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CS5088: ELECTRONIC SOCIETY (DISTANCE LEARNING) (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

The course is primarily about the bidirectional interaction between new electronic technologies and changes in our society, addressing questions such as: What impact do E-Technologies have on society? What are the human factors involved in engaging in the electronic society? What is the impact of the electronic society on organisations? An overview of sectors: E-Commerce, E-Health, E-Learning, E-Governance, etc., and issues: Legal & ethical, security, privacy, intellectual property, software failure, digital divide. The course will study how societies and organisations must change to best utilise emerging technologies, and problems that arise.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session First Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Frank Guerin

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Syllabus What is the electonic society? What are the human factors involved in engaging in the electronic society? What is the impact of the electronic society on organisations? What impact do E-Technologies have on society? An overview of infrastructure. An introduction to issues: Legal & Ethical, security, privacy, intellectual property, software failure, digital divide. Case studies from E-Commerce, E-Health, E-Science and E-Governance. These case studies will address, for example, how organisations must change to best utilise emerging technologies, issues of security and privacy in the use of patient data, and the importance of standards in E-Science.

Further Information & Notes

  1. Assistive technologies may be required for any student who is unable to use a standard keyboard/mouse/computer monitor. Any students wishing to discuss this further should contact the School Disability Co-ordinator.
  2. To be taken as part of the MSc/PGDIP in Information Technology (DL)

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

1 two hour written examination (75%); continuous assessment (25%), which will follow the same format as the on-campus version.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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