GOV. ALFONSO D.

TAN COLLEGE
INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Outcomes – Based Teaching and Learning Plan in Living in the IT Era

Course Title Living in the IT Era Course Code

Credit Units 3 units Course Pre-/Co-requisites n/a

Course Description

Course Description
(CMO No. ___, series of 2013) Living in the IT Era. Science, culture and Ethics in information technology, its influence on modern living and human relationships, and uses for personal, professional, and social
advancement.

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

Course Intended Learning
Outcomes (CILO)
Intellectual Competencies
1. Articulate the impacts of Information Technology on society, specifically Philippine society.
2. Explain how it affects society and the environment and its role in nation-building.
3. Analyze personal experiences and global trends of the digital age by learning adequate formal theoretical frameworks in order to deeply reflect and express philosophical
ramifications that are meaningful to the student as a part of society.
4. Define and demonstrate the most effective ways to promote Internet access, while simultaneously championing the principles of freedom of expression and the free flow of ideas
over the internet.
Personal and Civic Responsibilities
1. Imbibe the importance of Information and Communication technology in the preservation of the environment and the development of the Filipino nation.
2. Critique the stability, interoperability, security and resilience of the Internet ecosystems such that the student may be able to define for himself/herself the importance of ethics in the
business relationships of IT professionals, including those between IT workers and employees, clients, suppliers, other professionals, IT users and society.
3. Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle and develop a basic appreciation of the complexities of human development during times of fast-paced technological change.
Practical Skills
1. Creatively present a more structured understanding about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and imminent threats of the digital age.
2. Apply the learned concepts to real-world examples of one’s choice, making them meaningful to the student.
3. Illustrate how the social media and information age impact their lives and their understanding of how companies and government manage the disruptive social change of
digitalization.

MIDTERM Essential Learning Suggested

Intended Learning Assessment
Content Functional Teaching/Learning
Week Declarative Knowledge Outcomes (ILO) Tasks (ATs)
Standards Knowledge Activities (TLAs)
 Introduction to the Digital Age Discussing the importance of
Demonstrate the scientific revolution in society
general concepts and and illustrate the important
A. What is digital age and how does it evolve affecting Illustrate the evolution of Group presentation,
historical events in contributions to human Lecture and discussion,
1 human societies? technology and appreciate its role Quiz, Poster
science, technology development. Presentation
B. What is ICT and what is its role in social change? in the transformation of societies. Making/Collage
and society.

Discussing the interplay Identify the dimensions of

Illustrate how Towards a Conceptual Framework for ICT for Development
between technology, social technological advancement in Small
technological A. What is the cube framework?
change and policy through terms of social development and Group Group project
advancement directly B. How can we think about the interplay among technology,
2 the cube framework. in the formulation of policies. Activity presentation
relates social change society and policy?
Discussion Quiz
and policy.

Illustrate the cognitive,

social, emotional, and Evaluate the effects of
Humanity in the Digital Age Identifying the impacts of
ethical implications of technology to human
A. How does technology influences the cognitive, social, technological advancement Lecture and Group
digital age to development and society.
4 emotional and ethical aspects of an individual? towards the cognitive, social, Discussion Group Activity
humanity.
B. What are the frameworks necessary to mitigate the emotional and ethical
impulsive use of technology. aspects of an individual.

FINALS
An Overview of Ethics
Define and Illustrate how important for an
A. What is ethics and why is it important to act according to a
understand the role of Discussing the importance of individual to act in an ethical Reflection and Discussion,
code of ethics? Group Activity, Quiz,
6 ethics in the field of ethics in the age of manner by uplifting social video clips presentation
B. What is corporate social responsibility?
information information technology. responsibility.
C. What approach you can take to ensure ethical decision-
technology.
making?
Define computer
Computer and Internet Crime
crime and identify Discussing the key trade-offs Illustrate how an individual should
A. What are most common types of computer security
legal issues related to and ethical issues associated respond to issues relating Group presentation
7 attacks? Lecture and Discussion
ethical violations in with the safeguarding of data computer and internet crimes. Case Study, Quiz
B. Why has there been a dramatic increase in computer-
information and information systems.
related security incidents?
technology.
Identify the issues Intellectual Property
related to intellectual A. What does intellectual property encompass?
Discussing the scope of Understand the issues related to Group Activity,
property and copyright B. What is plagiarism and what can be done to Presentation, Discussion and
8 intellectual property and privacy and confidentiality as they Debate, Quiz
law as they related to combat it? Video clips viewing
related laws that protect it. relate to information technology.
electronic publishing. C. What is cybersquatting and what strategy can
be used to avoid it?
 Social Networking Appreciate how rapid changes in
Define social networks A. What are social networks, how do people use them, Analyze issues relating to technology might affect ethical
and identify ethical and what are some of their practical business uses? Presentation and Discussion
social networking and how it issues and changing norms of Group project,
9 issues that affect the B. What is a virtual life community and what are some of on the present issues.
affects the community. behavior in relation to social Presentation
community. the ethical issues associated with such a community? networking.

