BCIS 5650 – Assessment of Emerging Information Technologies Fall 2015 (Thursdays @ 1830 in BLB 301) Instructor: Dr. Richard G. Vedder Office: Business Leadership Bldg., 312J. Tel: 940-565-3110 Office Hours: By appointment Electronic Mail: [email protected]“You don’t see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it….All the significant breakthroughs were break-withs old ways of thinking” ~ Thomas Kuhn (1962) “The single biggest reason companies fail is that they overinvest in what is, as opposed to what might be.” ~ Gary Hamel (2010) “The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.” (i.e., some of today’s niche technologies will be mainstream in 5-10 years) ~ William Gibson (1993) “Surprise occurs the moment we realize our view of the world no longer matches reality.” ~ Wayne Burkan (1996) “I don’t care what a thing is DESIGNED to do…I want to know what it CAN do.” ~ Gene Kranz (1970, concerning Apollo 13) "If I had thought about it, I would not have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said that you couldn't do this." ~ Spencer Silver, on the work that led to 3M's "Post It" adhesives (1980's) Welcome! IT project management has many components, among which is risk management. One of the most important parts of risk management is evaluating new technologies. This is a challenging job because the impacts of new technologies can easily cause unexpected results, and sometimes those results offer a new way of seeing the world and working within it – a paradigm shift. This course helps you evaluate new technologies and look for the paradigm shifts that sometimes accompany them, causing upheavals in businesses, industries, and our personal lives.
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BCIS 5650 – Assessment of Emerging Information Technologies Fall 2015 (Thursdays @ 1830 in BLB 301)
Instructor: Dr. Richard G. Vedder Office: Business Leadership Bldg., 312J. Tel: 940-565-3110 Office Hours: By appointment Electronic Mail: [email protected]
“You don’t see something until you have the right metaphor to let you perceive it….All
the significant breakthroughs were break-withs old ways of thinking” ~ Thomas Kuhn
(1962)
“The single biggest reason companies fail is that they overinvest in what is, as opposed
to what might be.” ~ Gary Hamel (2010)
“The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.” (i.e., some of today’s
niche technologies will be mainstream in 5-10 years) ~ William Gibson (1993)
“Surprise occurs the moment we realize our view of the world no longer matches
reality.” ~ Wayne Burkan (1996)
“I don’t care what a thing is DESIGNED to do…I want to know what it CAN do.” ~ Gene
Kranz (1970, concerning Apollo 13)
"If I had thought about it, I would not have done the experiment. The literature was full
of examples that said that you couldn't do this."
~ Spencer Silver, on the work that led to 3M's "Post It" adhesives (1980's)
Welcome! IT project management has many components, among which is risk management. One of the most important parts of risk management is evaluating new technologies. This is a challenging job because the impacts of new technologies can easily cause unexpected results, and sometimes those results offer a new way of seeing the world and working within it – a paradigm shift. This course helps you evaluate new technologies and look for the paradigm shifts that sometimes accompany them, causing upheavals in businesses, industries, and our personal lives.
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Schedule of Classes
1. Aug. 27 Course Introduction; Types of Research; Technology Evaluation; Nature of Emerging Technology. Start reading Future Crimes.
Apple GGS #2
2. Sep. 03: Connections – causes for technology change Burke
10. Oct. 29: Empire of the Air: The Development of Radio. *** Distribute Technology Disaster Fact Sheets ***
Burns
11. Nov. 05: Report #3: Technology Disasters.
12. Nov. 12: Impact of Television.
Picture Power
13. Nov. 19: Report #4: The Great Indian Phone Book. *** Distribute Second ETA Tutorials ***
14. Nov. 26: *** Thanksgiving Holiday ***
15. Dec. 03: Report #5: Second Emerging Technology Assessment; *** Personal Plans for Emerging Technology Assessment Due *** CTO / CIO Scanning Literature.
16. Dec. 10: TBA
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TEXTBOOKS & SUPPORT MATERIALS.
Doron, Assa and Robin Jeffrey. The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life. Harvard University Press. (2013); hb and Kindle; ISBN 978-0674072688.
Goodman, Marc. Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It. Doubleday (2015); hb, pb, and Kindle; ISBN-13: 978-0385539005 OPTIONAL Burke, James. Connections (2007 edn.); pb., kindle; The Day the Universe Changed (1986); pb.; kindle.
