This course will cover a variety of topics related to the emerging area of Social Network and Computing. It will discuss theories, technologies and human issues of Web 2.0: how people network online, what communities they form, why they participate and contribute, and how to design infrastructures for successful online communities.

＊瞭解Web的基本運作原理與Web 2.0的概念與特色。
＊學習Web 2.0程式設計基礎。
＊瞭解社群媒體與線上社群服務的發展趨勢，以及背後的基本理論與概念。
＊探究網路社群與各類應用程式的特色。
＊學習開發網路社群應用程式。

(Tentative)
Week 1: From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and Social Media/Online Social Networks (OSN)
Week 2~4: Web Technologies
Week 5~6: Designing Successful Social Applications
Week 7~8: Presentations
Week 9~10: Sharing and Trading, Social Documents, Wikis
Week 11~12: Socialization: Forums, Chat and Games
Week 13~14: Social Networking: Study on Facebook
Week 15~16: Ontologies, Folksonomies, Recommendation Systems
Week 17~18: Final Project Presentations

每週課堂教學時數： 3 小時
每週預習／複習時數： 3 小時

Assignments: 25%
Midterm Presentation: 25%
Final Project: 50%
Participation: <5%

Office Hours: Thursday 1-2pm or by email arrangement
Office Location: 大仁樓 413 研究室

張伯新－資科系碩士班一年級

He will help guide lab demos, grade assignments, and answer students questions.

* 主要學習資源 W3School 網站: http://www.w3schools.com/
* James Surowiecki (2004), Wisdom of Crowds, Random House.
* Joshua Porter (2008), Designing for the Social Web, New Riders: Berkley, CA.
* Matthew A. Russell (2011), Mining the Social Web, O’Reilly.
* Amy Jo Kim (2000), Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities, Peachpit Press.