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Emerging Technologies
Class
Name, Number, and PIN Number
Emerging Technologies, TECH 3023
Instructor
Name, Phone Number, and Office Number
Cliff Layton, 918-343-7665, (Office) HH 253
Course
Prerequisite
Course
Description
This
course will cover the following emerging technologies at a somewhat
detailed introductory level, but the list of technologies is subject to
change by course students, professor and others, based on professor
discretion, as the course progresses, in terms of both additions and
deletions of technologies.
Each
student in the course will research and report on one or more of the
emerging technologies selected for the course; each report will be
in both written and presentation form. Each student in the course
will be responsible for demonstrating understanding of each
technology covered in the course at the depth of the course report on the
technology.
The
current list of possible emerging technologies for the course follows,
but these topics are only suggested.
A STUDENT IN THE CLASS MAY CHOOSE ANY OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
TOPIC FOR MY POSSIBLE OK FOR COURSE REPORTING!!
SAP Overview
SAP Office
SAP Cross-Application Components
SAP Collaboration Projects
SAP Logistics
SAP Accounting
SAP Human Resources
SAP Information Systems
SAP Tools
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Artificial Intelligence
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ASPs (Application Service Providers)
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Distributed Java Database and Computing Issues
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E-Commerce
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Internet Broadcasting
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Internet Collaboration
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Internet Multimedia
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Linux Platforms and Software
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Object-Oriented Databases and Software
Development
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SMIL
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Topic Maps
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Voice I/O (Computer Input/Output)
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Voice over IP (IP Telephony)
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XML
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Required
Text(s) and Materials
There
is no paper text for this course. The two main reasons are below.
1.
Emerging technologies are often too new to be adequately treated in paper
texts.
2.
The list of currently most promising emerging technologies is rapidly
changing over short-time frames.
Materials
for this course can be found on the WWW, on Internet listservs, in
Internet news groups, in magazines, through business/industry and other
experts, and sometimes in parts of many and varied very recently published
paper books.
An
Internet multimedia computer with microphone, Microsoft-Office
(especially Word and PowerPoint), and PalTalk are required. PalTalk
is FREE of charge and available from www.paltalk.com. Screen
grabber software such as SnagIt, HyperSnap, and MWSnap is required.
MWSnap is FREE for download at the below.
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
Course
Objective(s)
1.
The student shall investigate and report on one or more of the emerging
technologies listed in the Course Description. Each report will be
in the form of a paper and a presentation (stand-up or web or both).
2.
The student shall demonstrate understanding of each of selected emerging
technologies discussed in the course, in terms of threaded or other
discussion in the unit of the course in which the technology is the unit
main topic.
3.
The student shall demonstrate understanding of each of selected emerging
technologies discussed in the course, in terms of a
mid-term exam, a final exam, or both.
Teaching
Methods (Student-Instructor Interaction)
The primary modes of Teacher/Student interaction in the course will be
e-mail, e-file transfer, document sharing (in RSU Online), the WWW for
presentation posting, PalTalk (for multipoint audio conferencing),
threaded discussion (in RSU Online or other site).
You
should communicate with me, and send files to me through e-mail and
e-mail attachment, regarding your questions, assignments, etc. I will
communicate with you similarly.
Multiple
files should be sent in one attachment, where appropriate, by zipping the
files together prior to sending the result; and I may send several files
to you zipped together, with unzipping required at your location. If you
do not have zipping/unzipping software or do not know how to use it, I
will send you instructions on how to get it, or on how to use it.
Threaded
discussion topics, appropriate to several of those involved in the course
at one time, will be posted and added to in the threaded discussion area,
which should be checked frequently.
Student
presentations on emerging technologies will be posted on the WWW, and
discussion of these presentations will be supported by threaded
discussion and document sharing (in RSU Online) or other discussion, and
PalTalk conferencing. As the course progresses, please expect
changes in topics to be covered in the course consistent with current
emerging technologies; these changes, if any, will be announced in the
Message Center area online and through e-mail to you.
Excepting
holidays, sometimes weekends, and cases in which I am on trips away from
e-mail, I will respond to e-mail and e-file-transfers daily. I hope you
will do likewise.
Other
forms of Teacher/Student interaction such as phone, FAX,
online-conferencing, etc. may also be used in the course.
Evaluation
Techniques
Evaluation will be based on
totaling scoring of a portfolio of weekly projects, and on NON- PROCTORED
Mid-Term and Final Exams. This is detailed in the General Topic
Outline and Agenda. Please see Grading Policies in RSU Online or
below, if possible.
Grading
System
The course grading system is keyed to the Evaluation Techniques indicated above and on the
General Topic Outline and Agenda below, according to the following scale.