OPTIONAL Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel. Norton (1999); pb. ISBN 0393317552 OPTIONAL Johnson, Steven. Where Good Ideas Come From. Riverhead (2011); pb. ISBN 1594485380
The World Future Society’s Futurist Update is excellent for stimulating the little grey cells. Membership is $79/year: https://www.wfs.org Additional resources are available at: http://guides.library.unt.edu/bcis5650 For APA citation style, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
LEARNING OBJECTIVES (AND METRICS).
By the end of the term, you should be able to: 1. Recognize paradigm shifts; 2. Identify and use information sources appropriate for tracking emerging technology
developments and assessing their impacts; 3. Identify some of the major forces that have shaped scientific research and technological
development; 4. Develop a personal plan for information technology assessment. Your oral and written reports, plus class discussion, will measure these objectives.
ASSIGNMENT PACKAGING POLICY.
Please save a copy of your papers in DOCX format. Save a clean copy of all web source materials in PDF format. Primo PDF Reader (www.primopdf.com) is free and will support printing web pages (or selected areas of a web page) as PDF files. There are other utility programs that will print to PDF as well. Upload your work to the course’s DropBox folder (please send me your email addresses so I can invite you to share).
Emerging Technologies #1 100 Reports on Future Crimes 100 Technology Disasters 100 India Telephony Revolution 100 Emerging Technologies #2 100 Personal Technology Assessment Plan P/NP
A grade of “P” helps you get to the next highest grade, if you are 20 or less points short. Spelling, grammar, or composition errors in either the presentation material or the written reports will cost you up to 10% of the possible grade (each error found, every time it is found costs 1 point). The term grade is on a scale of 500 points, with 500-450 an "A," 449-400 a "B," etc. All work is due in class at the time of presentation; you may submit work early if desired. I do not accept late assignments.
GENERAL COMMENTS ABOUT REPORTS.
Please ask me for help with any part of these assignments, ex., interpreting source materials. Each report is a two-part activity. -- PART ONE (ORAL; 40 pts). Give a 20 minute presentation answering the research questions or issues for each topic, using PowerPoint. To start with, budget 12 slides per oral. Supply clear, bright illustrations (use PowerPoint’s brightness/contrast tools). Supply a time line of MAJOR events (either on-screen or as handout). Before the oral, give the instructor a copy of your PowerPoint slides, printed 6 per page. Handouts for the rest of the class are optional but recommended. I will time your presentations, and notify you when you have 1 minute left. Later in this syllabus you will find the rules for slide design and grammar that I want you to follow for this class. USE THESE RULES OR LOSE POINTS ACCORDINGLY. PART TWO (REPORT; 60 pts). Submit a DOCX report of at least 10 pages of double-spaced text that discusses the required subjects in more detail than what you presented orally. NOTE that including appropriate pictures, tables, etc., in your report, while definitely a good idea, does not shorten the required pages of text (put your visual aids in an appendix and reference in your text by Figure number). Append to each report a bibliography, another copy of your PowerPoint audience handout, and a CLEAN PDF of any web sources or electronic articles used in your work (the instructor will keep your source materials).
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MAKE IT EASY FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A GOOD GRADE!
Prepare all written reports and papers the same way, as follows.
1. Use a title page; paper margins will be 1” at the top and bottom, .75” on left and right margins. Type double space.
2. START YOUR ANSWER FOR EACH NUMBERED QUESTION ON A SEPARATE PAGE, WITH A COPY OF THE QUESTION(S) ADDRESSED AT THE TOP.
3. WRITE USING YOUR OWN WORDS. Do NOT copy and paste an entire paragraph, or paragraphs – even if you do document the source! If you feel that you must use verbatim a large body of text, please contact your instructor about what to do. Grade penalties depend on the nature and extent of the plagiarism, and can range from a few points to a whole letter grade to an automatic “F” for the assignment.
4. WRITE AS IF YOU ARE PRESENTING IN A LAW COURT AND MUST PERSUADE THE JUDGE AND JURY. Your arguments – even if they are true -- are worthless if all you do to support them is make general statements (ex., “Life was hard in those days.” “The chimney made peoples’ lives better.”). To persuade your audience, you must supply EVIDENCE; you must supply PROOF – and that means using specific examples and documenting your work.
