1st session - Keeping up with the digital age
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During this session we discuss the following questions:
> What is digital tech and what's its role in social change?
> How can we think about the interplay among technology, society, and change?
> How to succeed in this course? |
This session's tasks consist of 3 activities and one voluntary one:
1- Watch: Watch the following lectures. You are expected to take your own notes. It will be useful having the lecture slides ready (feel free to print them out - this allows you to put your notes into context and save time!). You can chose between two formats:
Slides1 Introduction to course_Hilbert.pdf Download Slides1 Introduction to course_Hilbert.pdf
Notes_Slides1 Introduction to course_Hilbert.pdf Download Notes_Slides1 Introduction to course_Hilbert.pdf
1-1: Introduction to Digital Age (9:21 min long)
1-2: What is ICT? (3:45 min)
1-3: Why is ICT so important? (6:37)
1-4: Technological Determinism vs. Social Constructivism (5:46)
1-5: The ICT for Development Cube Framework (8:25)
(total 45min)
Course Logistics:
1-8: Study orientation, learning recommendations, and course philosophy (36:20)
1-9: Time Management: a habit of highly effective people (4:57)
Links to an external site.
(40min)
2- Read:
Hilbert (2012). Towards a Conceptual Framework for ICT for Development: Lessons Learned from the Latin American “Cube Framework.” Information Technologies & International Development, 8/4, pages 243–259 (8,600 words); https://itidjournal.org/index.php/itid/article/view/967.html Links to an external site. = ITID Cube Hilbert English.pdf Download ITID Cube Hilbert English.pdf
[Reading Guide] if you're not used to social science texts, don't get hung up on Section "II.A. Theoretical Background". You'll understand every word of it once we finish the course, but for now, focus on understanding "the cube" and how to "play around" with it.
+ please read Exam study orientation
3- Contribute:
As outlined in the syllabus (make sure to read it!), different assignments have different weights and content. There are two types: online discussions, in which you apply a concept that we've learned in class to an example of your choice; and reading questions, which guide you through reading material.
This week's interactive assignment consists of a two-fold discussion question:
- 1st session- Online Discussion
- 1st week- Reading Question (please read the Course Syllabus first).
As in any good online social network: inappropriate online behavior will be penalized (within the class and/or through official university channels). This protects the rights of everybody involved. So make sure to watch your words and be respectful .
Optional / Voluntary / Complementary:
(Humans Need not Apply: 15min)
(Social construction of empowerment or censorship: 11min)
Hilbert, M., & López, P. (2011). The World’s Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information. Science, 332(6025), 60 –65. http://www.martinhilbert.net/WorldInfoCapacity.html Links to an external site.