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A report from an online course on global disruption and information technology

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Bill Tomlinson,

Donald J. Patterson,

Bonnie NardiAuthors Info & Claims

LIMITS '16: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Computing within Limits

Article No.: 7, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/2926676.2926689

Published: 08 June 2016 Publication History

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"Computing Within Limits" represents a new paradigm in thinking about computing. To help communicate this new perspective to a broader audience, we created, taught, and are continuing to teach a multi-campus online course through the University of California (UC) titled "Global Disruption and Information Technology." This article presents a report on our experiences designing this course and delivering the first two offerings to several hundred UC undergraduates. We discuss the history and motivation for the course; specific details of the course content; the technological platforms used in delivering the course; the student population; and the student experience taking the course. We hope that this paper, detailing our efforts at "teaching LIMITS," will help others interested in offering similar courses take advantage of our experiences and help more students become engaged with this critical set of issues.

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A report from an online course on global disruption and information technology
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Distance learning
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information science education

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LIMITS '16: Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Computing within Limits

June 2016

106 pages

ISBN:9781450342605

DOI:10.1145/2926676

General Chair:
Bonnie Nardi
UC Irvine
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Barath Raghavan
ICSI
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Daniel Pargman
KTH

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