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Course name
Internet and Society
Institution
University of Alaska Southeast
Instructor
Jonas Lamb
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Course dates
2025-01-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2025-05-02 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
10


The course explores the history of the internet, the current state of global access/adoption and the digital divide. The course explores the impact of the internet as a change agent in a wide variety of fields (gaming, banking, education, etc.) The Wikipedia assignment serves as an introduction to the collaboratively authored information source and a case study for discussing information literacy w an emphasis on the information literacy framework (authority is contextual and constructed; information has value).