LEGS8007 Update

I have posted some essay titles on the course blog. Some students might want to pick one and make a start.  I will provide more details on the requirements for the essay soon.

I have added a cases folder to the materials on Blackboard and a folder called papers.  I will put some reading materials in there. More will be added as the module progresses.  These are only available via Blackboard (no prizes for guessing why).

COMP8035 Class 04.2

I gave students feedback on the outlines for the paper. Some of them need a bit of work.

COMP6032 Lab 04B

I introduced students to Audacity and gave them a sample audio file to mess around with. We looked at how to do noise reduction. However there was a problem with the audio settings on the machine in the lab.  Hopefully that will be sorted soon.

COMP6032 Class 04.2

[Only 3 students came to class]

We looked at the ADDIE framework for instructional design.

We began our look at the analysis phase and and discussed needs analysis.

We will continue in the next class with goal analysis.

LEGS8007 Classes 04.2 & 04.3

Part 05

We continued our look at copyright. We discussed copyrightable subject matter, the tangibility requirement, the originality requirement.  We looked at the labour, skill, or judgement test.




Part 06

We discussed the idea/expression dichotomy and moral rights.



Exam Questions:

Write a note on:

1. Walter v Lane
2. Temple Island Collections v New English Teas
3. Designers Guild v Russel Wiliams (Judgment)
4. Interlego v Tyco Industries

5. Explain what is meant by the idea/expression dichotomy


Essay:

How might Walter v Lane be decided in 2017?

The idea/expression dichotomy

The problems posed by photographs to copyright law.

How Original is Original? The Threshold of Originality in Copyright Law?

COMP8035 Class 04

This week's mission is to write 800 words (excluding references) on the chosen research topic and submit it to turnitin.com by Friday at 2000.

I e-mailed the Class ID and enrolment password to the students.

LEGS8007 Class 04 Tutorial

Nobody showed up

COMP6032 Lab 04 A

I introduced students to Audacity and gave them a sample audio file to mess around with. We looked at how to do noise reduction.

LEGS8007 Class 04.1

We began our look at copyright.  Todays class included the Statute of Anne, the Berne Convention, and of course Finian v Columba.  We asked the question what can be protected by copyright? We will go on to answer that in the next class.



Exam Questions:

1. Write a short note on each of the following cases:
Finian v Columba, (AD 567)
Millar v Taylor, (1769) 4 Burr. 2303; 98 ER 201
Hinton v Donaldson, SCS 1 July 1773
Donaldson v Becket, (1774) 2 Brown's Parl. Cases (2d ed.) 129
Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd v Cody, [1998] 4 I.R. 504 at 511


2. Identify two objectives of the Berne Convention (1886)

COMP6032 Class 04.1

I postponed the exam that was scheduled for today. Nobody seemed to mind. I'll get back you all about that.

I gave a presentation on how to give a presentation. All very meta.

COMP6032 Lab 03 B

Nobody turned up so I went away. I guess last night was a party night.

update: I felt a bit guilty so I went back to check. A few students had turned up in the meantime. They worked on the PhotoShop Tools training exercise.

COMP6032 Class 03.2

We looked at Gardner's multiple intelligences and Bloom's taxonomy and discussed the implications for trainers and learners.

LEGS8007 Classes 03.2 & 03.3

Part 02: Sources of Law

We looked at the sources of law in Ireland

We watched a video on US Law and compared the process to that in Ireland. It's largely the same except the President of Ireland has fewer powers.


Part 03: Justifications for Intellectual Property
I asked students to imagine we were starting a new colony and someone proposed that we should have Intellectual Property laws. What are the arguments for having such laws.

audio: LEGS8007-03-20170215c.mp3


Exam questions:

Describe the various sources of intellectual property law (copyright, trade marks, and parents) in Ireland.

COMP8035 Class 03.1

The students said this was a busy week so we held off on the planned task for his week.

I gave out a hand out on structuring a paper.

I spoke a bit about the importance of having an explicit structure and organising principle.  We discussed each student's paper in turn and speculated on possible structures.

So this week's task is to write an outline for the paper.

It's probably time to commit to a topic one and for all now too.

COMP6032 Lab 03 A

Students continued working on the PhotoShop project.

LEGS8007 Class 03.1

Part 01: Property

This was our first class.

We discussed the nature of property and how it is dependent on law. We discussed the differences between intellectual property and tangible property and concluded that the are more aline than we thing, not because intellectual property is more tangible than we first thought, but because tangible property is actually itself quite ephemeral.  We also discussed how property rights are not absolute and can be justifiably constrained by the state.

audio: LEGS8007-01-20170213b.mp3


Essay Question:
Intellectual Property isn't really property. Discuss.


Next up: we will discuss the sources of law.

COMp6032 Class 03.1

We looked some more at cognitivism and then discussed constructivist views of learning. That concludes the learning theory part of the module. Upcoming classes will be less theoretical.

COMP8035 Class 02.2

I sent some feedback to students by e-mail earlier in the day.

I gave more detailed feedback to students who came to class.  Most of the students present seemed to be sorted for week 2's work.

COMP6032 Lab 02B

I showed students how to increase the size of an image of an icon without having it get too blurry by using the correct interpolation setting in Photoshop. It's a pity we didn't discover that trick sooner.

