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* Survey of spring syllabus after groups determined and first round of work
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* Survey of discursive tools and practices
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Introduction

This is the course wiki for the Spring 2009 Harvard Law School seminar The Internet: Issues at the Frontiers, LAW-99045A (abbreviated name: iif). It is taught by Professors Cass Sunstein and Jonathan Zittrain and meets Mondays from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

Course description:

This seminar explores frontiers question involving the Internet. Anticipated issues involve innovation, copyright, new uses of the wiki form, prediction markets, democratic polarization, and collective intelligence. Students will be expected to participate actively in innovative course design, and we might attempt to involve numerous people all over the world in the course through the Internet.

Schedule

Class meetings

  • Wiki tutorial: Friday, 21 November 2008, Noon-1, LILC 301 (pizza provided).
  • Monday, 24 November 2008, Noon-1, Hauser Hall 101, lunch available from 11:45 am onward
  • Monday, 1 December 2008, Noon-1, LILC 302, lunch available from 11:45 am onward

Other meetings

Resources

Activities to allocate

  • Course intro and discussion of discourse theory and examples
  • Survey of spring syllabus after groups determined and first round of work
  • Survey of discursive tools and practices