People are social creatures and the modern Internet reflects that. Technology has made collaboration at a distance possible in new ways that present their own set of challenges. This course will introduce you to the major challenges and opportunities for creating online communities. What does the future hold? Learn how social computing can create collaboration experiences that go beyond what’s possible face to face.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Design de interaçãoDesign de Interação
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Universidade da Califórnia, San Diego
UC San Diego is an academic powerhouse and economic engine, recognized as one of the top 10 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Innovation is central to who we are and what we do. Here, students learn that knowledge isn't just acquired in the classroom—life is their laboratory.
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Connecting People through Technology
When you think of social media, you might think of a popular social network, like Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. These are indeed powerful, but the universe of social media is much larger. Both online and off, most everything we do has a social component that is mediated by some technology. After all, technologies have been helping people communicate since long before your favorite curly-haired CEO dropped out of college. In this module, you’ll learn about different types of social software, how to think about physical collaboration and digital collaboration using the same framework, and what the challenges to success for collaborative software are.
Challenges & Opportunities of Collaboration Online
In our always-on, pervasively connected world, it can seem as if space and distance don’t matter anymore. Indeed, more and more organizations are outsourcing work around the globe and/or opening satellite locations. But being instantly reachable from anywhere in the world, isn’t the same as being there. In this module, you’ll learn the ways that distance does and doesn’t matter, how to design for this reality and how to create technologies that go beyond being there.
Crowdsourcing
It can’t possibly work, can it? Slice up challenging problems into tiny pieces, distribute them to people all over the planet, and then gather their responses to piece together a solution. In this module, you’ll learn both the possibilities and limits of crowdsourcing. You’ll learn strategies for being able to use crowdsourcing successfully, and even hear from the voice of a professional crowdworker about what makes it successful from a worker’s perspective. To gain deeper intuitions, you’ll get to try it out yourself in the assignment.
Avaliações
- 5 stars60,89%
- 4 stars24,62%
- 3 stars10,64%
- 2 stars2,97%
- 1 star0,86%
Principais avaliações do SOCIAL COMPUTING - COMPUTAÇÃO SOCIAL
Felt a bit light and not necessary, but it was good info still. Took pleasure in it and actually enjoyed the easy homework.
This was an excellent primer on how social collaboration and crowdsourcing works. Gave a good understanding of the concepts involved when creating such platforms.
This is one of the most innovative courses that I have seen. It really helped in thinking out of box.
All the videos and assignments were interesting and informative, I am just not sure how relevant they were to the specialization.
Sobre Programa de cursos integrados Design de interaçãoDesign de Interação
Você aprenderá como desenvolver tecnologias deixam seus usuários satisfeitos, e não frustrados. Aprenderá também como gerar idéias de design, técnicas de prototipagem rápida para os novos projetos, e como usar protótipos para obter feedback dos seus companheiros de equipe, clientes e usuários. Você também vai aprender princípios do design visual, da percepção e cognição que conferem ao projeto características eficazes de interação.

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