COMP7004 Class 01.1

I introduced myself and talked a bit about the module.

I explained how the assessment for this module will work. The most noteworthy aspect of this is that students will have to turn up to class if they want to get marks for their reflections on the class.

I explained how the Free Choice module works at CIT. Students are free to take another module in place of this one if they wish. Some known options include Interdisciplinary Project,  MATH6028 Mathematical Explorations (23837) and MATH6050 Mathematics & Music 1 (24564).

Group discussion: What ethical issues might I encounter in my working like?

Interestingly most of the examples students gave were not specific to computing.

We discussed whether or not cyberethics issues are distinct from general ethical issues. Is there a distinction? Most students seem to think there is.

I asked students to read the Maner article and to see if any more modern examples come to mind.

Handouts:
Is cybertechology neutral? 1-page extract from text-book

Can You Program Ethics Into a Self-Driving Car?

I asked students to reflect on whether this is the type of module they would like to do.  If it's not your cup of tea try to find a different one.

COMP7002 Week 01 Lec 01

Today was another false start. The computer in the room wasn't working.

I introduced myself, gave out some handouts, and talked a bit about JavaFX. We wrapped up at 20 past.

Group B will have a lab late this week in any event. Even if it's just to get the ball rolling.

Be sure to check your timetable in case of a room change for next week.

COMP7002 Week 01 Lab A

I e-mailed students yesterday to let them know we would not have any lab today. We will wait until after our first lecture on Tuesday.

SOFT6013 Problem Solving & Programming

Welcome

SOFT6002 Intro to HCI

Welcome

COMP7004 Cyberethics

The timetable for Cyber Ethics is

Tues 1200 B243
Wed 1300 B263
Thur 1300 B263

The module descriptor is here.

The CRN for this module for Semester 1 2016/17 is 15213.

COMP7002 Application User Interaces

Welcome

COMP8035 Autumn Repeat

To pass the repeat sitting of this module students must submit a 3500 word research paper on one of the following topics:

• Price Discrimination
• Big Data & Privacy
• Prediction Markets
• Ratings Culture
• Higher Education 2.0

The essays will be marked using the same rubric that was provided to students for the first sitting.

The paper is to be submitted vis TurnItIn.com before 2300 on 17 August 2016. The Class ID and password are the same as during the semester.  Students who already registered for the class on turnitin need not re-register.

SOFT6007 Autumn Repeat

Details of the SOFT6007 Autumn Repeat assignment are here:
http://mcom.cit.ie/staff/Computing/CManning/soft6007-2015/SOFT6007-Autumn2015.pdf

COMP6023 Class 12.1 & 12.2

Attendance was poor. Two students worked on the website assignment. One student started it today.

COMP8023 Class 12.1 & 12.2

I met with each of the four students who came to class and gave each some feedback on his/her essay.

I will have fuller feedback for everyone in due course. I will e-mail students individually as their papers are ready for collection.

Can you copyright the Klingon language

Interesting article

http://www.technollama.co.uk/can-you-copyright-the-klingon-language

COMP6023 Class 11.4

We looked at coding schemes for different languages and I explained why UTF-8 is one of the cleverest things ever.

COMP6023 Class 11.3

We looked at information architecture and how best to structure content on a website.  This class was based on the very popular book "Don't Make Me Think"

COMP8035 Classes 11.1 & 11.2

I gave back some of the papers I have received (late) with some comments. The comments weren't as thorough as on some others, but we are getting stuck for time.

I suggested to students that they might swap essays in advance of the next draft to try to catch typos and errors.

I met with each student to to get an update.

COMP6023 Class 11.1 & 11.2

Students were studying for an exam for another module. That's fine.

Students had an exam for another module during the second hour.

COMP6023 Class 10.4

I talked about Data Protection, Privacy, and Big Data.

But I didn't do it justice. I managed to take a really interesting topic and make a boring lecture out of it. Sorry guys :-)

COMP6023 Class 10.3

We finished our look at SEO

COMP6023 Class 10.1 & 10.2 Lab B

Attendance was very poor.

Students worked on the assignment.

COMP6023 Class 09.4

You say you like Pokemon, but you can only name Pikachu. But that's none of my business. 

We began our look at the dark art of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We will continue with this in the next lecture.