Basic Readings Hilbert, M. (2012). Towards a Conceptual Framework for ICT for Development: Lessons Learned from the Latin American “Cube Framework.” Information
Technologies & International Development, 8/4, pages 243–259 (8,600 words); http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/viewFile/967/408

ITU (2014), “Measuring the Information Society 2014”, (Website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. CHAPTER 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5 (p. 1-13; p. 15 - 24)
World Bank (2016), "Digital Dividend", (Website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.) Overview 1st subsection: p. 2 - 5
UNCTAD (2015), “The Information Economy Report 2015”, (Website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site.) CHAPTER II.3 (p. 17 - 23)
United Nations DESA. (2014). Global e-Government Survey 2014. (Website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.) Chapters 2.1 & 2.2 (p. 45 - 53)
OECD (2015), “Digital Economy Outlook 2015”, (Website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) ; (Full Report pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to
an external site.) CHAPTER 1.1 (p. 16 - 20)

Arthur, Brian (2009), “The Nature of Technology: What it is and how it evolves”; Chapter 2 & Chapter 9; see: Google Books.Links to an external site.

Carlota Perez (2004), “Technological revolutions, paradigm shifts and socio-institutional

change”, http://www.carlotaperez.org/pubs?s=orgchg&l=en&a=technologicalrevolutions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site. ; http://www.carlotaperez.org/downloads/pubs/TRs_TEP_shifts_and_SIF_ch.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Carlota Perez (2006), “Re-specialisation and the deployment of the ICT paradigm: An essay on the present challenges of
globalisation”, http://www.carlotaperez.org/pubs?s=tf&l=en&a=wprespecialisationandthedeployment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. p. 33 - 48.
For annotated version, click here: Carlota Perez ICT as Great Surge 2006.pdf

Shapiro, C. and Hal Varian (1999), “Information rules: a strategic guide to the network
economy”, http://www.uib.cat/depart/deeweb/pdi/acm/arxius/premsa/information-rules%20VARIAN%20SHAPIRO.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. Read Chapter 1.
Castells, M. (2010). The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Volume I (2nd ed.). Wiley-
Blackwell. http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781444310146_sample_415190.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Read Preface to the
2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society

Shapiro, C. and Hal Varian (1999), “Information rules: a strategic guide to the network
economy”, http://www.uib.cat/depart/deeweb/pdi/acm/arxius/premsa/information-rules%20VARIAN%20SHAPIRO.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. Read Chapter 1.
Castells, M. (2010). The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Volume I (2nd ed.). Wiley-
Blackwell. http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781444310146_sample_415190.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Read Preface to the
2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society
 Sen, Amartya (1999), “Development as Freedom”, Chapter 2: "The Ends and the Means of Development". optional: Ch.1 and 4: Google Books (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
United Nations (2015), “The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015: Overview (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”, pages 4-9.

Mark Zuckerberg (2014), “Is Connectivity A Human Right?”, https://www.facebook.com/isconnectivityahumanright (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site. ; read full version: Zuckerberg on Connectivity as HumanRight.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Hilbert, M. (2011). The end justifies the definition: The manifold outlooks on the digital divide and their practical usefulness for policy-making. Telecommunications

Policy, 35(8), 715–736. http://www.martinhilbert.net/the-end-justifies-the-definition/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (focus on Sections 1,2,3 &

5; it is enough to skim Section "4. Who defines the digital divide in practice?")

