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SI 410 Ethics and Information Technology

SCHEDULE Week1:EthicsandInformationTechnology DiscussionGuide1

7September CourseLogistics(+ethicssurvey) EssayAssignment8September Lab:UsingLibraryElectronicResources(ScottDennis,MLibrary)9September ComputerEthics

Week2:EthicsandInformationTechnology

14September Models15September Lab:EssayWritingFundamentals(SweetlandCenter)16September Infosphere Due:EssayTopic(4:00pm)

Week3:EthicsandInformationTechnology

21September PhilosophyandObjectOrientedProgramming(Guest)22September Lab:PersonalEthicalBehavior(findingsofsurvey)23September BacktotheReallyBigPicture

Week4:InformationIntegrity DiscussionGuide2

28September BoundariesofTrust Due:1stDraftofEssay29September Lab:IntroductiontoMediaWiki MediaWikiAssignment30September WikipediaasanInformationSystem

Week5:InformationIntegrity

5October WikipediaandTrustManagement6October Lab:AdvancedMediaWiki7October WikipediaandAnonymity Due:1stMediaWikiEntries

Week6:InformationIntegrity

12October PlagiarismintheOnlineEnvironment13October Discussion:IntegrityandTrust14October EnforcingIntegrity

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Week7:Presentations19October StudyBreak:NoClassToday20October Lab:StudentPresentationsonMediaWiki Due:RevisedEssay21October StudentPresentationsonMediaWiki

Week8:Avatars&Identity DiscussionGuide3

26October Whatisanavatar?27October Lab:BriefingonAssignmentandTools AvatarAssignment28October IdentityinCyberspace

Week9:Avatars&Identity

2November Avatars:ContinuumorProsthesis3November Lab:AvatarConstruction4November AvatarsandAnonymity

Week10:Avatars&Identity

9November PrivacyReconsidered10November Lab:UnrealEngine GameScenarioAssignment11November SynthesisofIdentityandVirtuality Due:AvatarReflection

Week11:VirtualEnvironments DiscussionGuide4

16November EthicsofGamePlay17November Lab:UnrealEngine18November WarGaming

Week12:VirtualEnvironments

23November GainingAdvantageinVirtualEnvironments24November Lab:BartleTestofGamingPersonality25November ThanksgivingBreak

Week13:VirtualEnvironments

30November GamesandGender1December Lab:VirtualEnvironmentsFreeTime2December RapeinCyberspaceRevisited Due:GameScenario(Team)

Week14:EthicsandInformationTechnology

7December TeamPresentationsonVirtualEnvironments8December Lab:TeamPresentationsonVirtualEnvironments9December MakingSenseofEthicsandInformationTechnology 13December(11:55pm) Due:FinalMediaWikiEntries+AllExcusedLateWork