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the californiapolytechnic university-slo
the university of oregon
the university of utah

THEME + LOGISTICS + READINGS + TEAMS + Students: calpoly | oregon | utah | all | + FTP + CHAT

1

jan
5 & 8

Overview & Asynchronous Methods

• Shared Minds,
• Virtual Study Abroad

1 Digital Dialogue

E-mail, Fetch, Web Authoring

Web Page: Topic with Link List

2

jan
12 & 15

Conveying Place in Cyberspace

• Space & Place
• Lure of the Local
• Psycology of Cyberspace

Graphics for the Web

3

jan
19 & 22

Creating Virtual Space

• Computer Visualization
• Abstracting Craft

2 - Web Place

3D Crash Course

Elbow to Elbow vs. Async

Puzzlers & Crit of Web Graphics

4

jan
26 & 29

Synchronous Methods

• The Media Space
• Iterative Design of Collab Media

Rendering,CU-SeeMe, Whiteboard, Chat

Sync vs. Async 

5

feb
2 & 5

Virtual Community

• Virtual Community Building
• City of Bits
• Design Principles for Online Communities

3a Partnership: Place Description, logistics

Video Self-Introductions, Uploading 3D

6

feb
9 & 12

Structures for Collaboration

• An Integrated Environment to Support Design Collaboration
• Design & Construction as Computer Augmented Intelligent Processes

3b Partnership: Place Enhancement

Raster, 2D Vector, 3D File Formats

VRML

7

feb
16 & 19

Analog & Digital Media

• The Digital & Analog Studio
• A Critical Analysis of Design Processes & Media

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Synchronous Worlds & Identity

8

feb
23 & 26

Collaboration Roles:

• Women & the Making of the Modern Home
• An Engineer Imagines

4 Web Reports

Wayfinding and Virtual Space

9

mar
2 & 5

Physical Interfaces & Shared Virtual Worlds

• Collaborative Design in Virtual Space
• Bricks: Laying the Foundations for Graspable User Interfaces
• The Virtual Table Consortium

10

mar 9

Review Week (no class)

11

wed mar
17

FINAL REVIEW of Web Reports