| August 21 |
Class overview and Subject Introduction - Unconferences/Open Spaces Exercise |
| August 23 |
Overview of the role of online communities in business |
| August 28 |
Overview of the role of online communities in business |
| August 30 |
Overview of the role of online communities in business |
| September 4 |
No Class - Labor Day |
| September 6 |
Overview of the role of online communities in business |
| September 11 |
Overview of common types of community tools (Assignment 1 due) |
| September 13 |
Overview of common types of community tools - Blogs, Discussion Forums |
| September 18 |
Overview of common types of community tools - Chat, Social Tagging and Browsing, FOAF, Spaces |
| September 20 |
Overview of common types of community tools - Wikis |
| September 25 |
Overview of common types of community tools - Webcasting, Podcasting, Webcasts |
| September 27 |
Overview of community environments (Assignment 2 due) |
| October 2 |
Overview of community environments |
| October 4 |
Community development & maturity (Assignment 3 due) |
| October 9 |
Community development & maturity |
| October 11 |
Ethics - Special Guest: Pam Fick (Assignment 4 due) |
| October 16 |
Ethics - Final Project Overview |
| October 18 |
Encouraging your membership (Assignment 5 due) |
| October 23 |
Special Guest: Dan Morrison |
| October 25 |
Encouraging your membership |
| October 30 |
Measuring your community (Assignment 6 due) Special Guest Speaker: Mike Moran |
| November 1 |
Measuring your community |
| November 6 |
Marketing your community (Assignment 7 due) |
| November 8 |
Special Guest Speaker: Kim Bayne |
| November 13 |
Marketing your community (Assignment 8 due) |
| November 15 |
Final Project Site Visit |
| November 20 |
Project Work |
| November 22 |
Final Project Site Visit |
| November 27 |
Project Work |
| November 29 |
Final Presentations |
| December 4 |
Final Presentations |