You would not buy a car or a house from someone only on the basis of the seller claiming that it would be the smart thing to do. Nor would you want to be convicted of a crime just because the jury believed the prosecutor when he said that you “looked” guilty. Likewise, do not expect the instructor to accept your arguments without ample proof – even if you are correct!
5. DOCUMENT your use of sources for facts; likewise document sources for opinions and other subjective information that are not your own. Documenting your sources benefits you. Third-party- sourced evidence strengthens your arguments!
For reports from Goodman and Doron, you can just cite page numbers from those texts; example: “The majority of mobile sales are to women (75)”. Otherwise, use the APA- style (http://owl.english.purdue.edu /owl/resource/560/01/). Include page number when citing direct quotes or statistics / numeric data (paragraph number for web pages). IMPORTANT: To avoid a failing grade for any assignment, you MUST acknowledge the sources for your ideas, facts, etc.
6. You may use encyclopedias and other general reference works (either in paper or electronic form) ONLY for definitions or very general factual information – unless it is Wikipedia. If you want to use Wikipedia for your own personal orientation to a subject, fine. BUT YOU ***MAY NOT USE*** WIKIPEDIA AS A CITED RESEARCH SOURCE because it has poor authority control (i.e., you cannot trust the accuracy of what the volunteers have written there).
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7. Supply a CLEAN copy of any and all Web / Internet (i.e., electronic) sources used for a given assignment, as part of your submission. If an electronic source copy is missing, you will lose a whole letter grade. If more than one electronic source copies are missing, you will earn no more than a “C” for the assignment. If you include no copies of your electronic sources, you will earn an “F” for the assignment.
8. I will deduct 1 point for each error I find in documenting your work, up to a maximum of 10 points per report.
9. If you want to qualify for an “A” on the Goodman and Doron reports, you must include third-party support for your arguments, not just citations from the textbooks.
September 3, 1926: Jack Warner, head of the studio that only a year later pioneered sound movies with The Jazz Singer, puts his foot in his mouth and takes a large bite. At this point, neither he nor his brothers could see any benefit to “talkies” beyond coordinated music and sound effects. What was the paradigm in effect?
“Change is sometimes painful.” ~ Carl Sagan (1987).
“When it first emerged, Twitter was widely derided as a frivolous distraction that was mostly
good for telling your friends what you had for breakfast. Now it is being used to organize
and share news about the Iranian political protests, to provide customer support for large
corporations, to share interesting news items, and a thousand other applications that did not
occur to the founders when they dreamed up the service in 2006. This is not just a case of
cultural exaptation: people finding a new use for a tool designed to do something else. In
Twitter's case, the users have been redesigning the tool itself…. It's like inventing a toaster
oven and then looking around a year later and discovering that all your customers have, on
their own, figured out a way to turn it into a microwave.” ~ Steven Johnson
“Science is really driven by our instruments.” ~ Steven Ruzin (microbiologist, 2014)
i.e., there is a limit to what you can learn if you do not have the right tools.
Apply the methods and insights you have learned thus far to the examination of some emerging technologies. Topics: Answer all questions for ONE topic. 1. Asteroid mining 6. Gestural interfaces for business
2. Artificial retinas 7. Context-aware computing
3. 3D printers for manufacturing 8. Near-field communications (NFC)
Oral Presentation and Written Report Contents: 1. Distribute to the class on the week before presentation a tutorial handout defining
the technology and describing its nature, i.e., answers to the classic "who, what, when, where, why, and how" questions. Include a glossary for terminology your audience will not know. Include a timeline of the key events as you see them; not all events are “key”! During the oral, use only 1or 2 slides to review this material.
2. What is the initial problem (ex., the market demand) which the technology needs to address? What current technology is used to solve or lessen the problem? How well or poorly does the current technology work?
3. Recalling James Burke, what causation factors can you identify? Explain. 4. Recalling Joel Barker, what paradigms are involved? Are there any paradigm shifts
underway because of the new technology? If so, identify and discuss. 5. Assume that you advise a moderately-sized IT company (pick a real one in the
appropriate industry sector). Why might that company be interested in the technology? Identify and discuss the types of possible risk (financial, legal, etc.) associated with that firm adopting the new technology. Where would you advise this company to position this technology on the Assess/Model/Deploy Chart? Why?
“The most dangerous phrase in language is ‘we’ve always done it this way.’”
