Week 4 Activities

From LIS5313

Wk. 4 Peer Production: Creative Commons and Wikis (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5)

Media Production:

• Complete Media Exercise 4.

Readings:

• Nancy Courtney (ed), Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow's User. Libraries Unlimited, 2007:
  • Ch. 3: "The Wonderful World of Wikis: Applications for Libraries," by Chad Boeninger (pp. 25-34).
• Example of Student Web 2.0 Article:
  • Michelle L., Wikis in Academia: Using a Wiki for your Online Research Guide
  • John M., Stevens County and The Wiki

Screenings:

• Introductory movies about Creative Commons:
  • Get Creative (2002) 6:00 min.
  • Retilum Reticulum Rex (2003) 5:43 min.

Comics: (Optional)

• Comics about Creative Commons:
  • Sharing Creative Works
  • How it Works

Discussion Blog:

• Group C facilitates discussion; all others contribute.

• Students are required to participate in a minimum of TWO discussion threads each week with a substantive comment (approx. 250 words) to each of the threads. Comments must address course topics and readings (with references to relevant page numbers), and should address the issues and concerns raised within the discussion thread.
• Those of you who are leading the discussion blog for a given week must contribute to your discussion thread in a substantive way, but you are not required to participate in the other discussion threads.

Peer Support:

• Continue to use the Peer Support blog to request and offer assistance on media exercises.
• Reminder: You should have a minimum of two substantive contributions to the Peer Support blog by the end of this week.