ITSC: information technology and its social context

(see also module description of HFU - PDF [in German])

&

SN: social nets 

(see also module description of HFU - PDF [in German]) 

Both modules extend over eight workshops, each lasting one and a half day. Both modules are that inter-meshed that only students, who enrol for both modules can participate. Furthermore skills in empirical research and basic knowledge in social sciences are mandatory (see the module description of "social nets"). The first workshop series took place during summer term 2017. 

1. Getting started: Social net and electronic media.
2. Exploration and evaluation: What do the users need?
3. Internationalization and globalization: Life is a net.
4. Product management and ethics: The art of balance between the technically feasible and social consequences.
5. Life world and work world: In fact I live while I work.
6. Hackathon: Let's work … and have fun.
7. Digital Dexterity and Internet of Things: About handling the new.
8. Synopsis: It's all about communication.

Lecturer's material: seminar description on https://www.tosaam.de/seminar/social-informatics/ and linked pages plus blog entries on https://christa-wessel.de/.

Students' material: photographic documentation of their work during the in-person sessions on dropbox.

The workshop descriptions below are from summer term 2017. During winter term they may change due to changes of content and purpose following students' requests and previous knowledge. 

For an overview on contents and learning objectives see si_content.The learning objectives follow Bloom's taxonomy. The categorie for each subtopic is named after the dash.

• remember: recall facts and basic concepts - define, duplicate, list, memorize, repeat, state : quiz, dialogue, tests, written exams.
• understand: explain ideas or concepts - classify, describe, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate : talk, presentation, seminar paper.
• apply: use information in new situations - execute, implement, solve, use, demonstrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch : practice.
• analyse: draw connections among ideas - differentiate, organize, relate, compare, contrast, distinguish, examine experiment, question, test : case example.
• evaluate: justify a stand or decision - appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, critique, weigh : case-based and problem-based learning with analysis, conclusion and reasoned decision.
• create: produce new or original work - design, assemble, construct, conjecture, develop, formulate, author, investigate : software, art work, project reports, portfolio, seminar paper, thesis.

30./31.03.2017

• organizational matters: schedules, methods, proofs of performance - analyse
• learning objectives - evaluate
• scientific thinking and work - create
• tool: 8+1 W - apply
• terms: system(s), web & internet, agile, nets, service & product, software-engineering (SWE) methods - understand
• terms: SWE and ADIE [analysis, development, implementation, evaluation], qualitative research, network analysis - understand
• team work: competencies, tasks, responsibilities - analyse

Movie:

Bring him home[*] | How do distributed teams work at high pressure?

Milestones proofs of performance:

"information technology and its social context": portfolio - finding buddies

"social nets": SRP [students' research project] - finding group and topic

Documentation in the blog:

01.04.2017 Social net and electronic Media | Was war im Startworkshop Sozioinformatik?

06./07.04.2017

• history of informatics - analyse
• terms (ISC): society, social context, responsibility, profit, PPP [product, people, planet] - understand
• terms (SN): social net, mobile net, digital net - understand
• exploration & evaluation: organization analysis, stakeholder analysis, observations, interviews, walk & talk, large group events (open space & Co), network analysis, Delphi technique - apply
• measurability: RUMBA, monitoring, controlling, BSC, CSF, KPI, benchmarking - apply

Movie:

Time machine[*] | From the industrial revolution via the global net back into the jungle?

Network analysis: relations in the group [students and teacher]

Milestone proof of performance:

"social nets": SRP - scenario and project draft (ADIE)

Documentation in the blog:

08.04.2017 Das Leben ein Netz | Workshop 2 Sozioinformatik

Task:

Wed, 19.04.2015 - 08:00 Portfolio: upload on dropbox: milestone 1 – introducing reflection

20./21.04.2017

• terms: self-determination, data privacy & protection, data security - understand
• change: learning organizations, appreciative inquiry, organizations as learning organism, architecture of a change process - apply

Movie:

Measuring the World[*] | What is possible in IT product management without PC and internet?

