INFORMATION & SOCIETY
Description:
Rapid change is occuring in all aspects of society in the realms of information availability,
form and use. How humans use technology is key in this rapid transformation of the
world. This seminar offers an opportunity to explore methods of finding, storing,
retrieving, analyzing, synthesizing, and communicating information as they undergo
rapid change. It also provides theoretical frames and examines practices of analyzing
information structures and processes within organizations and the larger cultural
context.
Objectives:
1. Students will demonstrate understanding of the larger implications of information
structures and processes. Philosophical, social and political implications of information
storage and retrieval practices within individuals, organizations and larger cultural
context will provide examples. Ability to view information processes systemically
at varying scales (individual, group, larger culture) is sought.
2. Students will demonstrate abilities to find, select and analyze information from
multiple sources, (for example, literary sources, electronic text, images and numerical
data, financial data, demographic and other statistical measures, interview data,
unobtrusive measures, etc.) These abilities will be demonstrated in group interaction
and individual projects.
3. Students will explore varieties of information syntheses, reporting and presentation
practices and determine best choices among these for a variety of purposes. This
exploration will be demonstrated in discussion and individual projects.
4. Students will understand application of technological aids in information access,
communication and management.
5. Students will utilize a variety of synchronous and asynchronous electronic information
systems and express understanding of theoretical and practical implications of their
uses.
Grading:
Class Participation 30%
Journal & Activity Log 25%
Small Assignments 15%
Large Project 25%
You Assign 5%
Instructor: Beverly Jones
Students: Contact Bev Jones using the First Class System Outside Firstclass use
<bjones@continue.uoregon.edu >