Slides from the first class session for DTC356.

1. DTC 356
ELECTRONIC RESEARCH
AND THE RHETORIC OF INFORMATION

2. This course is about information.

3. We will search for
information
We will Organize
information

4. What is the practical
difference between something
you cannot find and something
that does not exist?
difference between something
you cannot find and something
that does not exist?

5. Why Do We
Organize?

6. Learning Goal 5:
Know the basics of information
architecture and knowledge
management along with ways digital
information can be structured for
retrieval and archival purposes
for different audiences.

7. In Other Words:
We’re going to study how
information is organized so we can
find information others have
organized and organize information
for others to find.

8. Atoms
(physical objects)
Bits
(digital objects)

9. Atoms
(physical objects)
Bits
(digital objects)

10. Atoms
(physical objects)
Bits
(digital objects)
2nd Order of Order1st Order of Order 3rd Order of Order

11. Atoms
(physical objects)
Bits
(digital objects)
2nd Order of Order1st Order of Order 3rd Order of Order

12. How to do Well in
this Class
A short piece on grades, grading, and
learning.

13. Grades aren’t the point
Grades are an abstraction of the point.
Learning is the point.
If I’ve done my job well, grades reflect learning.
If you’ve done your job well, you’ll be able to do new
things and do old things better.

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