Week 4 - Small Group Networks

Today’s Dad Joke

My neighbor had the nerve to ring my doorbell at 3 o’clock in the morning.

Luckily I was still up playing the drums.

Housekeeping

• Practice asking a question on Discord
• Plan for discussion questions. Slido? PollEverywhere?
• Tech suggestions - laptops down during group discussions?

Housekeeping

• Self Assessment Reflections
  • Goals for the class
  • Feedback for me
• I will also
  • Review the report on participation
  • Review your HW
  • Review your discussion questions

Homework review

What concepts are confusing?

Review Questions

• What is centralization?
• When is a centralized network better?
• What is “transactive memory”?
• According to the Informal Networks article, why is it important to identify different kinds of networks?
• What sorts of information can be learned from an advice network?
  • A trust network?
• Have you thought about the groups that you are in from a network perspective? What insights have you had?

Discussion Questions

Thursday

• No class
• Work on R Lab 3 - Mutating and filtering