Instructor: David Rheams
Office: N/A
Office hours: By Appointment
Email: [email protected]
Class Website Link
Lecture: Tuesday & Thursday 7:00p to 8:15p
Location: ATC 2.602
Department: ATEC
This course investigates interrelations among digital media technologies, economic practices, governmental institutions, and sociopolitical processes. This semester, we’ll examine global industries and supply-chains for digital technologies, labor, and leisure in digital culture, environmental and economic impacts of digital technologies, as well as emerging economies and artificial intelligence.
<aside> 🤔 Remember that you’re an active participant in putting this class together. This isn't a class where I present information, and your job is to memorize it for future use. Instead, the goal of the class is to uncover ideas and present them in a new light so that we can recognize how economic forces shape people and communities.
Students will be asked to help facilitate lectures and contribute to case studies throughout the semester. In addition, we will be working in groups during almost every class.
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Class website: This website will have your schedule, lectures, instructions, reading materials, and everything else you need. If you're reading this, then you're in the right place.
**MS Teams:** We will use MS Teams as the ****place for you to meet during lab, have class discussions, and talk to me! It's not perfect, but it will serve our purposes.
eLearning: We'll use eLearning to turn in your assignments and any other class materials for a grade. However, this website is the source of truth for all dates and activities. So if you want to know when something is due, check here first.
Miro: We'll use Miro for brainstorming activities. While I prefer actual sticky notes, whiteboards, and anything else likely to make a mess - this digital equivalent will have to work for now.
Hypothes. Is: This is an online annotation tool we will use as a group. It allows us to set up groups to see each other’s comments, questions, and critiques on the weekly readings.
After taking this course, you should be able to recognize the forces behind digital economies. You will also gain a foundation in systems thinking that allows you to view complex systems in their entirety.
I will mention these writing and organization tools during the semester. They all have a free option. I’ll add to this list as we go through the semester.