Social Informatics PG (7196)

Available teaching periods	Delivery mode	Location
View teaching periods	On-campus	Bruce, Canberra
0.125	3	Faculty Of Science And Technology
Academic Program Area - Technology	Post Graduate Level	Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)

Introduction

This unit explores the impact of informatics on society in areas such as e-government, e-learning and e-law. Topics may deal with the social, cultural, philosophical, ethical, legal, public policy and economic issues relating to information technologies; the interaction of technological developments with social, economic, organisational and class issues; and the many implications of design choices made by information professionals including social control and privacy, computer crime, electronic communities, and risks of safety critical systems to people.
This unit may be cotaught with 11490 Social Informatics.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the consequences of technology usage including ethical, privacy and digital divide implications of emerging technologies in organisations and society;

2. Deploy theoretical frameworks to analyse the complex relationships among information technology, people, and institutions in any social setting; and
3. Evaluate the impacts of the design choices made by information professionals and various technologies on people, organisations and society.

Graduate attributes

1. 含羞草视频 graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. 含羞草视频 graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. 含羞草视频 graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. 含羞草视频 graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. 含羞草视频 graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. 含羞草视频 graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. 含羞草视频 graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

Completion of 9 credit points at graduate level OR enrolment in the degree of Graduate Certificate in Social Media and Public Engagement, 271JA.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11490 Social Informatics and 8571 Social Informatics .

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

You are expected to be a competent computer user and familiar with word processing, presentation software. It is expected that you will teach yourself how to use the suite of social web 2.0 tools by working through the exercises in the softwares tutorials and/or studying examples supplied with the software/unit convener.

Availability

Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.

Year	Location	Teaching period	Teaching start date	Delivery mode	Unit convener
2024	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	29 July 2024	On-campus	Mr Sisira Adikari
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	28 July 2025	On-campus	Mr Sisira Adikari

Timetable

The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Resources

Required texts

There is no required text for this unit. However the following text should be consulted for social informatics:

Yang, S., Zhu, X., & Fichman, P. (Eds.). (2023). The Usage and Impact of ICTs During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Taylor & Francis.

Fichman P, Sanfilippo M R. and Rosenbaum H 2015, Social Informatics Evolving, Morgan & Claypool
Kling R, Rosenbaum H and Sawyer S 2005, Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics: A Framework for Studying and Teaching the Human Contexts of Information and Communication Technologies, Medford, NJ: Information Today.
(This book is available at the library for short-term loan)
Various papers and relevant articles will be made available through the unit web site and e-reserve as appropriate.

Other sources for this unit include online resources, journals and proceedings relevant to social aspects of technology (but not limited to):
Communications of the ACM
Interactions
First Monday Journal
The Information Society
Social Science Computer Review
Journal of the American Society for Information Sciences
Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Conference on ACM CHI
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Cyber Psychology and Behaviour
Computers in Human Behaviour
New Media and Society
Information, Communication and Society
European Journal on Information Systems
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS)
Australasian Conference on information Systems (ACIS)

Assessment requirements

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

To PASS this unit, students have to obtain a mark of 50% or greater for all assessments in total.

In the case of any assignment that places you in jeopardy of a Fail in the whole unit, appropriate moderation procedures will be used.

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener about the matter.

All work quoted from any source should be appropriately referenced using the "Harvard" referencing style as described in the link below (note that there are multiple versions of the Harvard referencing style, and you should use the one described here).

Students who are not familiar with referencing academic work should undertake the Academic Integrity Module within Canvas as noted below.

Special assessment requirements

The unit convenor reserves the right to question students on any of their submitted work for moderation and academic integrity purposes, which may result in an adjustment to the marks awarded for a specific task.

Academic integrity

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 含羞草视频. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

含羞草视频 students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

含羞草视频 uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and 含羞草视频 (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Student responsibility

Learner engagement

The likely allocation of effort is shown in the table below.

Actviity	Due date	Effort (hours)
Weekly Activities (e.g. lectures, essential readings, module participation, progress reports, engagement & discussions)	(6 hrs. x 12 weeks)	72
Mini Case Study Quiz & Emerging technology summary	Week 3 & 7	30
Major assignment: Futuristic study 鈥� report & presentation	Weeks 12, 13	48
Total hours of effort	=	150

Participation requirements

The lecture slides and other material are published on the website. You are strongly advised to listen to all lectures and to fully participate in discussions. The tutorial discussions are particularly important because there is recurring and ongoing individual and group work throughout the unit. Lecture slides should not be considered a substitute for attending the tutorials.

Announcements made in lectures or published using the website are deemed to have been heard and read by all students in the unit.

Required IT skills

You are expected to be a competent computer user and familiar with word processing, and presentation software. You will also be required to use appropriate IT tools to create an infographic-style summary.

In-unit costs

There may be some additional optional costs incurred by students undertaking this unit. For example, students may wish to purchase online single license for infograph production. These costs are expected to be nominal.

Work placement, internships or practicums

When available, industry representatives and government officials are invited to present guest lectures.

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