Der Spiegel (March 2015). Tomorrowland: How Silicon Valley Shapes Our Future. Thomas Schulz. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/spiegel-cover-
story-how-silicon-valley-shapes-our-future-a-1021557.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Extended Readings Is the internet good or bad? The internet in society: empowering or censoring citizens? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (11 min video
animation)
Internet Live Stats: http://www.internetlivestats.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (see the internet growing in real-time)
Hilbert, M., &López, P. (2011). The World’s Technological Capacity to Store, Communicate, and Compute Information. Science, 332(6025), 60 –
65. http://www.martinhilbert.net/WorldInfoCapacity.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

William Kamkwamba on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart about the potential of "e-innovation" for development:
"Do you know Google?" "...I said: where was this Google all this time?" (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Ray Kurzweil (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Carlota Perez (2009). "Technological revolutions and techno-economic paradigms", Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No.1, pp. 185-
202. http://www.carlotaperez.org/pubs?s=tf&l=en&a=technologicalrevolutionsandtechno (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Acquisti, A., Brandimarte, L., &Loewenstein, G. (2015). Privacy and human behavior in the age of information. Science, 347(6221), 509–
514. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6221/509.full (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Yochai Benkler (2006), “The Wealth of Networks How Social Production Transforms Markets and
Freedom”, http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_1.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
site. ; http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ; Read Chapter 1.

Shapiro, C. and Hal Varian (1999), “Information rules: a strategic guide to the network
economy”, http://www.uib.cat/depart/deeweb/pdi/acm/arxius/premsa/information-rules%20VARIAN%20SHAPIRO.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. Read Chapter 1.
Castells, M. (2010). The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Volume I (2nd ed.). Wiley-
Blackwell. http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781444310146_sample_415190.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Read Preface to the
2010 Edition of The Rise of the Network Society

Acquisti, A., Brandimarte, L., &Loewenstein, G. (2015). Privacy and human behavior in the age of information. Science, 347(6221), 509–
514. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6221/509.full (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Yochai Benkler (2006), “The Wealth of Networks How Social Production Transforms Markets and
Freedom”, http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_1.pdf (Links to an external site.)Links to an external
 site. ; http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ; Read Chapter 1.

Mayer-Schönberger, V., &Cukier, K. (2013). Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think. First part of Chapter 1 = NPR
excerpt (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.: BigData_MayerSchonberger_Cukier_NPRexcerpt.pdf

Woodie, A. (2013). Big Data Analytics Give Electoral Edge (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Datanami. Big Data Analytics Give Electoral
Edge.pdf
Hilbert, M. (2015). ICT4ICTD: Computational Social Science for Digital Development (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. In HICSS 48. IEEE
Computer Society.
Barrett, C. L., Eubank, S. G., & Smith, J. P. (2005). If Smallpox Strikes Portland... (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Scientific American, 292(3),
54–61.

More about Big Data: Do some Big Data analysis yourself! Check out what http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Trends (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. is all about and then do some trend analytics yourself: http://www.google.com/trends/

Millennium Development Goals: What We Met And Missed (Links to an external

Hilbert, M., Miles, I., &Othmer, J. (2009). Foresight tools for participative policy-making in inter-governmental processes in developing countries: Lessons learned from

the eLAC Policy Priorities Delphi. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 76(7), 880–896. http://isiarticles.com/bundles/Article/pre/pdf/988.pdf (Links to an

external site.)Links to an external site. ; http://www.martinhilbert.net/foresight-tools-for-participative-policy-making-in-inter-governmental-processes-in-

developing-countries/
Course Assessment As identified in the Assessment Task
Course Policies Language of Instructions

Attendance
As identified in the student handbook
Homework, Quizzes, Written Reports, Reaction Papers and Portfolio

Special Requirement

Grading System
Summative Task - 30%
Performance Task - 40%
Periodical Exam - 30%
100%

Group Presentation:
Content and Relevance - 30%
Analysis - 40%
Creativity & teamwork - 30%
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100%
Committee Members
Committee Leader:
Members:

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ELENA A. DANTES
IAS Instructor
Summer
Living in the IT Era 6
2019
Preachy Mae S. Esin, MPA Babylin A. Mina, MPA Jay Stephen Mondong, MAN
LORRA ALONA B. SAMBAYON
IAS - Asst Dean IAS - DEAN Acting VP for Academic
IAS Instructor
Affairs