Cancelled IT Innovation and Change (ITIaC)
Course content
The purpose of the course is to develop students'
theoretical and practical skills in conducting an IT innovation
project within an existing organisation. It is strongly recommended
to contact a suitable company before the beginning of the course.
The focus of the course is on generating innovative IT
designs, based on an analysis of the interplay between IT and
human actions in an organisational context.
A great deal of students in computer science and other IT-related
educations will after completion of their studies find themselves
involved in IT innovation processes within existing organisations.
This course is intended to prepare and train those students for
this task.
The course could be seen as a preparation course for practical
project work later in ones graduate studies.
The course is organised in two tracks: a practical and a
theoretical.
In the practical track, the students (in groups of
4-5) will conduct an IT innovation project for a minor
company, a department in a larger company, a non-profit
organisation or the like. Students are strongly encouraged to make
contact with a potential company prior to the course. The students
will investigate problems and opportunities in the company's
current way of producing products and services based on which
coherent visions for IT-based changes are proposed. The project
will be carried out in close collaboration with management,
employees and other interest groups. Throughout the course, there
will be lectures introducing an IT innovation method and
supervision to support the project work.
The theoretical track consists of lectures and student
presentations. Here the students will develop their argumentative
skills, and learn to reflect and combine knowledge gained through
the student projects, the applied method, and the course
literature.
The course requires active participation from each student. It is
expected that the students conduct an IT design project with an
organisation. It is also expected that the students will present
part of the course literature, and engage in discussions on the
topics presented.
MSc Programme in Computer Science
Knowledge of
- Techniques for analysing a company's current situation and challenges including ethnographic methods
- Methods for the active involvement of users including participatory design
- Techniques to create and anchor visions for IT-based change such as prototyping and workshops
Skills to
- Analyse a company's current problems and opportunities
- Design visions for IT-based change
- Plan implementations of visions for IT-based change
- Reflect on the choice of method and techniques in own projects
- Presenting the result of a design project as a report
Competences to
- Write a report summarising and reflecting on a design project
- Work in groups on a design project
- Communicate effectively with people that are not part of a design project such as end-users and project owners
A mixture of lectures combined with group and project work.
The students (in groups of 4-5) will conduct an IT innovation
project for a minor company, a department in a larger company, a
non-profit organisation or the like. It is strongly recommended to
contact a suitable company before the beginning of the
course.
Is expected to be:
K. Bødker, F. Kensing and J. Simonsen: Participatory IT Design. Designing for Business and Workplace Realities. MIT Press latest edition.
A compendium with texts that supplement and put the textbook into perspective.
See Absalon for the actual list of course literature.
It is highly recommended that students master a structured and
methodical approach to group work. Students should have experience
in giving constructive and positive criticism to fellow students.
Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is
recommended.
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- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written assignment, during courseOral examination, 20 minutes
- Type of assessment details
- Specifically, the exam consists of two parts:
1. A group report based on the group project (written assignment)
2. An individual oral examination (without preparation) based on the group report and group project
The written and oral examination are not weighted, why only one overall assessment is provided for the entire exam. - Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several internal examiners
Criteria for exam assessment
See Learning Outcome.
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 32
- Preparation
- 78
- Project work
- 76
- Exam Preparation
- 19
- Exam
- 1
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- NDAK10006U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedulegroup
-
B
- Capacity
- No limit.
- Studyboard
- Study Board of Mathematics and Computer Science
Contracting department
- Department of Computer Science
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinator
- Finn Kensing (7-716b74796f746d466a6f34717b346a71)
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