Explanation
Engineering is evident all around us. How do people dream up, design and build the things in our world? From your toaster to the space shuttle and iPods, we are surrounded by industrial design and engineering. To better examine this process, research a common product’s development cycle. How did this device come to exist? [...]
BUSINESS
CHANCE Transportation: reservation systems, luggage processing, navigation, scheduling and distribution, traffic simulation, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency and traffic safety systems
ALEX Employment: electronic employee monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health, job oblolesence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
MARIYA Banking and finance: EFT, ATMs, Internet banking and brokerage, electronic cash, insurance
JULIA International commerce: management of [...]
Throughout the course students must analyse and evaluate the social impact of information technology on individuals and society and consider the ethical issues raised by this impact. Social impact and ethical considerations need to be analyzed from both local and global perspectives, recognizing that attitudes and opinions are diverse within and between different cultures.
Key questions
Social [...]
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Political process: voting and elections, lobbying, open government and free movement of information
Government and administration: record keeping, tax collection, policy implementation
Legislation: policy development, enactment, enforcement and analysis
Police: DNA data collection, video surveillance
Military: cyberwarfare, smart weapons, development, espionage
Rebel and terrorist use of IT
Issues to Consider
Electronic voting
The impact of IT on the Political Process
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Modelling and simulation: digital experimentation, demographic and environmental simulation
Visualization: mapping
Data search, collection, processing and analysis
Forecasting
Data logging
Resources
Google Earth
How does Google Earth work?
Google Earth on Wikipedia
Water Monitoring
Add a resource
Data logging
Data Logging: An introduction
Data Logging: Wikipedia
What are sensors
Sensor: Wikipedia
Sensor Web
Remote Sensing from Wikipedia
Remote sensing tutorial NASA
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Other Useful links
Delimiter-separated values
USGS
Global Climate Change: info about data [...]
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Digital art: electronic music, interactive visual art, desktop publishing
Film: digital actor simulations, characters and animation
Live arts: digital effects, choreography, lighting, marketing
New media: DVD, CD, VR, stereolithography
Broadcast media: digital radio and television, electronic news, magazines and books
Toys and games: CD or online games, online gambling
Resources
Beekman Chapter 6: Graphics, Digital Media and Multimedia
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Telelearning: isolated and remote areas; use in hospitals, prisons, retirement homes
Modifications of hardware and software for special needs: voice recognition software, text-to-speech, special input and output devices, Internet resources
Software in the classroom: science experiments, social studies modelling and simulation, instructional tools and media, computer-aided instruction, computer-aided learning
School library systems: catalogues, security systems, online research
Hardware in [...]
In this area we investigate the use of IT in the health industry and medicine.
Telemedicine: service delivery to isolated and remote areas
Electronic health records: provacy, data analysis, public health
Diagnostic and therapeutic tools: robotic surgery, prosthetic devices, diagnostic software, drug development and marketing
Medical advice on the Internet or a CD-ROM
Monitoring patients
IT solutions for disabled people
Hospital Information [...]