Network analysis: relations in the group

starting question "What fosters learning in our group?" and finding further questions

Milestones proofs of performance:

"information technology and its social context": portfolio - reflection 1

"social nets": SRP - stage of work: literature research

Documentation in the blog:

22.04.2017 Think globally act locally | Workshop 3 Sozioinformatik

27./28.04.2017

• terms: product, service, usability, risk-, opportunity- and quality-management, test first [principle] - understand
• paradigm shift: services and products in the era of web 2.0, 3.0 and internet 4.0 - apply
• identity: individual, group, company, groups in society - apply
• values & norms, visions & goals: development, limits, opportunities - evaluate

Movie:

In Time[*] | What is life's worth?

Network analysis: relations in the group

revision of the questionnaire, data collection

Milestone proofs of performance:

"social nets": SRP - stage of work

Documentation in the blog:

29.04.2017 Wer bin ich? Die Kunst der Balance zwischen technisch Machbarem und sozialen Konsequenzen - Workshop 4 Sozioinformatik

Task:

Tue, 02.05.2017 - 08:00 Portfolio: upload on dropbox: milestone 2 – Ethics & Society

04./05.05.2017

• terms: balance, "work-life-balance", ... - understand
• life world and work world 4.0 - apply
• digital dexterity - analyse
• cultural analysis - apply

Movie:

Wall-e[*] | Only hanging around?

Network analysis: relations in the group

stage of data collection, next steps for the analysis

Milestones proofs of performance:

"information technology and its social context": portfolio - reflection 2

"social nets": SRP - stage of work

Documentation in the blog:

08.05.2017 Ich lebe auch wenn ich arbeite | Sozioinformatik Workshop 5: Lebens- und Arbeitswelten

18./19.05.2017

Cross-group work on the topics of the students research projects, SRP:

• "Smart Cities"
• "Product marketing supported by social media"

Including milestone proof of performance:

"social nets": SRP - stage of work

Documentation in the blog:

21.05.2017 Let's work | Der Hackathon in der Sozioinformatik - Workshop 6

Task:

Wed, 31.05.2017 - 08:00 Portfolio: upload on dropbox: milestone 3 - Synopsis

01./02.06.2017

• Digital dexterity - evaluate
• Diffusion of Innovations - apply

Movie:

Terminator 1[*] | What is ahead of us? And how can we have an effect on it?

Network analysis: relations in the group

Finish: synopsis

Milestones proofs of performance:

"information technology and its social context": portfolio - reflection 3

"social nets": SRP - conclusion and final questions

Documentation in the blog:

03.06.2017 Vom Umgang mit Neuem | Sozioinformatik Workshop 7: Digitale Geschicklichkeit, Internet of Things und die Rolle des IT-Produktmanagements

Tasks:

Submission Portfolio

• upload on dropbox: Tue, 06.06.2017 12:00
• print in spiral binding with signature for the examination office: to bring along on workshop 8

Submission SRP

• upload on dropbox: Thu, 08.06.2017 12:00
• print in spiral binding with signatures for the examination office: to bring along on workshop 8

22./23.06.2017

The starting questions of social informatics:

What do people do with technology?

How does technology affect people?

Milestones proofs of performance: Reviews

and

• Transmedia Story Telling & Story Selling - analyse
• Research methods: triangulation - evaluate
• It's all about communication: distributed teams - evaluate
• Embrace technology: Rogers and Davies - understand
• Create change: Lewin and Kotter - understand
• Discover the best: appreciative inquiry - apply

Movie:

Avatar[*] | Sustainability: Product, People, Planet

Seminar completion:

reflection, evaluation and outlook

Documentation in the blog:

25.06.2017 Den Bogen spannen | Sozioinformatik Workshop 8: Abschluss und Ausblick

Status: 29 Jun 2017  [translated from the German version on 07 Dec 2021]

[*] These are cinema movies. The students had to see the movies and the group worked on several questions related to the movie. The movie dealt with topics of the particular workshop. The documentation in the blog includes the questions for the movie.

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