~ Admiral Grace Hopper, USN (1987)
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REPORT #2: MARK GOODMAN’S FURURE CRIMES (100 pts.).
The benefits of a given emerging technology are often easy to see, especially if there is effective marketing. But downsides can be harder to spot. The reporting in Future Crimes illustrates this point. Oral Presentation and Written Report Contents: 1. Distribute to the class on the week before presentation a tutorial handout identifying
and explaining the key IT technologies or practices discussed in your assigned chapter. Include a timeline of the key events as you see them; not all events are “key”! Include in your tutorial and report a glossary of relevant terminology that your audience will not know. During the oral, use only 1or 2 slides to review this material.
2. What is the subject of your assigned chapter? Identify and explain at least two of the author's main arguments or concerns in the chapter.
3. Is there an information technology or IT practice that is the main focus of the chapter? If so, identify and define/explain how it operates.
4. Select and explain 3 examples of the types of criminal activities discussed by the author in the chapter. In your opinion, are his concerns valid in each instance? Why or why not?
5. Recalling Joel Barker, what paradigms are involved? Are there any paradigm shifts underway? If so, identify and discuss.
6. As an IT manager, what would concern you the most about what you learned in this chapter, and why? How would you defend against this concern?
7. The subject of your chapter represents a given industry or economic sector. Aside from the criminal activity itself, how could this industry or sector suffer from illegal expliotation?
“There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.” ~ Sir
Max Beerbohm
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. And
it's an unreliable guide to the future.” ~ Bill Gates (1995)
“The biggest problem with success is that it looks easy.” ~ Jean-Jaques Dordain
(Director General, European Space Agency, 2014, concerning Rosetta)
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on
science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one
understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. ~Carl Sagan
(1995)
Never before have so many people understood so little about so much. – James
Burke (1979)
There are many examples of serious problems resulting from misapplication of a technology or misplaced faith in it. IT managers should understand at least some of these major crises. Topics (meet with instructor for topic orientation as needed): Answer all questions for ONE topic.
1. Fukushima Daiichi (March 11, 2011) 2. Air France Flight 447 (1 June 2009)
3. Chernobyl (25 April 1986) 4. Bhopal (; 3 December 1984)
5. Deepwater Horizon (20 April 2010) 6. Hindenburg (6 May 1937)
7. Columbia (1 February 2003) 8. Exxon Valdez (23 March 1989)
9. Challenger (28 January 1986) 10. Concorde (25 July 2000)
11. Sverdlovsk Anthrax Leak 2 April 1979) 12. Oklahoma City Bombing (19 April 1995)
Oral Presentation and Written Report Contents: 1. Distribute to the class on the week before presentation a tutorial handout describing
the nature of the crisis: location, timing, sequence of events, and immediate results. Plot the events associated with the crisis to the crisis anatomy chart discussed in class. Include a glossary for terminology your audience will not know. During the oral, use only 1 or 2 slides to briefly review the facts.
2. What technology(ies) was / were involved? Were any misunderstood, misapplied, abused, overly trusted, etc.?
3. Recalling Joel Barker, what paradigms were operating at the time of the crisis? 4. Were managerial problems a cause for the crisis? If so, describe them (ex., external or
internal pressure-to-perform, poor communications, etc.) 5. How did the responsible organization manage the crisis? Did they perform this task well?
Why or why not? 6. What have been the long-term consequences of the crisis?
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7. Again recalling Barker, has the crisis caused any paradigm shifts? Why or why not? If “yes,” what has changed?
8. What lessons can IT management learn from the crisis?
REPORT #4: THE GREAT INDIAN PHONE BOOK (100 points).
If you look at your cell phone and say ‘What can it do to my life?’, the chances are
that what it can do to your life has nothing to do with cell phones, or their costs, or
how they work, or where you use them. It will have something to do, off on a tangent,
with another thing that comes together to effect the way you live because you have a
cell phone. But it may not have anything to do with telephony. ~ James Burke
(2004)
“Culture and practice adapt technical innovation to local ways.” ~ Doron & Jeffrey
(2013)
When India gained independence in 1947, the nation had 100,000 land-line phones. Now, India has more than 925 million telephone subscribers, and 96% are mobile users. There are far more mobiles in use in India today than toilets of any kind. How did this subcontinent go cellular, and what are some of the changes encouraged by this technology?
