Designing Web-based Social Networks: Simple, Fast and Scalable (Practical Advice for Businss, Education, and Other Disciplines)

$495.00
Price: $495.00
Level: 
Beginner - Level 1
Key Online Workshop Information
Minimum Estimated Time Commitment: 
~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Resources Provided in Workshop: 
Presentations, readings, web links, discussion threads and other materials, viewable online through September 19, 2011
Live Panel Discussions - Participation in Live Q&A each Sunday
Viewing of Live Sessions available through September 19, 2011
Event Summary: 

Participants will: 

  • Introduce Drupal - an open source approach to social networking - and review history of social media and networking
  • For participants to create their own social media and networking sites; mostly hands-on building of your own site and discussion with others
  • Measurement - Google analytics and related topics
  • Learning about and extending Drupal for your own purposes
  • Implement theory and practice of collaboration paradigms
  • Understanding, testing and integrating virtual world approaches to social networking and presencePre-requisites:  A bit of a proclivity toward the techno-geekish side – comfortable with the web, probably simple editing in HTML and the like. No coding necessary in computer languages or scripts.
Complete Workshop Description
Online Workshop Description: 
A new Sloan-C mini-course on Building Web-based Social Networks (commencing Sept 19), this workshop provides a clear understanding of how to create and scale online social networking sites in simple and logical ways.  Starting with creation methods, learning the tools, and acquiring the ability to implement real solutions (Drupal Gardens, Drupal Commons, virtual worlds) this workshop will give you a clear sense of how to create social networking sites for your educational venue.   At the end of this mini-course you will have implemented your own social networking course for education.  The mini-course will share guest lectures with an MBA course at Babson College, to which you will be invited to attend on alternate Sunday evenings (enrichment lectures).
Schedule: 
Workshop Opens - September 19th. Please introduce yourself and begin reviewing materials.
Live Sessions held on Sundays from September 19th through December 12th.
Workshop Officially Closes - December 12th. All workshop materials will be available through September 19, 2011
Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility: 

This online workshop can be counted toward the Sloan-C Certificate.

Pricing Information: 
Price: $495 Each Sloan-C Member price: $345 w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process) College Pass Member Pricing: No Cost w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process) *Individual Premium Members receive 2 discounts with membership, Institutional and Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 100 "free" seats in the entire 2010 Sloan-C Workshop series.
Cancellation Policy: 

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.

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