Fall 2026

Digital Tools, Trends and Debates

LIS 644 provides an overview of ICT, digital media, and standards in information agencies, focusing on technical knowledge and critical analysis of societal controversies.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 David McHugh3.4/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAVID MCHUGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction28 / 400

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.88 GPA, 93.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Information and communications technologies (ICT), digital media, and standards
  • Relationship between ICT and information agencies
  • Societal controversies surrounding ICT development, use, and modification

Skills

  • Technical knowledge of information and communications technologies
  • Critical analysis of societal controversies surrounding ICT

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LIS 644 · Fall 2026

Digital Tools, Trends and Debates

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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