| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: At the 5th quarter exam students should be able
to
- Describe the concepts of the theoretical fields covered by the
curriculum of the courses "Information in Context" and
"Computer-mediated communication and collaboration"
- Explain the basic principles of organizing information
- Describe users' information needs, assess their
implications for organization of information and recommend an
information architecture design
- Apply concepts and theories from the course reading to explain
social aspects of information and the role that computer-media play
for culture, communication and collaboration
- Apply concepts and theories from the course reading to analyze
and explain various forms of computer-mediated communication and
computer supported collaboration and give recommendations for
empirical cases
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| Examination |
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Computer-mediated communication and collaboration and
Information in Context:
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| Exam ECTS |
15 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Two internal examiners and one external
examiner |
| Exam period |
Autumn |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Open book: all written and electronic aids,
including internet access |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination
instead.
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Description of the exam
procedure
This exam (the 5th quarter exam) covers the two courses
"Computer-mediated communication and collaboration" and
"Information in Context" (BA-BINMU1010U.
The students write an essay, drawing on the curriculum of the two
courses examined.
The essay is assessed by 2 internal examiners (i.e. 1 for CMC and 1
for IIC) and 1 external examiner (for both parts).
The retake exam for students who did not pass the ordinary exam
as well as students who were ill during the exam take place
according to the same rules as for the ordinary examination.
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| Course content and
structure |
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Drawing on information systems research, applied social
psychology and sociology, the course will introduce the main
approaches to understanding and implementing computer-mediated
communication via social media with the objective to nurture
virtual team work, online community and electronic knowledge
sharing in organizations. The aim of the course is
- To provide the students with concepts and theories from the
fields of computer mediated communication (CMC) and practices
relevant to communication in organizational contexts
- To provide the students with an understanding of social aspects
of information and the role that computer-media play for
communication, collaboration and virtual sociability
- To enable students to understand and analyze various forms of
computer-mediated communication (chat, forums, email, websites…)
and computer supported collaboration (groupware, virtual
communities, virtual teams…)
- to analyze sociability of internet-based social representations
and cooperation forms
The course includes but is not limited to the following topics:
- Differences between virtual and physical communication
- Virtual organizations, virtual teams
- Special Affordances of Social Media/Enterprise 2.0
- Sociology and psychology of virtual groups and online
communities
- Usability and sociability
- Identity, social presence, social awareness
- Conflicts and performance of virtual teams
- Methods to study online social networks and online
collaboration
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| Teaching methods |
| Based on the principles of
student‐centred learning, the learning methods will be a mix of
interactive lectures, case studies, practical exercises, group and
class discussions as well as student presentations. |
| Expected literature |
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The course is based on classic and recent research papers as
well as a few book chapters, including:
- Leonardi, P. M., Huysman, M., & Steinfield, C. (2013).
Enterprise Social Media: Definition, History, and
Prospects for the Study of Social Technologies in Organizations.
Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication, 19(1), 1-19
- Majchrzak, A., Faraj, S., Kane, G. C., & Azad, B.
(2013). The Contradictory Influence of Social Media
Affordances on Online Communal Knowledge Sharing. Journal
of Computer‐Mediated Communication, 19(1), 38-55.
- McAfee (2006): Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of
Emergent Collaboration, Sloan Management Review, 47(3), 20-29
- Fernback, J. (2007): Beyond the diluted community
concept: a symbolic interactionist perspective on online
social relations. New Media Society 2007; Vol9(1), pp.49
-69
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