Class Activities

820:240
Environment, Technology, and Society
Fall Semester 2003

Sessions and Assignments

Here is a tentative schedule of topics and activities for the semester:

Week Date Topic Reading Tuesday Thursday Assignments
1 08/25 Technology, today and tomorrow Norman, pp. vii-xxi notes notes Project proposal
2 09/01 Users Norman, pp. 1-17 notes notes .
3 09/08 WEEK OFF Norman, pp. 17-33 . . .
4 09/15 Effect of the Internet on life journal article notes notes Project
5 09/22 E-commerce Norman, pp. 34-53 notes notes .
6 09/29 Spam Norman, pp. 54-80 notes notes .
7 10/06 Intellectual property Norman, pp. 81-104 notes notes Short paper 1
8 10/13 Ethics in the curriculum Norman, pp. 105-124 notes notes .
9 10/20 Design quality Norman, pp. 124-141 notes notes .
10 10/27 ... more presentations -- Tues off Norman, pp. 141-164 . . .
11 11/03 Warranties Norman, pp. 164-186 notes notes Short paper 2
12 11/10 Standardization, de jure and de facto Norman, pp. 187-203 notes notes .
13 11/17 Sociable robots . notes notes .
13a 11/24 AI in law, medicine Thanksgiving Week notes . .
14 12/01 Privacy Norman paper notes notes .
15 12/08 Free software Norman interview notes notes .
16 12/18 An educated citizen . notes . .

The final session is Thursday, December 18, from 1:00 PM-2:50 PM. This is our regularly scheduled final exam period. We won't have a final exam, but we will meet, and attendance is required.

Eugene Wallingford ==== wallingf@cs.uni.edu ==== December 18, 2003