HonorsApril16

UH3004 - Undergraduate Honors Class 3004

"A Digital Library Related to 4/16/07 at Virginia Tech"

Course information:

• CRN 15238
• Place and time and date: Torg 1040 at 5-6:50 Tue; final 7-9pm on 3 May
• Listserv: UH3004H_15238@listserv.vt.edu
• Special Notes / Announcements (updated 3/10/2008) - see HonorsAnnouncements

Textbook:

• April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers (Paperback), by Roland Lazenby (Editor)
• Paperback: 336 pages; Publisher: Plume (August 28, 2007), ISBN-10: 0452289343; ISBN-13: 978-0452289345
• Local copies: University Bookstore (20 for the course, 30 under general books); Volume 2 (30 under general books)
• Amazon price $8.40 on page: http://www.amazon.com/April-16th-Virginia-Tech-Remembers/dp/0452289343

Instructors:

• Official instructor: Professor Edward A. Fox, Ph.D.
  • Office: 2160G Torgersen Hall (near middle door in 2160 area, which is across from 2150 - only open 9-5)
  • Office hours: Tue 12-3pm, Wed 4-5pm, or by appointment
  • Department: Computer Science, http://www.cs.vt.edu, 2050 Torgersen Hall, M/C 0106
  • Ph: +1-540-231-5113, Cell +1-540-230-6266, FAX: +1-540-231-6075
  • Online: Email: fox@vt.edu, WWW: http://fox.cs.vt.edu, SecondLife: EdFox Rieko
• Also helping: Associate Professor Steven D. Sheetz, Ph.D.
  • Ph: +1-540-231-6096
  • Online: Email: sheetz@vt.edu, WWW: http://www.acis.pamplin.vt.edu/fac/sheetz.htm
  • Department: Accounting & Information Systems (0101), 3080 Pamplin Hall

Online references:

• Our project site: http://www.dl-vt-416.org, and some videos: http://cyclops.cs.vt.edu/~cpa/videos
• Long article by our project team: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/documents/technology.pdf or http://www.dl-vt-416.org/DL-VT-416/Project%20Description_files/FoxEtAl2007.pdf
• We Remember (VT): http://www.vt.edu/remember/
• April 16 Archive: http://www.april16archive.org
• Special issue of Traumatology: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~cfigley/V14I1TOC.htm
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre
• Ross Perkins Blog and Second Life site: http://milosuns-musings.blogspot.com/search/label/VT_Memorial, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Memorial%20Park/130/113/25 (by "Milosun Czervik" in SL)
• Team Based Learning is carried out as described at http://www.teambasedlearning.org/.

Course Activities:

• Goals: HonorsApril16Goals
• Guests: HonorsApril16Guests
• Ontology: HonorsApril16Ontology
• Possible deliverables: HonorsApril16PossibleDeliverables
• Schedule: HonorsApril16Schedule
• Assigned work: HonorsApril16Assigned