90%
-- 100% A
79%
-- 89% B
65%
-- 78% C
50%
-- 64% D
0%
-- 49% F
Attendance
Policies
In an online course version,
attendance corresponds to contact between student and instructor at least
twice per week. In a traditionally offered version of the course,
attendance will be taken by roll call or student sign-in.
Attendance and late arrivals are not directly factored into grading in
the course, but it is highly unlikely that students in the course not
having contact with the instructor at least twice per week, or attending
traditional classes regularly, will generally do well in the course.
Late
Assignments and Make-up Work Policy
Late assignment
submission and test make-up will not be allowed, subject to negotiation
(not recommended).
General Topic Outline and Agenda
For
a Summer course, please map the work in weeks 1 and 2 (below) to week 1
(in Summer), the work in weeks 3 and 4 to week 2, etc., so that the
course will become an 8-week course in Summer with the coverage indicated
below.
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Week
Number
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Topic
to Be Covered
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Assignment
or Test Due at Week End
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Worth
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1
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Course Overview and Selection/Assignment of
Course Emerging Technologies
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Threaded or Other Discussion
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2%
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2
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Course Overview and Selection/Assignment of
Course Emerging Technologies
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Threaded or Other Discussion
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2%
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3
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Emerging Technology 1
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference,
and Discussion
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x%
2%
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4
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Emerging Technology 2
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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5
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Emerging Technology 3
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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6
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Emerging Technology 4
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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7
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Emerging Technology 5
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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8
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Emerging Technology 6
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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Mid-Term
Exam
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10%
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9
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Emerging Technology 7
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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10
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Emerging Technology 8
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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11
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Emerging Technology 9
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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12
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Emerging Technology 10
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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13
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Emerging Technology 11
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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14
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Emerging Technology 12
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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15
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Emerging Technology 13
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Student Presentation and PalTalk Conference, and
Discussion
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x%
2%
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16
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Final
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20%
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NOTE1:
For ALL students, threaded or other discussion participation will count
2% each week excepting the week of the Final.
NOTE2:
A student presentation will be given in each of most weeks of the course,
and the student giving the presentation will be required to be available
synchronously in a PalTalk audio/text Internet conference in which the
instructor and other students in the class will participate. For
the student giving the presentation, the worth of the presentation and
conferencing will be x %, were x is 40/n and n is the number of
presentations given in the course by the student. The number of
presentations given by each students will depend
on the number of students in the class, and negotiations between
instructor and each student.
NOTE3:
Attendance of the PalTalk synchronous conferences is not required, but
content of the conferences will be open to testing even if different from
the content of students presentations (MS-Word
Documents); these conferences may be recorded for asynchronous
sharing. Also, participation in the PalTalk conferences will be
counted for extra credit.
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NOTE 4 (mid-term exam): On the mid-term
exam, 10 student reports should be summarized in essay form. Each
report should be at least .75 page in length,
in small font and single-spaced. The reports will be specified as
the course progresses.
NOTE 5
(final-exan): On the final exam, 10 student reports should be
summarized in essay form. Each report should be at least .75 page in length, in small font and
single-spaced. The reports will be specified as the course
progresses.
The
end of a week will be considered to be Sunday immediately following the
week at midnight.
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Academic
Misconduct
Students
are expected to follow university policies as put forth in the
institution''s Student Code of Responsibilities and Conduct. In
accordance with Title 12 of The Student Code (page 11), instances of alleged
academic misconduct will follow the policies and procedures as described
in Title 12. As a general rule, Faculty at Rogers State University have the responsibility of enforcing the academic
code. Therefore, if academic misconduct is suspected, I will submit a
letter of alleged academic misconduct to the Office of Student Affairs.
Non-academic
Misconduct
In
order to maintain an effective learning environment, students are
expected to fully comply with The Student Code. Disruptive
behavior will not be tolerated. It is the responsibility of each student
to read and become familiar with the policies of The Student Code.
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The Rogers
State University Plagiarism Statement
Plagiarism is the representation of the words or ideas of
another as one’s own, including: direct quotation without both
attribution and indication that the material is being directly quoted,
e.g. quotation marks; paraphrase without attribution; paraphrase with
or without attribution where the wording of the original remains
substantially intact and is represented as the author’s own; expression
in one’s own words, but without attribution, of ideas, arguments, lines
of reasoning, facts, processes, or other products of the intellect
where such material is learned from the work of another and is not part
of the general fund of common knowledge.
Americans with
Disabilities Act
Rogers State University is committed to providing
students with disabilities equal access to educational programs and
services. Any student who has a disability that he or she
believes will require some form of academic accommodation must inform
the professor of such need during or immediately following the first
class attended. Before any educational
accommodation can be provided, it is the responsibility of each student
to prove eligibility for assistance by registering for services through
Student Affairs.
Students
needing more information about Student Disability Services should
contact:
Director
of Student Development
Rogers
State University
1701
W. Will Rogers Blvd.
Claremore,
OK 74017
918-343-7579
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