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The Path to Worldwide Computing: Where are we now and how can we proceed?
Instructor:Lori Pollock, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, 436 Smith Hall, 302-831-1953, lastname at cis.udel.edu.
Peer Mentor: Meghan Snyder, me(put last name here without parentheses)@udel.edu.
Mondays, 11:15AM - 12:05PM, 115 Gore Hall
We will explore the challenges to providing worldwide computing, with a focus on the benefits and challenges of equal access across borders, cultures, languages, economies, and human physical abilities. We will also examine strategies and programs towards meeting these challenges.
We will also examine and discuss issues that are vital to your future success at the University of Delaware, including providing students with the materials necessary for developing skills for navigating the University of Delaware.
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
Sept 1: Pizza dinner with peer mentor and faculty; getting to know each other, class goals, passports;
Sept 3: Greg Mortenson talks at 3:30 or 7pm, Mitchell Hall
Sept 7: Labor Day, no class meeting
Sept 14: Three Cups of Tea discussion
Sept 21: Decisions and personal safety: Alcohol awareness
Sept 28: State of global access to computing in the world discussion
Oct 5: Decisions and personal safety: Safer sexuality
Oct 12: Campus explorations: sharing discoveries
DUE: 1st individual meeting with Professor Pollock
Oct 19: Campus explorations: sharing discoveries
DUE: passport check
Oct 26: Communication and conflict management discussion
Nov 2: Challenges in Worldwide Computing discussion
Nov 9: Community explorations: sharing experiences
Nov 16: Who is Making a Difference in Global Computing Access?
DUE: Second meeting with Professor Pollock
Nov 23: General reflection on making a difference in global computing access
Nov 30: Preparing for the future at UD: undergraduate research, service learning, study abroad
Dec 7: Lessons learned from first college semester
DUE: passports
Mortenson, Greg – Three Cups of Tea, The book, by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin, features a compelling personal account of how one man has worked to make a difference by building schools in the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Students are encouraged to read this book prior to the start of classes in the fall.
As a student in this course, you are expected to complete the following required activities AND record your attendance/participation in your FYE passport:
Students may also plan an optional group fieldtrip to a nearby destination of their choice.
UD email: If you want to receive your UD e-mail at a non-UD mailbox (e.g., AOL, Hotmail, etc.), you must forward your UD e-mail to that mailbox and ensure that it is working so that you can receive and read official UD e-mail, including course-related materials, in a timely fashion. Instructions for forwarding are posted on the UD Network Page [www.udel.edu/network]
You will be graded pass/fail for this course. To pass, you must complete all of the required assignments.