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14.11.2008 3:49
Conclusions
IFI7101 Introduction and theoretical foundations of new media

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Ontospace exploration as a tool to translate intormation to knowledge!?
Soft ontology: Anyone can use her/his own definition of the Likings community.
Community mapper concept? Invite new members?
Likings map.

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Community and collaboration media (CCM) is a part of Information and Communication technology, but it also covers communication and collaboration practices.
"New" as in new media can be seen as a "moving target" .
CCM constitute knowledge environments.
The role of the users has changed to that of a participant, member and prosumer (producer + consumer).
HCI mediates humans and machines, but CCM mediate people.
Technology and media can be seen as extensions of mind.
CCM is bottom-up, whille ICT is top-down.
CCM has broad implications to the society, culture, technology and economy...
Potential explanatory theories of CCM include system and network theories, self-organization, spatial and soft ontologies.
The technology and design is mature enough to allow building concepts from pre-fabricated pieces, rather than starting designing and engineering from the scratch.

COMPLETING

Sessions and attendance

Follow ? and ! for issues, comment on wiki.
Make sure you have left a trace on each wiki by checking attendance (=history).
• Do missing assignments (on each)

Literature

NOTE: Return books you don't read!
• Read course literature (1 book, 10 articles)
Use the Del.icio.us tag space
Follow links from course pages to articles and pick one of each.
• Search the web for articles
What counts as an article?

Exam

Submit an essay before 14.11. Instructions.

Grading

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Feedback

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WALK BLOG

Rain radar prognosis for the walk.
Blog URL, posting email.
Site.
An ethical medium?
A participatory medium?