This fall I’m going to be teaching a graduate class on CSCW—computer-supported collaborative work. In many ways, CSCW is the academic field of social computing, although social computing goes well beyond collaborative work.
As a result, I’ll be covering not just the more traditional forms of CSCW (groupware, email, etc), but also the newer forms of social computing that are becoming increasingly influential in business contexts—blogs, wikis, social networking tools, social bookmarking, and more.
Right now, the course only has three students enrolled (in part because it’s seldom offered, and people don’t really know what’s covered in it), and I need ten in order for it to run in the fall. So if you’re an RIT graduate student (or advanced undergraduate, or even a colleague) interested in a distance-learning class on social technologies, please consider enrolling in 4002.892.90!
Later this week I’ll work on putting up a tentative course outline, and I’ll post an update when that’s available. (I need to get my MT courseware updated first.)
Gerald took himself to the hospital this morning, where they said he had bacterial gastroenteritis, and weren’t sure if it was from the tap water on the boat or the raw oysters…both of which we’ll be avoiding for the rest of the trip. They rehydrated him, gave him something for the cramps, and sent him back with an Rx for an antibiotic to kill off what’s left of the bacteria. He’s napping on the boat now, and we’re hoping to have him back to full strength soon.
Tomorrow we’ll send two of the four boys back to Bellevue for a few days. Hopefully Lili won’t notice that we’ve swapped one of her children for one of ours…or, if she does, that she won’t mind. :) Over the weekend we’ll set things back to normal configurations.
And tonight we’ll grill steaks and bake potatoes, and watch the fireworks over Pleasant Harbor from the top deck of the boat.
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