Saturday, July 18, 2009

Week 3- Produsage #1 update

Does calling something an update require that a previous mention of it? Perhaps. Either way, Eirin and I have been working diligently on what is perhaps the best wiki project ever (note that the definition of "best" is subjective to the viewer). After viewing her magic ball, she had the idea to create a place where information for the different IS programs could be found, in addition to the courses involved in each. It will contain the course requirements, and also have different pages for each course, where a description is given. In addition to the usual required courses, we would also list the different recommended elective courses, both inside the IS program and in other schools.
A big component is, of course, the ability of a user to edit these pages to add extra courses or to alter the contents. This is particularly useful in that the page for each course will also a course rating widget, and contain areas for students to input a Course Review. That is, their experience with the course, how it fits into their course of study, prerequisites recommended before the course in question, and any other useful information that future students may find useful in researching the classes they will take.
In addition to the previously mentioned items, there is also a separate area for students to input their course of study, the classes they took and when they took them. This can be handy for anyone else who trying to get an idea of how others have signed up for classes and how their course load was.
If you feel like contributing (because I'm sure you have completed your own produsage already and are looking for something to do), the wiki can be found at http://fsuiscourses.wikispaces.com/. As usual, the course is under construction. Let us know if you have any questions or ideas!

1 comment:

  1. Your wiki is excellent and I hope you will leave it up for a long time as I have already used it when reviewing my program of study.

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