology diagrams); be prepared to discuss own ecology of texts
2/5/2007 (M)
Topic: Making claims in a research report
Reading: Table of claims, reasons, evidence
Activity: Outline research report; develop claims, reasons, evidence
Due: Fill in table of claims, reasons, evidence; bring evidence (sample texts, photos, quotes from interviews); bring categories from card sorting
2/7/2007 (W)
Topic: Drafting a research report
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Activity: In groups, develop arguments by organizing claims, reason, and evidence within paper outline
Due: Post outline in Google Docs; bring evidence and data displays (genre ecology diagrams, categories from card sorting)
2/9/2007 (F)
Topic: Peer review
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Activity: Peer review drafts
Due: Post draft in Google Docs
2/12/2007 (M)
Topic: Lifehacking an individual's work
Reading: Datacloud Ch.5
Activity: Discuss participants' systems; speculate on how to improve them.
Due: P1 due
2/14/2007 (W)
Topic: Work fragmentation
Reading: Gonzalez & Mark, "'Constant, Constant Multi-tasking Craziness'"; Mark, Gonzalez, & Harris, "No task left behind?"
Activity: Identify instances of multitasking in participants' work: how is multitasking supported?
Due: Bring maps of text ecologies. Note texts that support multitasking.
2/16/2007 (F)
Topic: Work fragmentation
Reading: Czerwinski, Horvitz, & Wilhite, "A diary study of task switching and interruptions."
Activity: Identify texts for supporting multitasking that currently exist in the text ecology. How is multitasking NOT supported?
Due: Bring maps of text ecologies. Note texts that attempt to support multitasking -- and fail.
2/19/2007 (M)
Topic: Specialized notations
Reading: Datacloud Ch.6-7
Activity: Identify texts that are specially adapted to support specialized work. These could include field-, discipline-, or workplace-specific texts or idiosyncratic systems the participant has developed.
Due: Bring samples of specialized notations from the participant's work. Bring maps of text ecologies.
2/21/2007 (W)
Topic: Task management
Reading:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_list
Activity: Identify texts that are adapted to support the mapping, balancing, and scheduling of tasks.
Due: Bring samples of task management texts from the participant's work. Bring maps of text ecologies.
2/23/2007 (F)
Topic: Task management
Reading: search http://43folders.com and http://lifehacker.com for entries on task management, to-do lists
Activity: Compare software and texts with your participant's ecology. Are any of these a good fit?
Due: Investigate software and texts that have been recommended for task management. These might include the measures described in Getting Things Done, on http://lifehacker.com, or on http://43folders.com. Be prepared to discuss in class.
2/26/2007 (M)
Topic: Project management
Reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management
Activity: Identify texts that are adapted to support the management of projects.
Due: Bring samples of project management texts from the participant's work. Bring maps of text ecologies.
2/28/2007 (W)
Topic: Project management
Reading: DIIA Project Management Tutorial; Project management made easy; Project initiation checklist
Activity: Compare software and texts with your participant's ecology. Are any of these a good fit?
Due: Investigate software and texts that have been recommended for project management. These might include the measures described in Getting Things Done, on http://lifehacker.com, or on http://43folders.com. Be prepared to discuss in class.
3/2/2007 (F)
Announcement: Information Design and Methodologies internship available at Freescale
Topic: Storing and retrieving texts
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Activity: Discuss your participant's text storage and retrieval system(s).
Due: Identify and be prepared to discuss the system(s) that your participant used to store and retrieve texts. Bring maps of text ecologies.
3/5/2007 (M)
Topic: Storing and retrieving texts
Reading: http://wiki.43folders.com entries on Tinderbox, Notational Velocity; http://43folders.com entries on Curio, DevonThink
Activity: Compare software and texts with your participant's ecology. Are any of these a good fit?
Due: Investigate software and paper systems for storing and retrieving texts. Examples include GTD's folder system; software such as DevonThink, Tinderbox, and Notational Velocity; conventional databases; and PDAs and PDA phones.
3/7/2007 (W)
Topic: Representing texts and work for supporting design
Reading: Holtzblatt & Beyer, "Making Customer-Centered Design Work for Teams"
Activity: Compare and discuss flow models.
Due: Sketch a flow model.
3/9/2007 (F)
Topic: Visioning
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Activity: Based on all available information, envision a new system for work. Represent it with a new flow model, text ecology.
Due: Bring P1, text ecology diagram, revised flow model
3/12/2007 (M)
Topic: Spring break
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3/14/2007 (W)
Topic: Spring break
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3/16/2007 (F)
Topic: Spring break
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3/19/2007 (M)
Topic: Review visioning
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Activity: Compare old and new systems.
Due: Bring P1, text ecology diagram, revised flow model, visioning materials.
3/21/2007 (W)
Topic: Prototyping
Reading: Holtzblatt, "Paper Prototyping in the Large"
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3/23/2007 (F)
Topic: Prototyping
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3/26/2007 (M)
Topic: Making claims in a recommendation report
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Activity: Outline recommendation report; develop claims, reasons, evidence
Due: Fill in table of claims, reasons, evidence; bring evidence (text ecology diagram, revised flow model, visioning materials)
3/28/2007 (W)
Topic: Drafting a recommendation report
Reading:
Activity: In groups, develop arguments by organizing claims, reasons, evidence within a paper outline.
Due: Bring outline, evidence, data displays, prototypes
3/30/2007 (F)
Topic: Peer review
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Due: Bring draft
4/2/2007 (M)
Topic: Lifehacking an organization
Reading: Marx: Capital Vol.1, Ch.14, Section 3
Activity: Select collaborative groups, set up Basecamp and Google Docs, set up basic milestones
Due: P2 due
4/4/2007 (W)
Topic: Changes in work organization
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Activity: Discuss work organization changes and how these are/are not reflected in the selected organization
Due: Select organization, establish contacts
4/6/2007 (F)
Topic: Changes in work organization
Activity: Discuss social contacts and informal support networks in organization
Due: Set detailed milestones for group, establish division of labor.
4/9/2007 (M)
Topic: Continuous partial attention
Reading: http://continuouspartialattention.jot.com/WikiHome
Reading: Nardi et al., "NetWORKers"
Activity: Discuss impact of continuous partial attention on organizations
Due: Individuals enter proposed milestones into Basecamp.
4/11/2007 (W)
Topic: Learning in knowledge work organizations
Reading: Spinuzzi, "What do we need to teach about knowledge work?"
Activity: Discuss learning in organization
Due: Be prepared to discuss formal and informal mechanisms for learning in the organization
4/13/2007 (F)
Topic: Mapping functions in organizations
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Activity: Develop flow diagrams for organization
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4/16/2007 (M)
Topic: Outlining P3 report
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Activity: Outline recommendation report; develop claims, reasons, evidence
Due: Fill in table of claims, reasons, evidence; bring evidence )
4/18/2007 (W)
Topic: Developing presentations
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4/20/2007 (F)
Topic: Developing presentations
Reading:sample presentation
Activity: Develop presentations
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4/23/2007 (M)
Topic: Develop presentations
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4/25/2007 (W)
Topic: Presentations:
- Horizon
- Lifehackers
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4/27/2007 (F)
Topic: Presentations
- Thunderbolts
- TIP
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4/30/2007 (M)
Topic: Drafting P3 report
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Activity: In groups, draft P3 report
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5/2/2007 (W)
Topic: Workshopping P3 report
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Activity: In groups, finish P3 report
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5/4/2007 (F)
Topic: Post-mortem
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Due: P3 due