Hello fellow hackers,<br><br>Check out these awesome classes offered next semester! These are places you can directly apply what we have been learning and work on some great projects (think experience, resume builders, and fun).<br>
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The School of Digital Sciences is offering two Special Topics classes in the Spring 2013 semester that you may find of interest. The Web Programming for Multimedia Journalism course is the third instantiation of this very unique course. The Mobile & Social
course is our first offering of a course in this high-demand area.<br><div><br>
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<p><b>Spring 2013 Special Topics Course Offering<br>
DSCI 49995-001 (CRN 20798) / DSCI 59995-001 (CRN 20801)</b></p>
<p><b>Special Topics: Mobile, Social and Other Emerging Channels:<br>
Designing Solutions to Meet the New Business Reality</b></p>
<p>With the emergence of <i>smartphones</i> and <i>mobile technology</i> as well as the proliferation of <i>social networks</i> and <i>other emerging channels</i> for engaging customers, the business and technology landscape is changing. This course
will explore the key technologies and trends that are causing this change, and will help students prepare to define, develop and market solutions to help businesses succeed in this new environment. </p>
<p>Course topics include mobility, social media, designing for mobile, mobile engagement models, leveraging emerging channels, gamification of mobile and social channels, developing mobile strategy, mobile web, and smartphone and app development. Students
will work in teams on a final project to design solutions for real world business scenarios.</p>
<p>Pre-requisites: DSCI 15310, CS 13001, MIS 24065, or other programming or web programming background. For more information, contact the School of Digital Sciences' Academic Advisor Coordinator, Kay Levandowski, at <a href="mailto:klevand1@kent.edu" target="_blank">klevand1@kent.edu</a> or
<a href="tel:330-672-9069" value="+13306729069" target="_blank">330-672-9069</a></p>
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<p><b>Instructor</b>: Brian Stein, President of Pervasive Path Consulting</p>
<p>Brian is a seasoned consultant with more than 8 years of mobility experience supported by his 15-year background in the management consulting field. </p>
<p>In the field of mobility, Brian has led implementations of mobile banking projects at over 40 banks and credit unions and helped other large clients craft mobile strategies, identify and prioritize mobile initiatives across lines of business, and manage
the complexity of implementation with back-end systems. Brian has helped clients envision, plan for, implement and launch solutions — for customer engagement and commerce, field service, mobile supply chain, and business process enablement. </p>
<p>Additionally, Brian has worked with Fortune 1000 companies to define and execute their strategies across many different areas including mobile and web application development, process optimization, program management, organizational design, IT governance
and IT management.</p>
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<p><b><br></b></p><p><b>Spring 2013 Special Topics Course Offering<br>
DSCI 49995-002 (CRN</b> <b>21046) / DSCI 59995-002 (CRN</b> <b>21047)</b></p>
<p><b>Special Topics: Web Programming for Multimedia Journalism<br>
Journalists & Programmers -- Go Deep with Data!</b><br>
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<p>This spring, journalists and programmers will work together to investigate an important public-health issue: suicide on college campuses. Using research data sets and in-depth storytelling, students will create and engaging, interactive website to illuminate
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<li>Work as part of a multidisciplinary project team.</li><li>Learn to tell data stories using VIDI, a group of open-source, Drupal-based data-visualizations modules.</li></ul>
The course is open to juniors, seniors and graduate students in DSCI, JMC, CS, VCD, MIS, and IAKM. Enrollment is by permission. For more information, please contact Prof. Jacqueline Marino (<a href="mailto:jmarino7@kent.edu" target="_blank">jmarino7@kent.edu</a>). </div>
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