Shawn Day provides a summary of his background and current work in social computing. He has a background in economics, history, and marketing. He is currently teaching social computing courses at Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, and Queen's University Belfast. The courses focus on themes like community management, ubiquitous computing, and government 2.0. Students will read an overview on social computing, watch a video on the shift to openness, and discuss the topic in online forums and blogs.

1. Social
Computing
Shawn Day - 1 October 2013

2. Shawn Day
• Where have I been?
• What am I doing now?
• How can I help you?

3. Where Have I Been?
‣ Canadian - hence the
funny accent
‣ Education
‣ Economics
‣ History
‣ Some interesting career
choices ...
‣ Marketing
‣ Automation
‣ CRM Startup
‣ And here I am in Ireland

4. Where am I Now?
• Trinity CS
• Trinity Long Room Hub
• University College Cork
• Queen’s University Belfast

5. Social

6. Radically
Open

7. Twitter

8. Google

9. @iridium

10. #tcdcs3107

11. days@tcd.ie

12. iscourse.com

13. Weekly

14. Forum &
Blog

15. Play

16. Experiment

17. Try

18. Reflect

19. Group

20. Case Study

21. Solo

22. Journal
Review

23. Expectations

24. Participation

25. Thoughtfulness

26. Integrity

27. Themes• Community Management
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Trust
• Location
• Privacy and Security
• Gender
• eGovernment/Government2.0
• Non-Western Organisation and Technology
• Open Source
• Open Innovation
• Content Co-Creation
27

28. Social Computing
Impacts
‣Psychology
‣Economics
‣Political Science
‣Psychiatry
‣Sociology
Business

29. An Introduction
DonTapscott
Talk the Future 2008
NetChange 2010 - MaRS

30. In the Next Week
• Read - Social Computing: An Overview
• Watch - Tapscott on the Paradigm Shift to Openess
• Think and Comment
• In the Forums about yourself
• Respond to the question posed on the blog and in the
forum