T215A: Communication and information technologies (I)
Question
1 (Solved in a Group):
Read
the article described as “Reading 6” entitled “The intellectual
challenge of CSCW” which is attached to this TMA, and answer the following
questions:
1)
In no more than 300 words,
discuss the idea “social-technical gap” presented in the paper by
the author.
2)
In no more than 200 words,
discuss the idea that “computational entities such as information transfer,
roles, and policies need to be flexible nuanced, and contextualized similar to
human activity”.
3)
Briefly explain CSCW role in
finding ways to manage the problems and trade-offs resulting from conflict and
coordination.
4)
Using your own words, summarize TWO
of the CSCW findings discussed in the paper.
Question
2 (Solved in a Group):
Imagine that you work for an
ICT consultancy company. Your company sends out a short report about a
different technology each year. The purpose of these reports is to help the
mid-level technicians to keep abreast of
some technical concepts and terms. This year your company’s Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) has decided that the short report will be about High-speed
packet access (HSPA), and you have been asked to write it.
brief include:
·
What is HSPA?
·
Some technical details about HSPA.
·
HSPA advantages and shortages, if
any.
Question
3 (To be Solved Individually):
1) Discuss
and elaborate your own and individual contribution in solving “Question 1”
of this TMA.
2)
Discuss and elaborate your own
and individual contribution in solving “Question 2” of this TMA.
Question
4 (To be Solved Individually):
Search for the following article
from the web:
“Robert W. Lucky, "Are Social Technologies
Really Invented?", IEEE Spectrum, May 2011.”
Then write a summary discussing the article’s main idea. This summary aims to
explain the general, yet important idea of social technologies to intermediate
level reader. It must cover the most important aspects of the topic from the
author perspective.