USA India
Population 422.5 M 1.655 B
Pop. Density 32 / km.2 360 / km.2
Literacy 99% 66%
Inf. Mortality 6 / 1,000 55 / 1,000
GDP per
capita
$47.500 $2,900
$$ - rupee rate 2 cents 1 rupee
Loaf of bread
Society
~ $2.00
Hierarchy
by money
~ 28 cents
Hierarchy
by birth
NOTE. To qualify for a grade of ‘A,’ you must include in your answer a comparison of India’s experience with your topic with that of another developing country (try South Africa, Tanzania, or Nigeria; maybe China or Brazil – you can use more than one country). Topics: Answer all questions for ONE topic. Include a relevant timeline. Explain and defend
your positions! Document your positions with third-party sources!
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1. (DJ.Part 3) How have business practices been affected by easy access to mobiles? Recalling Barker, have mobiles caused any business paradigm shifts? (You can say ‘no,’ but defend your analysis.)
2. (DJ.Part 3) How have political practices been affected by easy access to mobiles? Recalling Barker, have mobiles caused any business paradigm shifts? (You can say ‘no,’ but defend your analysis.)
3. (DJ.Part 3) How has the role of women in households and in society been affected by easy access to mobiles? ? Recalling Barker, have mobiles caused any business paradigm shifts? (You can say ‘no,’ but defend your analysis.)
4. (DJ.Part 3) How has law enforcement been affected by easy access to mobiles? 5. (DJ.Part 3) How have the delivery of services been affected by easy access to mobiles? 6. (DJ.Part 3) How has India’s natural environment been affected by easy access to mobiles? 7. How did the very success of the mobile industry create problems for it? 8. How did other information media change because of the spread of mobiles? 9. The authors want to evaluate India’s mobile technology in part on its ability to serve as a
“social equalizer.” From a business standpoint, is this appropriate? Why or why not? Defend your answer!
“Chance favors the connected mind….Good ideas may not want to be free, but they
do want to connect, fuse, and recombine. They want to reinvent themselves by
crossing conceptual borders. They want to complete each other as much as they
want to compete.” ~ Steven Johnson
“Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video
displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not
wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them
all.” ~ Arthur C. Clarke
“Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some
independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept
raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?" Finally Jobs
said, "Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas
for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand
features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's
about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”
~ Derek Sivers
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be
counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant
with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine
what's true. ~ Carl Sagan (1995)
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“Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” ~ Alan Kay
Apply the methods and insights you have developed from your other reports, as well as what you have learned in class, to the examination of some emerging technologies. Topics: Answer all questions for ONE topic. 1. 3D printers for medicine 6. Big data from mobile phones
2. Deep memory neural nets 7. Prenatal DNA sequencing
3. Visual analytics 8. Eldercare robotics
4. Drones in agriculture 9. Ubislate (tablets for the poor)
5. Smart watches 10. Exoskeletons for humans
Oral Presentation and Written Report Contents: 1. Distribute to the class on the week before presentation a tutorial handout defining the
technology and describing its nature, i.e., answers to the classic "who, what, when, where, why, and how" questions. Include a glossary for terminology your audience will not know. Include a timeline of the key events as you see them. During the oral, use only 1or 2 slides to review this material.
2. What is the initial problem (ex., the market demand) which the technology needs to address? What is/are the current technology(ies) used to solve or lessen the problem? How well or poorly does/do the current technology(ies) deal with the problem?
3. Recalling James Burke, what causation factors can you identify? Explain. 4. Recalling Joel Barker, what are the current paradigms in use? Are there any paradigm
shifts underway because of the new technology? If so, identify and discuss. 5. Assume that you advise a real, moderately-sized IT company (pick one in the appropriate
industry sector). Why might that company be interested in the technology? (Include in this part of your answer data from at least one market study conducted by Gartner, Forrester, or other firm.) Identify and discuss the types of possible risk (financial, legal, etc.) associated with that firm adopting the new technology. Where would you advise this company to position this technology on the Assess/Model/Deploy chart? Why?
