INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TELECONFERENCING
- Course
- VICD314 - INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TELECONFERENCING
- Department
- Visual Communication Design - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 3
- T+P+L
- 2 + 0 + 2
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
Communication, human communication and interaction. Communication through computers, visual telephones, cable television, information systems and networks; and Information Communication. Groupware, cooperation and augmentation of concepts. Communication practices in journalism, medicine and business administration; remote computer aided instruction and workgroups. This course studies informatics, science communication and teleconferencing and includes the method science in communication, group working and distribution of labor, heterogeneous multi media, visual telephones, computers, electronic information and cable television. Network topologies, switching, and protocol fundamentals and architectures are presented and compared using the OSI model, TCP/IP, SNA, Appletalk, etc. Data link functions are described including framing, and error and flow control techniques, X.25, Frame Relay, SMDS, and ATM packet technologies are introduced.
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TELECONFERENCING
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
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Course outcomes
- 01 Explain the Concepts of Modern Communication
- 02 Identify the new communication methods in developing world
- 03 Ability to discuss communication ethics
- 04 Assess digital communication tools
- 05 Distinguish mediums of communication from telephone to the networks
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | introductory class |
| Week 2 | Introduction to Communication and Interaction |
| Week 3 | Teleconferencing: Types & Technologies |
| Week 4 | Exploring Teleconferencing Platforms/ Zoom – Student-led session |
| Week 5 | Essential Etiquette for Professional Success in Remote Meetings/ Microsoft Teams – Student-led session |
| Week 6 | New Media: Definition, Examples/ Google Meet – Student-led session |
| Week 7 | New Media and communication/ WhatsApp (Discord alternative)- Student-led session |
| Week 8 | Midterm |
| Week 9 | Digital Presence/ Hopin- Student-led session |
| Week 10 | Communication in the Metaverse – Exploring Immersive Platforms and Virtual Presence |
| Week 11 | Virtual Events and Digital Exhibition Design/ BigBlueButton- Student-led session |
| Week 12 | Telepresence in Creative Industries/ Kumospace -Student-led session |
| Week 13 | Student Presentations |
| Week 14 | Student Presentations/ REVISION |
| Week 15 | final exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications by Simon Haykin (Author), Michael Moher (Author), 2006
- 02 New Media A Critical Introduction By Martin Lister, Jon Dovey, Seth Giddings, Iain Grant, Kieran Kelly. Copyright 2009
- 03 Digital Literacy for Technical Communication 21st Century Theory and Practice Edited By Rachel Spilka. Copyright 2010
- 04 Reimagining Communication: Experience Edited By Michael Filimowicz, Veronika Tzankova. Copyright 2020
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Explain the Principles of Effective Information Communication SOLO 4
- L02 Describe Different Types and Channels of Information Communication SOLO 3
- L03 Discuss Ethical and Legal Considerations in Information Communication Technology SOLO 5
- L05 Recognize the Role of New Media in Information Communication SOLO 2
- L06 Examine Metaverse Platforms and Applications SOLO 3
Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
- P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
- P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
- P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
- P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
- P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
- P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
- P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
- P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
- P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
- P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
- P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |