FDN130 Age of Information

STUDY PLAN

Essential Assignment:
Lecture Lecture Tutorial
Week Lecture Topic Title Reading for Tutorial: Content Tutorial: Learning Skills Preparation for next tutorial Submit to your
Date Topic No. No.
Lecture tutor in tutorial

16-Feb 1 Introduction to the Unit Read Jones

1 Tutorial 1 Getting to know you The resourceful student
Start on LITE
18-Feb 2 What is the Information Age? Jones
Keep Time Schedule

23-Feb 3 The Information Age and Us Birkerts, Kelly, Laver Read Birkets, Kelly, Laver, Frand
Time management Diagnostic Test
2 Tutorial 2 What is the Information Age?
Oral presentation skills during tutorial
25-Feb 4 The Information Age Mindset Frand Start/continue with LITE
Hawkins et al,
2-Mar 5 The Effects of IT on Work and Social Life The Info Age and Us; The Info Age Read Hawkins et al, Geftner et al, Laurie
Geftner et al
3 Tutorial 3 Mindset Making notes from lectures Reading Log 1
Plagiarism and the Culture of the Read Fairbairn
4-Mar 6 Laurie
University Finish LITE

9-Mar 7 The Digital Divide Afemann Read Afemann, Barnes

4 Tutorial 4 Work, Society and Digitisation Becoming a discriminating reader LITE
11-Mar 8 Issues of Power Barnes Read Marshall & Rowland

5 16-Mar Break

23-Mar 9 Colonisation in the Information Age Valdes Read Valdes; Faulkner & Lie
Constructing essays, research and
6 Tutorial 5 The Digital Divide; Isses of Power Reading Log 2
planning
25-Mar 10 Gender in the Information Age Faulkner & Lie Choose essay topic and start work on plan

Read Orwell, Lyon

30-Mar 11 Surveillance: 1984 and ‘Big Brother’ Orwell
Researching for essays; reference lists Read Marshall & Rowland
7 Tutorial 6 Colonisation; Gender
and bibliographies
1-Apr 12 Electronic Panopticon Lyon Complete essay plan and list of references

6-Apr 13 Reality TV Lumby, Merlin article Read Lumby, Grabosky, AUSCERT Survey Reading Log 3
8 Tutorial 7 Surveillance; Panopticon Essay introductions
Grabosky, Essay Plan and
8-Apr 14 CyberCrime Complete rough draft of essay
AUSCERT Survey Bibliography
9 13-Apr Break

20-Apr 15 Ethical Knowledge Spinello Read Spinello; Cuganesan & Lacey

10 Tutorial 8 Reality TV; Cybercrime Plagiarism, quotations, paraphrasing
22-Apr 16 Identity Fraud Cuganesan & Lacey Work on essay

11 27-Apr NO MONDAY LECTURE Read Best

Tutorial 9 Ethical knowledge; Identity Fraud Revising, editing and proof reading essays Reading Log 4
29-Apr 18 Quantitative Literacy Best Read Fairbairn, Finish essay

4-May 19 Technology and Indigenous People Radoll Read Radoll, Makinda

12 Tutorial 10 Quantitiative Literacy Critical thinking, interpretation of graphs Essay
6-May 20 Terrorism Makinda Read Marshall; Reflect on participation

MacAllister, Danna, Read MacAllister, Danna/Jacobson, Gould

11-May 21 Advertising and the Media
Jacobson Techology and Indigenous People; Essay feedback, tutorial participation Collect ads depicting masculinity/femininity
13 Tutorial 11 Reading Log 5
Terrorism exam preparation
13-May 22 Talkback Radio Gould Prepare exam revision program

18-May 23 Censorship Williams

14 Tutorial 12 Advertising and the Media; Talkback Radio Exam preparation, final countdown
20-May 24 Critical Retrospection

15 25-May Break