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PERSONAL PLAN FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (P/NP). At the final class meeting, each student will submit a personal plan for technology assessment (at least 5 pages of text, double-spaced). Your paper must discuss: 1. From Burke, what you believe to be the three most important causes of technology change
in today’s society, and why; 2. What you believe to be the three most important emerging technologies that IT
professionals need to track (be specific), and why; 3. What do you think might be the next great paradigm shift in IT, and why? 4. How will you scan for emerging technologies of interest, and how frequently? Identify at
least 3 specific information sources that you will use to help carry out your plan (explain/defend your choices).
5. When you find something of potential interest, how do you plan to assess it? 6. Be prepared to share your plan with the rest of the class.
MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. You are also responsible for knowing the academic calendar of important dates (see Class Schedule). If we complete all assigned material for a given night significantly early, we will move class to the library for the remaining time; the instructor will be available there to help you as/if needed. I will post grades by email, organized by the last four or five digits of your Student ID Number (“EmplID”) unless you indicate otherwise when completing the enclosed Student Information & Permission Form. All emailed grade sheets are unofficial. If you discover what you believe to be an error in your grade, notify the instructor at once. Once final grades are recorded, they will not be changed unless you discover an error in the calculation process. If you have not already done so, obtain an Internet account (you can get an EagleConnect account for free at the UNT Computing Center). Send me an email (to [email protected]) so that I will have your address for a mailing list. I will distribute announcements, information exchanges, etc. using this list. Absenteeism. I expect prompt and regular class attendance from all students. An “absence” is defined as missing all of a class, or part of a class either before or after a class break. If you have more than two unexcused absences from class, I reserve the right to drop you from the course with a grade of WF. Time conflicts caused by work schedules or other outside activities do not constitute an official excuse from attending class – or from meeting your obligations. Remember also that I do not accept late assignments for any reason. I encourage you to submit assignments early or have a friend deliver your work for you if it becomes necessary. Campus Closures: In the event of an official campus closure, it is your responsibility to keep checking your official UNT e-mail account (EagleConnect) to learn if your instructor plans to modify class activities, and how.
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Cell Phones and Pagers. When these devices “sound-off” during class, they greatly disrupt the learning process. Consequently, you are not to have cell phones or pagers turned on during class time. If one of these devices “sounds-off” during class time, I will tell the student to leave the class (forfeiting any portion of grade available to be earned on that day) and see the Dean of Students about the problem. Continual disruptions by the same student will result in permanent removal of the student from class, and a report to the Dean of Students (who may take additional disciplinary action). If you have a genuine emergency on a given day which requires use of these devices during class time, discuss the matter with the instructor in advance to obtain an appropriate policy. Academic dishonesty is a major violation of ethical and legal behavior. The ITDS Department defines academic dishonesty as claiming the work of others as your own, or using illegal or unapproved means to raise your grade in a class. Examples include: copying answers from another person’s paper; using unapproved notes during an exam; copying computer code from another person’s work; having someone else complete your assignments or take tests on your behalf; stealing code printouts, software, or exams; recycling assignments submitted by others in prior or current semesters as your own; and copying the words or ideas of others from books, articles, reports, presentations, etc. for use as your own thoughts without proper attribution (i.e., plagiarism). It does not matter whether you received permission from the owner of the copied work; claiming the material as your own is still academic dishonesty. The ITDS Department believes it is very important to protect honest students from unfair competition with anyone trying to gain an advantage through academic dishonesty. This course adheres to the UNT policy on academic integrity. The policy can be found at http://vpaa.unt.edu/academic-integrity.htm Unethical Conduct. Unethical or inappropriate use of University computing resources will result in a failing grade for the course and reporting the case to the COB Academic Advising Office and the UNT Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. Americans with Disabilities Act (1992). The College of Business Administration complies with this Act in making reasonable accommodation for qualified students with disability. If you have an established disability as defined by this Act and would like to request an accom- modation, please see the instructor as soon as possible (see page 1 of this syllabus for contact information). Note: University policy requires that students notify their instructor within the first week of class if they need an accommodation. If you experience a temporary physical disability during the term, please contact the COB Dean of Students for appropriate assistance. Any student with a temporary or permanent disability must still complete all course requirements.
You may not be able to answer all of these questions, but the information you do find will give you powerful insight into technology development and impacts.
