Week 14 – A Resource Collection

When I was frantically hunting for materials to complete my papers during the last two weeks, I came across many materials that I thought were interesting.  Although, these are not directly related to social software, most of these materials depict the evolution of technology with respect to web and hyperlink based mediums.  And, some of these articles are very old; but, they portray a lucid, coherent illustration of the evolutionary history. It is impressive to know the visionary foundation of our predecessors.  Therefore, sharing these materials is a must.  You could have a read if you’d like. 

References

Sociology And Computers   

Davenport. Elisabeth (2005), Social Informatics in Practice: A Guide for the Perplexed, ASIS, retrieved from http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-05/davenport.html

David Gibson , Clark Aldrich , Marc Prensky (2007), Games and Simulations in Online Learning: Research and Development Frameworks, Vermont Institute, USA; SimuLearn, USA; Games2train, USA

 

Hahn. Karla L. and Schoch. Natalie A. (????), Applying diffusion theory to electronic publishing: A conceptual framework for examining issues and outcomes, ASIS ,retrieved from http://www.asis.org/annual-97/hahnk.htm

 

Hongladarom. Soraj , Ess. Charles  (2007), USA Information Technology Ethics Cultural Perspectives.

Gregson. Kim, Ford. Charlotte (1998), Evaluation of Community Networks, ASIS, Midyear ‘98 Proceedings., retrieved from http://www.asis.org/Conferences/MY98/Gregson.htm

Gregson. Kimberly (1997), Community Networks and Political Participation:
Developing Goals for System Developers, ASIS ,retrieved from http://www.asis.org/annual-97/kgregson.htm 

Sawyer. Steve, 31( 5 (June/July 2005), Social Informatics: Overview, Principles and Opportunities, The American Society for Information Science and Technology, retrieved from http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-05/sawyer.html

Weedman. Judith (1998), Burglar’s Tools: The Use of Collaborative Technology
in Professional Socialization, ASIS Midyear ‘98 Proceedings, retrieved from http://www.asis.org/Conferences/MY98/Weedman.htm.  

 Evolution of Taxonomy  

Aitchison J., Gilchrist A. (1987). Thesaurus construction: a practical manual. London: Association for Information Management.

 Agosti M., Melucci M, Crestani F. (1995). Automatic authoring and construction of hypermedia for information retrieval. Multimedia Systems, 3(1), 15-24.  

Beynon-Davies P., Tudhope D., Taylor C., Jones C. (1994). A Semantic Database Approach to Intelligent Hypermedia Systems. Information and Software Technology, 36 (6), 323-329.  

Kibby M.R., Mayes J.T. (1989). Towards Intelligent Hypertext. In R. McCaleese (Ed.), Hypertext: Theory into Practice (pp 164-172). Oxford: Intellect.  

SHIC Working Party. (1983). Social History and Industrial Classification: A Subject Classification for Museum Collections. University of Sheffield, UK: Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language.  

Sneath P., Sokal R. (1973). Numerical Taxonomy: The Principles and Practice of Numerical Classification. San Francisco:

W. H. Freeman and Company.  Tudhope D., Taylor C., Beynon-Davies P. (1995b). Classification and Hypermedia. Proceedings 6th ASIS Sig/CR Classification Research Workshop, Chicago, 173-192.

Week 13 – My personal favorites

I must say that of all the tools my personal favorite was the social software analysis (SNA) tools.  I was overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge and insights one could derive through these analysis.  I guess it must be due my interest in knowledge management.  I was able to integrate the two areas and find commonalities among them – amazing!

I did not like the gaming part but I certainly was intrigued by the virtual worlds.  I shall be exploring more on this topic.  What I realized was, it is an under utilized area by many professional disciplines.  I think, we should look in to this area of discovery and find ways of employing these tools as means of delivering services through these means.  I am really impressed with virtual worlds.  Other sections of the course were not so unfamiliar to me.  Therefore, although I had the opportunity to explore and take a look at others’ insights, these themes were not as impressive as the virtual worlds or SNA.  They were a little dull.

I have to give credit to Amanda for outlining a solid course. 

week 14- End notes

I think I have articulated my thoughts of social software and the best practices in the wiki.  However, when I look back on the experience, it is almost surprising to realize how much awareness I have gained during this period.  I was extremely ignorant on this topic and did not see much of a point in using social software, especially in a organizational context; but I am glad to say that this course has certainly changed my perceptions.

Although, I do admire most of the writers who has written and published materials on this topic, I must say that my best source of learning was the 757 group.  Everybody’s input and thoughts were just great – simply great!

So this is a thank-you note for all you guys and for Amanda.