Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

An unprecedented four Web Science & Digital Library ( WS-DL ) courses will be offered in Fall 2017:  CS 418/518 " Web Programming ", Tuesdays 4:20-7:00 pm (CRNs 14356 & 14357), will be offered by Dr. Justin F. Brunelle .  This will be an updated version of CS 418/518 last taught in Fall 2016 by Dr. Brunelle.  CS 734/834 " Introduction to Information Retrieval ", Thursdays 4:20-7:00 pm (CRNs 13631 & 13639) offered by Dr. Michael L. Nelson .  This will be an updated version of the same course most recently taught in Fall 2016 .   CS 725/825 " Information Visualization ", Fridays 8:30-11 am (CRNs 19344 & 19345) offered by Dr. Michele C. Weigle .  This will be an updated version of the same course most recently taught in Spring 2017 .  CS 791/891 " Web Archiving Seminar ", Wednesdays 2:00-4:30 pm (CRNs 21302 & 21303) offered by Drs. Nelson & Weigle.  This is a new seminar for incoming and prospective WS-DL student...

Two Web Science & Digital Library ( WS-DL ) courses will be offered in Fall 2016:  CS 418/518 " Web Programming ", Tuesdays 4:20-7:00 pm (CRNs 16680 & 16681 ), will be offered by Dr. Justin F. Brunelle .  This will be an updated version of CS 418 last taught in Spring 2015 by Mat Kelly .  This class is currently full, but watch for openings. CS 734/834 " Introduction to Information Retrieval ", Thursdays 4:20-7:00 pm (CRNs 15028 & 15038 ) offered by Dr. Michael L. Nelson .  This will be an updated version of the same course most recently taught in Fall 2015 .  Note that Dr. Michele Weigle is not teaching this semester.  Obviously there is demand for CS 418/518, but if you're considering CS 734/834 you might be interested in this student's quote from a recent exit exam: [and] Dr. Nelson’s Information Retrieval course are the two which I feel have prepared me most for job interviews and work in the working world of computer science...

Mat Kelly taught CS418 - Web Programming at Old Dominion University in Spring 2015. This blog post highlights some teaching methods and technologies used (namely, Docker and GitHub) and how he integrated their usage into the flow of the course.                            For Spring Semester at Old Dominion University I taught CS418 - Web Programming with some updated methods and content. This course has been previously taught by various members of ODU WS-DL ( 2014 , 2013 , 2012 ). The first deviation from previous offerings of the course was to change the subject of the project. Previously, CS418 students were asked to progressively build an online forum like phpBB . Web sites resembling this medium are no longer as common as they once were on the Web, so a refresh was needed to keep the project familiar and relevant. For Spring, I asked studen...