1. What business sector / industry is most impacted by the new technology? 2. What organizations or institutions of societal power (ex., military, economic, political, or
religious power) are impacted by the new technology? 3. Who (persons, regions, or countries) gains economic or political power because of the
new technology? Who loses power as a result of the new technology? 4. What groups push for using the new technology, and why? 5. What groups resist adopting the new technology, and why? 6. Do organizational or societal behaviors change because of the new technology? How
and why? Do laws change? If so, how and why? 7. Does the nature, performance, or evaluation of the task that the new technology was
initially meant for change? If so, how and why? 8. Do the roles people play in business or society change because of the new technology
(ex., increased responsibility; change in life style)? If so, how and why? 9. Does the new technology change how information is acquired, stored, accessed (and by
whom), processed, or used? If so, how does this happen and why?
TEXSHARE CARD PROGRAM.
Don't forget that, as a UNT graduate student, you can get access and use privileges at many other academic & public libraries in the DFW area (& all Texas). To do this, you need a TexShare card, which you can get at the Willis Library Circulation Department (940)565-2413, or send an e-mail request to Circulation at [email protected]. Please be sure to include your name, your student ID number, and your address in the request. The TexShare web site is: www.texshare.edu.
IF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE ASK!
I am your primary educational resource for this class. If you have any questions about this document, the course requirements, or anything else connected with this class, please ask! I will try to resolve your concern during class time if possible. Otherwise, I can schedule additional time; of course you can reach me by electronic mail (see page 1). I cannot know that you have a problem – and thus I cannot help you -- until you bring it to my attention. This is especially true if you experience trouble with the software in the labs (do not assume someone else will report the problem). So do not be reluctant to ask for help!
In every time and culture, there are pressures to conform to the prevailing prejudices.
But there are also in every place and epoch those who value the truth, who record the
evidence faithfully. Future generations are in their debt. – Carl Sagan
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DESIGN & GRAMMAR RULES FOR POWERPOINT SLIDE PRESENTATIONS. You may do work differently in other classes, but in this class use these rules!
General Slide Design Comments
•Bold everything to maximize contrast
•Never use only one bullet at any given level of importance
•Promote single bullets to next level
•Use a title slide, an introduction / preview slide, and a conclusion slide
Be Consistent within a Slide
•Use short verb phrase bullets, or
•Use short noun phrase bullets, or
•Use (rarely) sentence bullets
Follow Case Rules
•Title case: capitalize all words (even if hyphenated) except for articles (a, an, the), short prepositions (of, on, in, into, to, by, with, etc.), and short linking words (and, but, or, nor).
•Bullet case: capitalize first word after the bullet mark and all proper nouns (A proper noun is a word that refers to a specific person, place (ex., town, city, country, mountain, or river names), association name, or intellectual concept (ex., Archaeology, Project Apollo, American Automobile Association).
Start All Bullets on a Slide Consistently, with the Same Part of Speech
•Start with action verbs, ex., see, consider, use, select, do, pledge, volunteer; action verbs are your very best introduction (energize talk, force conciseness)
•Start with nouns
•Start with adjectives, adverbs, etc.
Never Crowd a Slide
•Remember the “3-second rule” with slides accenting your presentation: Audience should be able to read your slide in 3 seconds and then return full attention to you.
•Consider what is really important
•Limit to 3 or 4 major bullets per slide. Add another slide if need be; do not shrink font size to cram-in a lot of text
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BCIS 5650: Emerging Information Technology Assessment Please complete and return this form to your instructor during your first class meeting.
I. GENERAL INFORMATION (please print) Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Student ID Number: __________________________________________________________ Local Address: _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Phone No.: ____________________________________________________ EagleConnect Address: _______________________________________________ II. UNDERSTANDING THE SYLLABUS AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY I have read the syllabus for this course. I understand the course requirements and procedures. Since grades are an indicator of personal effort and performance, I understand that it is my responsibility to earn the grades I desire in this class. ___________________________________________ _________________ (your signature) (today's date) III. STATEMENT ON POSTING GRADES
Mindful of my rights to privacy, I agree to allow my instructor to post my grades by the last 4 digits of my UNT Student ID number. If two students’ IDs have the same last 4 digits, I allow use of the last 5 digits of my number.
_____________________________________________ -- OR --
(your signature)
DO NOT use any part of my Student ID. I will meet with my instructor to agree on a different number for identification.
_____________________________________________ -- OR --
(your signature)
DO NOT use any part of my Student ID and DO NOT use a substitute identifier. I will keep track of my own grades.
