Online course "Introduction to Web Science"
Greetings to all from the city of Koblenz (Germany), whose student I am (University of Koblenz-Landau). I would like to devote this article to the initiative of our university to make part of the Master of Science in Web Science program accessible to everyone through the Internet.
The World Wide Web (or the World Wide Web) brings together 2.7 billion people and plays a huge role in the life of all mankind. But despite the significant success of the web, as well as the high development of the computing infrastructure on which the world wide web is built, very few institutes study the web from the point of view of science.
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Web Science is a rather young field of science, it was first announced in 2006 by a scientist named Tim Berners-Lee (thus, in 1989 working for CERN invented the World Wide Web, URI, URL, HTTP, HTML, and also founded the W3C consortium ). MIT and the University of Southampton ( an article in Habré about their masters) supported this initiative and announced the start of research in this area. At the moment, the association " The Web Science Trust " includes about 15 universities, one of which is the University of Koblenz-Landau.
Web Science is an interdisciplinary science consisting of various sciences and disciplines, for example: computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, web engineering, psychology, sociology, politics, economics, and many others (even biology).
The material of this course will be useful to any user of the World Wide Web, especially if you:
The course is conducted in English and consists of 10 lessons, divided into 3 broad categories:
Well, one of the most interesting questions last:
A rather interesting point is the way of organizing and conducting this course. Of particular importance was the openness of the technologies used and the possibility of free distribution of educational materials. Therefore, the platform Wikiversity was chosen as the platform for the course (Rus. Wikiversity ).
The main goal is to replace the classical lectures at the university with MOOC materials ( massive open online course ) with the possibility of open public discussions (including online). Each student is strongly encouraged to participate in the discussion of the material on the course pages, as well as in editing / supplementing the existing lessons. As you know the best way to learn the material - try to explain it to a friend.
The format of the classes has been slightly changed - there are no lectures as such. There are video materials on the course page + links to additional reading / practice. The student independently prepares and analyzes the material, after which he comes to a class at the university (or to broadcast online) and discusses his understanding of the material studied with fellow students / professor.
From my own experience, I can add that each lesson is not just listening to several video lectures or reading an article in Wikipedia. Each topic under consideration requires careful and deep hours of study. You will quickly understand this through your homework - it requires a deep understanding of the topic.
This launch of the online course for us is the first, so do not judge strictly, in October 2014 a more complete and improved version will be released, but I am sure this is not a reason to postpone Web Science = a year)
At the moment data classes have already begun and we have considered Ethernet , IP , TCP . On Thursday (November 7, 2013) a live DNS discussion will take place.
The World Wide Web (or the World Wide Web) brings together 2.7 billion people and plays a huge role in the life of all mankind. But despite the significant success of the web, as well as the high development of the computing infrastructure on which the world wide web is built, very few institutes study the web from the point of view of science.
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Web as a science
Web Science is a rather young field of science, it was first announced in 2006 by a scientist named Tim Berners-Lee (thus, in 1989 working for CERN invented the World Wide Web, URI, URL, HTTP, HTML, and also founded the W3C consortium ). MIT and the University of Southampton ( an article in Habré about their masters) supported this initiative and announced the start of research in this area. At the moment, the association " The Web Science Trust " includes about 15 universities, one of which is the University of Koblenz-Landau.
Web Science is an interdisciplinary science consisting of various sciences and disciplines, for example: computer science, mathematics, artificial intelligence, web engineering, psychology, sociology, politics, economics, and many others (even biology).
Course audience
The material of this course will be useful to any user of the World Wide Web, especially if you:
- A programmer who is interested in the development of web applications (or a startup / entrepreneur);
- A company that wants to build a competent online behavior strategy;
- Lawyer, provider, authority considering issues of net neutrality and copyright infringement and making decisions on the issues of regulating access to Internet resources.
Course content
The course is conducted in English and consists of 10 lessons, divided into 3 broad categories:
- Lessons 1 - 3: Web Basics. Detailed excursion into the history of the web and Internet architecture - Ethernet, IP, TCP, DNS, Internet vs World Wide Web, HTTP, XML, HTML
- Lessons 4 - 7: The structure of the web and the study of micro and macro behavior of users of the web and social networks. Analyze social networking data using Octave . Search engines, their architecture and ranking of documents, ratings and recommendations. Collective intelligence and herd behavior. Economic aspects and advertising.
- Lessons 8 - 10: The Web and Society. Law and copyright protection, piracy. Questions of ethics, norms of behavior and net neutrality. Problems of trust, influence and security (cryptography, secure communication and certificates, Internet money).
Well, one of the most interesting questions last:
Organization and format of the course
A rather interesting point is the way of organizing and conducting this course. Of particular importance was the openness of the technologies used and the possibility of free distribution of educational materials. Therefore, the platform Wikiversity was chosen as the platform for the course (Rus. Wikiversity ).
The main goal is to replace the classical lectures at the university with MOOC materials ( massive open online course ) with the possibility of open public discussions (including online). Each student is strongly encouraged to participate in the discussion of the material on the course pages, as well as in editing / supplementing the existing lessons. As you know the best way to learn the material - try to explain it to a friend.
The format of the classes has been slightly changed - there are no lectures as such. There are video materials on the course page + links to additional reading / practice. The student independently prepares and analyzes the material, after which he comes to a class at the university (or to broadcast online) and discusses his understanding of the material studied with fellow students / professor.
Conclusion
From my own experience, I can add that each lesson is not just listening to several video lectures or reading an article in Wikipedia. Each topic under consideration requires careful and deep hours of study. You will quickly understand this through your homework - it requires a deep understanding of the topic.
This launch of the online course for us is the first, so do not judge strictly, in October 2014 a more complete and improved version will be released, but I am sure this is not a reason to postpone Web Science = a year)
At the moment data classes have already begun and we have considered Ethernet , IP , TCP . On Thursday (November 7, 2013) a live DNS discussion will take place.
Course links
- Course Home ;
- Desirable (although not required) registration for the course ;
- 0 lesson on the topic of discussion of the subject of Web Science and learning how to work with the MOOC system;
- Live broadcasts of discussions of questions and answers (Tuesday, Thursday from 19:15 to 20:45 Moscow time);
- Questions and additions to lecture materials are accepted under each page of the lesson at wikiversity, as well as in Etherpad and on the hashtag in twitter: #websciencemooc
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/200434/
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