Study Plan 2009

FDN130 Age of Information STUDY PLAN

Week

Essential Reading for Lecture

Lecture Date

Lecture Topic No.

16-Feb

1

Introduction to the Unit

18-Feb

2

What is the Information Age?

Jones

23-Feb

3

The Information Age and Us

Birkerts, Kelly, Laver

Lecture Topic Title

2 25-Feb

4

The Information Age Mindset

Frand

2-Mar

5

The Effects of IT on Work and Social Life

Hawkins et al, Geftner et al

4-Mar

6

Plagiarism and the Culture of the University

Laurie

9-Mar

7

The Digital Divide

Afemann

4 11-Mar 5

8

Issues of Power

Getting to know you

The resourceful student

Tutorial 2

What is the Information Age?

Time management Oral presentation skills

9

Colonisation in the Information Age

The Info Age and Us; The Info Age Mindset

Making notes from lectures

Tutorial 4

Work, Society and Digitisation

Becoming a discriminating reader

10

Gender in the Information Age

Faulkner & Lie

30-Mar

11

Surveillance: 1984 and ‘Big Brother’

Orwell

1-Apr

12

Electronic Panopticon

Lyon

6-Apr

13

Reality TV

Lumby, Merlin article

8 14

CyberCrime

Grabosky, AUSCERT Survey

The Digital Divide; Isses of Power

Constructing essays, research and planning

Researching for essays; reference lists and bibliographies

Colonisation; Gender

Tutorial 7

Read Fairbairn Finish LITE

Reading Log 1

LITE

Read Valdes; Faulkner & Lie Reading Log 2 Choose essay topic and start work on plan Read Orwell, Lyon Read Marshall & Rowland

Surveillance; Panopticon

Read Lumby, Grabosky, AUSCERT Survey

Reading Log 3

Complete rough draft of essay

Essay Plan and Bibliography

Essay introductions

Break 15

Ethical Knowledge

Spinello

Read Spinello; Cuganesan & Lacey Tutorial 8

16

27-Apr

Identity Fraud

Reality TV; Cybercrime

Plagiarism, quotations, paraphrasing

Cuganesan & Lacey

Work on essay

NO MONDAY LECTURE

Read Best Tutorial 9

29-Apr

18

Quantitative Literacy

Best

4-May

19

Technology and Indigenous People

Radoll

Ethical knowledge; Identity Fraud

6-May

20

Terrorism

Makinda

11-May

21

Advertising and the Media

MacAllister, Danna, Jacobson

13 13-May

22

Talkback Radio

Gould

18-May

23

Censorship

Williams

20-May

24

Critical Retrospection

Read Radoll, Makinda Essay

Critical thinking, interpretation of graphs Read Marshall; Reflect on participation

Techology and Indigenous People; Tutorial 11 Terrorism

Essay feedback, tutorial participation exam preparation

Read MacAllister, Danna/Jacobson, Gould Collect ads depicting masculinity/femininity Prepare exam revision program

Tutorial 12 Advertising and the Media; Talkback Radio Exam preparation, final countdown

14

Reading Log 4

Revising, editing and proof reading essays Read Fairbairn, Finish essay

Tutorial 10 Quantitiative Literacy

12

25-May

Start/continue with LITE

Diagnostic Test during tutorial

Complete essay plan and list of references

13-Apr

10

15

Read Birkets, Kelly, Laver, Frand

Read Marshall & Rowland

Tutorial 6

22-Apr

Start on LITE Keep Time Schedule

Read Afemann, Barnes

Valdes

25-Mar

20-Apr

Assignment: Submit to your tutor in tutorial

Read Hawkins et al, Geftner et al, Laurie

Tutorial 3

Tutorial 5

8-Apr

Preparation for next tutorial

Break

7

11

Tutorial 1

16-Mar 23-Mar

Tutorial: Learning Skills

Barnes

6

9

Tutorial: Content

Read Jones

1

3

Tutorial No.

Break

Reading Log 5