Students continued with the Photoshop tools presentation exercise.

COMP6032 Class 02.2

We began looking at cognitivism.

We watched the Basketball video.

COMP8035 Class 02.1

I asked students to decide on a topic for the research paper and to

• write a short introduction to the topic
• find 5 sources on the topic
• read the sources
• briefly summarise each source

Students may chose similar topics and the paper may evolve and become more focused over time. A starting point is all that is require for today.

I asked student to read The Promise of Augmented Reality from this week's Economist. It's an excellent example of a report on an emerging technology.

COMP6032 Lab 02A

I showed students how to increase the size of an image of an icon without having it get too blurry by using the correct interpolation setting in Photoshop.

Students continued with the Photoshop tools presentation exercise.

Some students who missed las week's lab had a bit of catching up to do.

COM6032 Class 02.1

We continued our look at behaviourist theories of learning. That took longer than I thought.

We will move on to cognitivism in the next class.

Intellectual Property Law

COMP8035 Week 01 Tutorial

I gave feedback based on the blog posts I had seen before class. The ones I saw were fine although some students needed to make some minor adjustments.

We decided on IEEE format for references.  Users of MS Word should figure out how to make the most of the built-in in referencing tools.

The tutorial classes will be optional for students (not for me), but it is a good chance to get feedback on progress and get help with individual issues.

COMP6032 Lab 01.B

I introduced students to Photoshop.

I asked students to get to grips with layers and how they work.

We looked at how to do a screen capture. I asked students to begin work on a PowerPoint presentation that explains what each of the Tools in the Photoshop Tools Palette does.

COMP6032 Class 01.2

We looked at Behavourism (Pavlov & Skinner mostly)

We watched a video about rats.
https://archive.org/details/Motivati1948

COMP8035 Week 01 Lab

I spoke about the assessment for the module.

I spoke a bit about using quality sources for research and gave out a list of journals available at CIT that I thought might be useful.

I asked students to

• select two topics
• find five articles about each one
• write a blog post listing them
• write a short comment on each topic
• write a short note on each paper

and e-mail me the URL for the blog


We watched Black Mirror: Nosedive and spoke a bit about ratings culture. That would be an interesting topic to research.

The deadline for these tasks is 1800 on Friday 

COMP6032 Lab 01.A

I introduced students to Photoshop.

I asked students to get to grips with layers and how they work.

We looked at how to do a screen capture. I asked students to begin work on a PowerPoint presentation that explains what each of the Tools in the Photoshop Tools Palette does.

COMP6032 Class 01.1

I introduced myself to the class and spoke a bit about the module and the assessments.

The class requested a change of timetable for Group B labs. CIT should be able to accommodate that. I'll get back to you as soon as I know.

Labs will go ahead this week.

SOFT6013 Week 13

We had an in-class exam at CSM.

SOFT6002 WEEK 12

Seven students turned up and worked on their group assignment.

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.3

Nobody turned up

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.2

Nobody turned up

COMP7002 A.UI Class 12.2

We had a surprisingly productive tutorial session

COMP7004 CyberEthics Class 12.1

Nobody turned up to class

COM7002 Class 12.1

We looked at the two ways to do animation using JavaFX.

We discussed how one might make Space Invaders or Angry Birds using this technique. Pong would be easy.

COMP7002 Week 12 Lab A

Students worked on the assignment. Those I spoke to are wrapping up now.

If you have ay difficulties between now and the deadline come track me down and I'll see what I can do for you.

COMP7002 A.UI WEEK 11 Lab B

Students worked on the project

SOFT6002 Week 11

Students worked on the assignments.

COMP7004 Class 11.3

We discussed some of the issues arising from the widespread availability of digital cameras.

SOFT6013 Week 11

Students worked on their submissions for the portfolio.

I spoke a bit about parameters. I got the feeling last week that people weren't clear on who they work so we spent an hour on so try to get that sorted.

I met with students individually so see what they were working on and how much progress they were making.

COMP7004 Class 11.2

We discussed Privacy and how it is not especially intrinsically valuable, but is essential for other things such as democracy, friendship, love.

The class turned out to be more interesting that I was expecting.

COMP7002 Class 11.2

I wasn't feeling well this morning. So I cancelled class.  Since nobody came to yesterday's class, I didn't think anyone would very much mind.

I do plan to have class next week. And I will, of course, see you in the labs.

COMP7004 Class 11.1

I gave out some handouts to help with the essay. I talked about the structure for the essay and we discussed passible approaches to take for some of the topics.

COMP7002 A.UI Class 11.1

This class was on animation using JavaFX. But nobody turned up. That's fine. It doesn't contribute anything to the assignment and I trust students to manage their time as they see fit.

I will turn up again tomorrow and do it then if anyone wants it.

COMP7002 A.UI Week 11 Lab A

Students continued to work on the assignment.

I met with students who didn't show me their previous submission before, and gave them some feedback. Some need to change a few things for the final version.

COMP7002 A.UI Week 10 Lab B

I met with each student and they talked me trough their submissions for Part 3 os the assignment.

SOFT6002 Week 10

Students got into their groups and worked on the heuristic analysis.

COMP7004 Class 10.3

We concluded our look at patents. We looked (briefly) at trade marks and trade secrets.