Greetings all – Shout out to former INFO 298 student David Vargas for his work putting together this guide to making the most of your blog for our course. This PDF is being shared with all the sections of INFO 200 this semester. Please download via the link below. NOTE: This student created guide was made […]
Hey all – Here is the prompt for the first Blog Report: Blog Post #1: Introduce yourself by describing an information community in which you belong… The community description can be as creative as you want it to be. It can be written as a straight-forward textual description — or it can even be presented as […]
Hey all – From the Writing Center — The Writing Center will be open this term for in-person tutoring, online tutoring, drop-in live chat, online workshops, and a number of special events (e.g., our intensive Foundations of Graduate Writing series for early career graduate students). As always, we have asynchronous instructional writing resources (such as videos […]
Greetings all! Module 1 begins today. This module explores the nature of information, definitions of community, and how communities form around information and knowledge sharing/creation.
Hey all – I am thrilled to see so many of you joining our section site in the last two days. Welcome!!! Please use the next few days to get settled in this site – go through Module 0, explore a bit and check out the assignments, and try out some of the social features. We will […]
Greetings all! A reminder: Throughout the semester, we will have some class chats. All sessions will be recorded. The following are scheduled: February 5: Our first Class Social Hour will be at 12pm PT. I’ll be on hand to chat or answer any questions you have. No formal agenda, just a chance to check in. Please feel free to […]
Start here! Greetings all! Welcome to INFO 200 Information Communities Section 02! This course focuses outward on the people librarians and information professionals serve, those who are creating, using and sharing information. Framing the course as outward-facing reflects exactly how our graduates and information professionals should view the world. Instead of putting the library in the center, […]
Greetings all! Here are some Action Items to get us started with INFO 200. If you haven’t already create your account on our section site (that’s here!): Start here: https://infocom.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/register/ Fill in your name, username, e-mail, and create a strong password. You are free to use a pseudonym, but please tell me who you are! Note: your […]
Module 0 includes helpful information to set you on the right path for success in INFO 200. Start here – Getting Started in INFO 200 Module Videos and More and at the bottom of that page you will see a link to the next item. They are also all collected here: Graduate Work and Passing INFO […]
Greetings to everyone in my INFO 200 Section – We’re going to create an OPML* file for our course blogs so you can add them easily to Feedly or some other aggregator/reader to monitor our course. As noted in the getting started posts, you will also be using your blog created for INFO 203 for reflection blogging […]
