Introduction to Information and Communications Technologies
Code: 101517 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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| 2500244 East Asian Studies | FB | 1 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Xenia Amoros Soldevila
- Email:
- Xenia.Amoros@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- Yes
Teachers
- Xenia Amoros Soldevila
- Judith Cortés Villarroya
Prerequisites
The student should have basic skills for managing elements regarding folders and files (create, move, copy, paste, delete, compress and decompress, etc.) and applications (open, close, move windows, switch sessions, etc.).
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of this course is to initiate the student in the use of general technologic resources applied to edition, managing and search of scientific, economic and humanities data related to East Asian Studies.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Show knowledge of general technologic resources for files management and data related to East Asian Studies field.
- Apply this knowledge to text edition in different forms and perform linguistic correction.
- Apply this knowledge to basic automation of actions.
- Apply this knowledge to efficiently search and manage online resources related to East Asian studies’ different objects of study.
Competences
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Knowing and using the information and communication technology resources (ICT) in order to collect, produce, analyse and present information related to the East Asian Studies.
Learning Outcomes
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Using search engines of specific scientific data.
- Using software for specific purposes.
Content
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Collecting information |
Managers of references |
Mendeley and Zotero |
Project management tools: Trello, gantt charts, … |
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Search engines, 'internet’ |
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Creating information |
Spreadsheets |
Excel, Calc, Google spreadsheets... |
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File managements |
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GIS tools |
Google maps |
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Analysing information |
Conceptual maps |
C-map Tools |
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Disseminating information |
Text processing |
Text processing features, linguistic resources, automatized editing, text processing in languages from Easter Asia. |
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Infografics |
Piktochart, Infogram |
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Presentations |
Presentations of team projects at the classroom. Comunicatingskills (rethoric and argumentation).
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Web editing |
Google Sites, Wordpress |
Methodology
Activities will mainly consist of practice presentations. The teacher’s exposition will aim to acquire abilities and knowledge of computing tools and resources, chosen because of their relation with East Asian Studies.
Some of the assignments are common to the courses Introduction to Political Science and Introduction to Anthropology.
Methodology based on continuous evaluation:
1. To select an academic or dissemination article containing quantitative data.
2. Elaborate a conceptual map on the article - class practice;
3. Extract and process article data - spreadsheet graphics - 1st exercise
4. Assessment of formal and literature issues in the review made within the course on Introduction to Political Science- 2n exercise
5. Present an explanatory infograph of the article with conclusions - 3rd exercise
6. Drawing up a report on the process of individual work - 4th exercise
7. Designing the group project - 1st group exercise
8. Create a website - 2nd group exercise
9. Make an oral presentation of the group work - 3rd group exercise
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation may undergo some modification depending on the restrictions on attendance that health authorities might impose.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Oral presentations | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Solving exercises | 40 | 1.6 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Fixed tutorials | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Implementation of skills | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 4, 2 |
| Learning tools | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Search documents and resources | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
Assessment
Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing the tasks listed in the table below.
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Individual project |
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Data and graphics editing |
10% |
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Infographics |
25% |
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Memory |
15% |
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Paper review- Formal issues and references |
10% |
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Group project |
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Project design |
5% |
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Website developement |
20% |
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Presentation and memory of the group project |
15% |
Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class. The information on assessment activities and their weighting is a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification ofa date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrangereviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
Classification as "not assessable"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In thecase of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities haveoccurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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| Activities of the personal project | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Developing a report about the personal project | 15% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Project in group | 40% | 2.25 | 0.09 | 1, 3, 4, 2 |
| Review | 10% | 0.75 | 0.03 | 1, 3, 2 |
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Romero, Leonor. 2014. “Manual de Trello.” 2014. https://es.slideshare.net/ManualeSmmUs/manual-de-trello.
Software
The required software will be seen during the classes.