Courses Wayne State University College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs Department of Interdisciplinary Studies Times' Harvest courses, Winter 2001     ( http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen/thw05) Times' Harvest Advanced Seminar (online)     ISP 3360, Section 010, Call Number 25265, 4 credits Times' Harvest Advanced Directed Study (online)     a) ISP 3340, Section 010, Call Number 25785, 2 credits     b) ISP 3340, Section 011, Call Number 25786, 4 credits	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu At Ford: 313-390-2155

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Online Citizenship

Online citizenship will be a component of the course grade. I have two goals here: (a) to focus attention on how online life might be different than F2F (Face To Face) life, and (b) to foster a supportive environment in which each of us can put forth our best effort. Here are the factors that I plan to use in evaluating online citizenship:

• Keeping the online discussion organized. This means putting your postings under an appropriate topic, and not starting a new topic unless your topic really is new.
• Helping other students where you can. This includes help both in interpreting the readings, and in using the online methods, for example under the "Tech" topic on the computer conference.
• For AGS 3340, being prepared and doing a fair share of your Team's work.
• Being slow to take offense and double-checking any interpretation that a possibly negative remark was meant personally. Online expression can be intense, and I encourage this. Expect sharp differences of opinion. But the other side of this seems to be that a remark that is not meant as a personal attack may be interpreted as one, and responded to with a personal attack. This is called a "flame war", and can quickly get out of hand. Here, good citizenship will be interpreted as being sure to check with the other person if you think you have been attacked on a personal level before letting them have it with both barrels. Correspondingly, try to be aware of possible misinterpretations of your own words. Again, this is in no way meant to discourage your full and frank expression of your own feelings. The offense is not in saying that you feel that the other person is wrong, but in stating or assuming or seeming to assume that their being wrong is a matter of fact. Many of the most future-oriented corporations, for example, try to make diversity of opinion a strength by encouraging expression of differences, and treating those differences as an opportunity for learning. In this orientation, withholding expression of your disagreement is as bad as making a personal attack; both reduce the opportunity for everyone to learn.
• No online harassment, either in public or private. I do not intend to give a precise definition of harassment.