Module Descriptors
COMPUTING AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORKPLACE
COIS40460
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Susan Bailey
Email: S.Bailey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 18
Independent Study Hours: 132
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
A portfolio worth 100% with three separate pieces of assessed work.
- A report (c. 1000 words) done individually which will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
- A piece of group work (groups of 4) involving a case study (c. 4000 words) which will assess Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4
- A presentation (c. 10 slides) and report (c. 500 words) done individually which will assess Learning Outcome 4.
- A report (c. 1000 words) done individually which will assess Learning Outcomes 1 and 2.
- A piece of group work (groups of 4) involving a case study (c. 4000 words) which will assess Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4
- A presentation (c. 10 slides) and report (c. 500 words) done individually which will assess Learning Outcome 4.
Module Texts
The Students Skills Guide, Sue Drew and Rosie Bingham, 2001, Gower Publishing, ISBN: 0566084309
Information Technology Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe, 2005, Course Technology, ISBN: 0619159847
Information Technology Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe, 2005, Course Technology, ISBN: 0619159847
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Resources
MS. Project, MS. Office
Module Learning Strategies
The delivery pattern for this module is flexible with each centre choosing a method suitable for the students involved. This module is intended to facilitate the development of transferable skills as well as providing students with useful guidance with respect to the use and effect of Computing and IT in Society. Wherever it is studied, it is anticipated that independent study will play a major role and that some part of the module will be used to assist students in the development of skills which will help with this.
For Stafford Campus:
18 hours of tutorials will take place. There will be two per week for the first 8 weeks and one per week for the following 2 weeks. The last two weeks will be assessment weeks. The room will be available to students twice each week regardless of whether a tutor is present or not.
This module will normally run in study period 2.
T(1:10)
For Stafford Campus:
18 hours of tutorials will take place. There will be two per week for the first 8 weeks and one per week for the following 2 weeks. The last two weeks will be assessment weeks. The room will be available to students twice each week regardless of whether a tutor is present or not.
This module will normally run in study period 2.
T(1:10)
Module Indicative Content
+ Personal Development Planning
+ Employability
Use of IT and Computing tools to assist with processes such as :
+ Information storage and retrieval
+ Writing reports
+ Communication and Presentation
An overview of Quality and Project Management processes and their use of IT and Computing tools:
+ Overview of Project Management as a concept, especially in relation to resourcing.
+ Overview and understanding of the underlying principles used in Project Management.
+ Tools such as PERT, CPA etc.
+ Use and assessment of an example Project Management Tool.
+ An overview of quality standards, quality assessment.
+ The concepts and use of metrics
+ Professional, moral, ethical and legal issues
+ Employability
Use of IT and Computing tools to assist with processes such as :
+ Information storage and retrieval
+ Writing reports
+ Communication and Presentation
An overview of Quality and Project Management processes and their use of IT and Computing tools:
+ Overview of Project Management as a concept, especially in relation to resourcing.
+ Overview and understanding of the underlying principles used in Project Management.
+ Tools such as PERT, CPA etc.
+ Use and assessment of an example Project Management Tool.
+ An overview of quality standards, quality assessment.
+ The concepts and use of metrics
+ Professional, moral, ethical and legal issues