Key Dates
Block course Lucerne Lecture part
September 17, 2020: 16:00-18:00, virtual by zoom (zoom recording)
Block course Lucerne Hands on Section 1
September 24, 2020: 16:00-18:00, virtual by zoom (zoom recording)
Block course Lucerne Hands on Section 2
October 1, 2020: 16.00-18.00, virtual by zoom
Block course Lucerne Hands on Section 3
October 8, 2020: 16.00-18.00, virtual by zoom (e-mail and Twitter coolhunting due, present in class)
Virtual Setup Meeting Cologne/Bamberg:
October 20, 2020, 15-16.00 German/9-10.00 Boston time. A zoom link will be sent to pre-registered students for this meeting, which is virtual and can be attended from anywhere. (Assignment presentation) (zoom recording)
Block course Cologne/Bamberg day 1
October 26, 2020: 10:00-15:00, virtual by zoom (zoom recording)
Block course Cologne/Bamberg day 2
October 27, 2020: 10:00-15:00, virtual by zoom (zoom recording)
Block course Cologne/Bamberg day 3
October 28, 2020: 10.00-14.00, virtual by zoom (zoom recording)
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Cologne/Bamberg students for presenting e-mail/Twitter analysis (choose only one of the dates)
Virtual Meetings (Time: Thursday, 16-18 German/10-12AM Boston time, Duration 2 hours)
Nov 5 2020, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Nov 12 2020, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Nov 19 2020, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Dec 3 2020, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Dec 17 2020, 16-18, virtual (virtual mirror) (last course day for FHLU students who only registered for one section) (zoom recording)
Jan 7 2021, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Jan 21 2021, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Feb 4 2021, 16-18, virtual (zoom recording)
Feb 18 2021, 16-19, virtual (zoom recording)
Feb 24 2021, 15-18, final presentation (virtual) (zoom recording)
March 25 2021, midnight, final paper due
PRE-WORK FOR BLOCK COURSE
Install Condor on your laptop, following the instructions on page 85-88 of Sociometrics.
Complete the coolhunting tutorial pages in Sociometrics (p. 89 to 108), doing a Twitter, or Reddit, or YouTube analysis of your choice.
Complete the virtual mirroring/e-mail analysis tutorial in Sociometrics (p. 109 to 136), analyzing your own mailbox.
Take the personality, ethics, morals, risk taking tests on the Happimeter Web site (this will be needed for later analysis in the virtual mirror)
Read Peter Gloor's new "groupflow" manuscript, and be prepared for in-class discussion in the block course.
For Cologne/Bamberg students, in the virtual setup meeting on October 20, the instructors will answer your questions regarding these topics.
In the block course, be prepared to present in 2 to 3 minutes, and using 3-5 Powerpoint slides each for the a virtual mirror of your mailbox, and the results of a Web coolhunting of your topic of choice. signup here
Course Evaluation
10% participation intro block course
20% participation virtual status meetings
30% final presentation
40% final paper