Introductory Videos

We are making available short (< 15 min.) video introductions to the course and to each module.  These feature Dr. JD Eveland talking about the issues involved in the module and providing some background and context for each.  These are streamed through Youtube; just click on the appropriate link and you should be able to view it directly.   Viewing these videos is entirely optional, but we believe that they may help to resolve questions that may arise as you look throuigh the other material.

For Module 1:

ITM501 Course overview v1.wmv

ITM501 Module 1 v1.wmv

Required Readings

Bellinger, G., Castro, D., & Mills, A. (2004) Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom.  The Way of Systems.  November 15, 2010 from http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm

Blair, A. (2010) Information Overload, Then and Now.  The Chronicle of Higher Education Review.  November 28. Retrieved November 15, 2010 from http://chronicle.com/article/Information-Overload-Then-and/125479/?sid=cr&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=en

Green, P. (2010 ) Social Media Is Challenging Notions of the Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom (DIKW) Hierarchy.  CMS Wire. August 16. Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-20/social-media-is-challenging-notions-of-the-data-information-knowledge-wisdom-dikw-hierarchy--008320.php

Liu, X. and Errey, C. (2006) Socio-technical systems - there's more to performance than new technology.  PTG Global.  Retrieved February 27, 2011, from http://www.ptg-global.com/PDFArticles/Socio%20technical%20systems%20-%20There's%20more%20to%20performance%20than%20new%20technology%20v1.0.pdf

Optional Readings

Cartelli, A., (2007), Socio-Technical Theory and Knowledge Construction: Towards New Pedagogical Paradigms? Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://proceedings.informingscience.org/InSITE2007/IISITv4p001-014Cart339.pdf

Levinson, M. (2010) Knowledge Management Definition and Solutions.  CIO,com.  Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://www.cio.com/article/40343/Knowledge_Management_Definition_and_Solutions

Marks, O. (2010) Information Clutter Busting & Organization. ZDNet: Collaboration 2.0. August 1. Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://www.zdnet.com/blog/collaboration/information-clutter-busting-organization/1532

Miller, C. (2010) For Google, the Browser Does It All.  New York Times Business Day, November 24.  Retrieved November 25, 2010 from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/technology/25chrome.html?_r=1

Scacchi, W.. (2003) Socio-Technical-Design. Institute for Software Research, Univ. of California, Irvine.  Retrieved February 27, 2011, from  http://www.ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi/Papers/SE-Encyc/Socio-Technical-Design.pdf

Format and Writing Guidelines

Purdue University (2009). APA formatting and style guide. Retrieved Feb 20, 2009, from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01

Trident University (2011) Course Guidelines. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://www.trident.edu/files/Course_Guidelines.pdf

Other Optional Supplemental Material

Other supplemental materials related to the topics of this class, general references, and links that could help you with specific IT-related terms and concepts are available here.