Informatics and the Digital Society

by Van Weert, Tom J.

• ISBN13: 9781402073632
• ISBN10: 1402073631
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This volume considers general issues covering the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to the development of learning, the role and potential of E learning, computer supported collaborative learning and innovative pedagogy, as well as very focused issues such as online knowledge communities, the characteristics of agents and multimedia animation. With many "state of the art" contributions, Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues addresses the following themes: *The e-literate society - the role of informatics, computer science and ICT; *ICT - agent of change and social conflict; *E-learning - meeting the challenge of technology on society through new partnerships; *Paradigm shifts in education and professional life. The thought-provoking and controversial papers in this volume make a powerful contribution to the debate that surrounds the increasing pervasion of ICT in all sectors of our lives - especially the education sector. Evidence from contributors - drawn particularly from Europe, but also representing the Americas and Australia - supports the contention that all countries are urgently addressing the issues and problems raised by ICT. Each country will have to derive its own, unique solution. This collection of papers will certainly inform and should considerably assist that decision making and problem resolution. Informatics and the Digital Society: Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues contains the edited proceedings of SECIII, the Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (WIP) Working Groups 3.1 (Secondary Education) and 3.2 (Higher Education). It was held in July 2002 at the University of Dortmund, Germany, in cooperation with the German Computer Society (Gesellschaft f??r Informatik).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Preface	xi
Key Issues in IFIP-SIG9.2.2 Approaches to Ethics of Computing	1	(16)
JACQUES BERLEUR
Informatics - The Science of Minimal Systems with Maximal Complexity	17	(12)
ANDREAS SCHWILL
ICT in Education: Aspirations and Tensions	29	(8)
DAVID WOOD
e-Learning Technology: Convergence with the Mainstream	37	(14)
COLIN HARRISON
Knowledge Management in Education	51	(8)
JANE ANDERSEN
Learning and Teaching in Socio-technical Environments	59	(14)
THOMAS HERRMANN
Working Group Reports	73	(12)
Intelligent Agents in an e-Literate Society: Some Ethical Considerations	85	(8)
CAROLYN DOWLING
Critical Thinking and an Ethical Approach to Studying History-The Case for ICT	93	(8)
ALNAZZ KASSAM
A Look at the Impact of ICT on the Informational Power Relationship Between Corporations and Consumers	101	(8)
CHRISTOPHER LUEG
Exploration of Object-Oriented Models in Informatics Education	109	(10)
TORSTEN BRINDA AND SIGRID E. SCHUBERT
Learning Software Engineering with EASE	119	(10)
DIRK DRAHEIM
Object Models of IT-Systems Supporting Cognitive Structures in Novice Courses of Informatics	129	(12)
PETER HUBWIESER
Let's Teach Informatics - Empowering Pupils, Students and Teachers	141	(8)
LUDGER HUMBERT
Key Decisions in Adopting Algorithm Animation for Teaching	149	(8)
GUIDO ROBLING
Design Pattern - A Topic of the New Mandatory Subject Informatics	157	(14)
MARKUS SCHNEIDER
Learning to Solve ICT/Informatics-Based Problems	171	(8)
MARY WEBB
Development of Multimedia Animations - A Contribution of Informatics Teaching to Media Studies	179	(10)
MICHAEL WEIGEND
ICT: An Aid to Inclusion? Reflections on the Potential of ICT for the Changing Role of the Special School	189	(8)
CHRIS; ABBOTT AND JOHN GALLOWAY
Various Modelling Aspects of Tutoring Systems for People with Auditory Disabilities	197	(10)
NELSON BALOIAN AND WOLFRAM LUTHER
Regional Learning Networks - Building Bridges Between Schools, University and Community	207	(8)
ANDREAS BREITER
Online Knowledge Communities: Meeting Places for Continuing Professional Development	215	(10)
SJOERD DE VRIES
Distribution of Internet Community Knowledge Based on Traditional Communication Media	225	(8)
J. FELIX HAMPE, SILKE SCHONERT, CHRISTIAN DIETZE AND NHIEM LU
Taking the Best from Real Teaching Environments	233	(18)
IOLANDA BUENO DE CAMARGO CORTELAZZO
A Role-Based Adaptive CSCL Environment for Intensive Hands-on Teaching and Learning under Rigid Time Constraints 241
HORST F. WEDDE, FRANK THORSTEN BREUER AND MUDDASSAR FAROOQ
KOLUMBUS: Context-Oriented Communication Support in a Collaborative Learning Environment	251	(10)
THOMAS HERRMANN AND ANDREA KIENLE
Teaching Social Informatics as a Knowledge Project	261	(8)
IVER JACKEWITZ, MICHAEL JANNECK, DETLEV KRAUSE, BERND PAPE AND MONIQUE STRAUSS
Using a Lecturer's Personal Web Site to Enhance the Social Interchange among Students in an Academic Course	269	(8)
DAVID PASSIG
Potential Problems of Computer-Mediated School Education	277	(8)
GLENN RUSSELL
Modern Curriculum Development for Informatics (Computing Science)	285	(12)
TOM J. VAN WEERT AND FRED MULDER
Innovative Pedagogical Practices Using ICT - Results of the German SITES-M2	297	(10)
REBEKKA DALMER, THOMAS PETZEL AND RENATE SCHULZ-ZANDER
[e-mail] - Net-Based Distance Education in the Traditional University	307	(8)
PAUL-TH. KANDZIA
Teacher Training - The Interplay of IT and Society	315	(8)
CHRISTIAN GORLICH AND LUDGER HUMBERT
Author Index	323	(2)
Keyword Index	325