University of Macau General Educati Program CISG114 Web Technology and Life Department of Computer & Informati Science Faculty of Science & Technology Part (A) Course Outline Elective GE course in IT and Knowledge Society Science and Informati Technology Course descripti: 3.0 credits (lectures: 2 x 1.5 hours). This course exposes students to the impact in our daily lives of modern Web technologies such as Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, RSS, Social Bookmarks/Networking, Virtual Worlds, e-business Models, and e-government initiatives. The course is designed to help the causal computer users understand the latest in free and inexpensive Web tools and their power for research, collaborati, and communicati. It discusses the history, background, and perspectives of Web 2.0 technologies to demystify the jargs cnected with the latest Web phenomena. This course also shares some core topics with other General Educati courses in the category of Informati Technology and Knowledge Society : namely, IT and knowledge society basics; ethics and social respsibility in the informati age; the digital divide in the 21 st century; and issues of informati literacy and competency. Course type: General Educati for Year 1 and Year 2 students Prerequisites: Ne Textbook(s) and other required material: Bell, A. (2009). Exploring Web 2.0: Secd generati interactive tools Blogs, podcasts, wikis, networking, virtual worlds, and more. Georgetown, TX: Katy Crossing Press. References: Evans, A., & Coyle, D.M. (2009). Introducti to Web 2.0. Prentice Hall. Solom, G., & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: New tools, new schools. Internatial Society for Technology in Educati. Vossen, G. & Hagemann, S. (2007). Unleashing Web 2.0: From ccepts to creativity. Morgan Kaufmann. Desired mental and practical makeup: 1. Experience in group-based project work. 2. Use of e-learning platforms such as Moodle. 3. Mentality that is not a spectator sport, but a down-to-earth learn-to-learn process of -by-doing. Course objectives: 1. To help students become literate in the fundamental understanding of the latest Web technologies (Web 2.0) associated with the Internet era, including the impact in their daily living using modern-day examples. 2. To encourage students to formulate and express their views the design of Web tools and applicatis in modern society, through case study, written work, oral presentatis and classroom discussis. 3. To raise students' awareness of the impact of Web technologies their daily living and the wide-spread focus of the Web influence in various sectors in modern living, through critical discourses the use of Web tools for purposeful human endeavors.
Class/laboratory schedule: Timetabled work in hours per week Lecture Tutorial Practice No of teaching weeks Total hours Total credits No/Durati of exam papers 3 0 0 14 42 3.0 1 / 3 hours 14-Week Semester: Two weekly 90-minute lectures Student study effort expected: Class ctact: Lecture Tutorial Hands- practice Other study effort Self-study Homework assignment Project / Case study Total student study effort 42 hours 0 hours 0 hours 20 hours 14 hours 14 hours 90 hours Assessment for student : Items for Assessment Total Semester Percentage (100%) Homework and Class Participati 25% Individual assignments (5%) Pair assignments (10%) Team assignments (10%) Project Work 25% Online and Collaborative Learning Activities 10% Mid-Term Examinati (Evaluati) 20% Final Examinati 20% Assessment for course objectives: The assessment to meet course objectives will be de in a formative and summative manner the basis of the following items of interest: All related measures included in Assessment for Student Learning (above); All related assessment data (electric of homework, assignments, presentatis, digital stories, line discussis, wiki collaborative writing, and self as well as peer review for measuring student from ; The course portfolio established site of CISG114, throughout the semester, keeping track of the course enactment details, less-by-less. Course Outline (Refer to our site for detailed activities): Weeks Topic Course work 1 1 Introducti Incepti Period to measure student background knowledge and to positi for immediate kick-off of course Coming to Terms with Web 2.0 in our Daily Living Elaborati of CISG114 Learning-Centered Syllabus with intended outcomes and topics of interest clearly delineated, together with the peculiar design of student experience, in terms of individual, pair, and group Online Wiki collaborati 2
episodes in the ctext of Web technology and life; Kick-off of inquirybased, through subsequent research agendas 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7 8, 9, 10 11, 12 s (001-004), inquiring about Introducti to IT and Knowledge Society Ethics and Social Respsibility in the Informati Age The Digital Divide in the 21 st Century Informati Literacy and Competency s 005, inquiring about Blogs, Wikis, and Photo Sharing RSS, Podcasting and Social Bookmarking Mashups and Virtual Office Applicatis s 006, inquiring about Tagging, Folksomy, and Social Web Social Networking and e-business Models e-governments and e-learning Putting Web 2.0 into Perspectives Self and Peer Review of Student Work in inquiry-based through the of s (001 006), plus the student class presentati videos (or digital stories) and PowerPoints, as well as the wiki collaborati ; student efforts expected: 10 hours electrically line electrically line electrically line Self and Peer review for electrically 3
11, 12 13 14 Semester Project to organize student evidences of and to create student e-portfolios of work accomplished, site of CISG114. Digital stories for semester projects as a way to present the same to be collected to demstrate student performance in expected. Final Examinati Review (three hours) to cover the materials learned throughout the semester Preparati of Course Portfolio as an important archive of course enactment and student to accrue evidence for formative course evaluati line All the related student line established related to the six s (001-006) Course delivery: 50% Informati Security study through lecture and discussi, plus in-class exercises; 50% through line and collaborative -by-doing, especially via group project work such as team with case studies Perss who prepared this descripti: Dr. Kam Hou Vat 4
Part (B) General Course Informati and Policies 1st Semester 2011/2012 Instructor: Dr. Kam Hou Vat Office: N327C Office Hour: Tuesday & Friday 11:30 am 01:00 pm Phe: 83974379 Email: fstkhv@umac.mo Grading Distributi: Percentage Grade Final Grade Percentage Grade Final Grade 100-93 A 92-88 A 87-83 B+ 82-78 B 77-73 B 72-68 C+ 67-63 C 62-58 C 57-53 D+ 52-50 D below 50 F