301517 (v.3) Internet Studies 214 - Virtual Communities

Area:	Department of Media and Information
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	2.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	305052 (v.4) NET24 The Internet - Virtual Communities or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):	301052 (v.3) Internet Studies 103 - Socio-Technological Introduction or any previous version
Syllabus:	The meaning of community, the role of the Internet in providing opportunities for virtual communities, the focus on community within the Internet industry. The professional interaction through networked technology in order to become a skilled leader and organiser of communities, partnerships and teams in a virtual realm.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2008	De Chazal Du Mee Bus Mauritius	Study Period 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External