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The course calendar listed below includes information on readings, activities, and assignments. The course schedule is subject to modification and revision. Be sure to check back often for accurate information.

Also see: Table of Assignments/Activites by Due Date

Week One: January 20-23 (Course Introduction/What is information literacy?)
All work must be completed by Friday, January 23rd.
# of points: 3

1. Read Introduction & Welcome and Course Guidelines & Policies. Review the Assignments and Weekly schedule.
2. Send email to me indicating:
   • You have read course materials and understand course expectations, assignments, and activities
   • Your expectations for the course: what were your expectations of a course called "InfoGlut?" have they changed now that you've read the course introduction? what do you hope to learn this semester? what are your concerns? what needs clarification?
   • Your comments and/or questions about course content and goals, assignments, etc
   • TWC598 students only: read additional information for graduate credit
3. Read: Information Overload? and Knowledge is Power
4. Discussion Forum:
• Introduce yourself to the class in the "Biography" thread.
• Respond to the "What is information literacy" thread.

Week Two: January 25-30 (Information literacy)
# of points: 5

• Read: Shapiro & Hughes, Hasulo, and Albrecht
• Discussion Forum:
  • See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic.

Week 3: February 1-6 (Information life cycle)
# of points: 7

• Read: Jonscher
• Review the flow of information for at least 3 of the areas listed (ignore the information about using GALILEO and the Univ. of Georgia library system)
• Complete a citation analysis

Week 4: February 8-13 (Organization of information)
# of points: 7

• Read Rosenfeld and Bates
• Write Organization/retriveal essay

Week 5: February 15-20 (Dissemination of information)
# of points: 5

• Read: Shenk and Lessig
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic

Week 6: February 22-27 (Intellectual property and copyright)
# of points: 5

• Read and do the scenarios in the Copyright Primer
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic re: Copyright Primer scenarios

Week 7: February 29-March 5 (Digital rights management: Introduction)
# of points: 3

• Read: Agnew and Glass
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic

Week 8: March 7-12 (Laws/regulations governing IP and copyright)
# of points: 5

• Read: Harper
• Copyright cases
• Blog Topics Due
• Set up Blog

Week 9: March 14-19

• Spring Break!

Week 10: March 21-26 (DRM: laws and regulations)
# of points: 5

• Read: Bechtold
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic
• Blog Post

Week 11: March 28-April 2 (DRM & Fair Use)
# of points: 5

• Introduce your blog on Blackboard
• Blog Post

Week 12: April 4-9 (DRM & Censorship/Intellectual Freedom)
# of points: 5

• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic
• Blog Post

Week 13: April 11-16 (DRM & Research/Development)
# of points: 5

• Read: Samuelson
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic
• Blog Post

Week 14: April 18-23 (DRM & Privacy)
# of points: 5

• Read: Cohen
• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic
• Blog Post

Week 15: April 25-30 (DRM)
# of points: 5

• See Blackboard for this week's discussion topic
• Blog Post

Week 16: May 2-4

• Final Blogs and Essay Due