Unit 5Nicole Byerley, Jonathon Green, Jonathon Leff, Brad

Millikan, Haylee Sark, Chad Westerick

“The Coming Robot Army”Military shaped

by two trends…I. Aversion to

casualties II. Reliance on

technology

Force Multiplier: “doing the most damage, with less people”

• Raven • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)• Over 3,000 purchased

“The Coming Robot Army”

Pros:

I. More firepower

II. Decreased risk for human life

III. Not bound by human limits

IV. Save lives

Cons:

I. Robots fire autonomously

II. More difficult to assign responsibility for deaths

III. Dehumanization of war

IV. War becomes routine/a progarm

Google and the Future of Books

1998 Copyright Act Term Extension Act

“Archiving Writers’ Work in the Age of E-mail”

Article starts out with story about John Updike and his writing on floppy disks.

Three thoughts went with this situation:“These trappings of the digital age will

transform the way libraries preserve and exhibit literary collections”

Universities are going to have to spend money on new equipment and training

People will be able to learn more about writers than they ever have before

“Archiving Writers’ Work in the Age of E-mail”

Some universities are hiring in people to transfer info from old computers to new systems (one of the hardest tasks)

New discoveries happen everyday since computers appeared in writers livesTracing back the URL’s for possible inspirationSocial Networking Sites

Wikipedia in the Newsroom

Some Wikipedia citations seem to sneak into the print mainly because editors don’t catch them.

“Turducket” is an odd word that describes the method in which information gets transferred.

Wikipedia is made up by about “1/5 of the editing is done by anonymous users” (Computers in Society)

Online disclaimer: “Anyone with an internet connection can alter the content…nothing found here has been necessarily reviewed by people with expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate, or reliable information”.

Wikipedia in the Newsroom

Wikipedia nowadays appears to be a useful “source guide”.

Names of researchers books have been published and can be used as a quick way to find resources through wikipedia

College professors have discouraged students from using any information from wikipedia in their assignments

E-Mail in Academia(Meredith Weiss and Dana Hanson-Baldauf)

Cognitive Presence

“an atmosphere of inquiry and higher-order learning that supports critical thinking, reflection, knowledge construction, collaboration, and discourse”

Purpose of study

Explore differences between professors (digital immigrants) and undergraduate students (digital natives) at the University of North Carolina.Regarding their expectationsRegarding their use of emailRegarding e-mails perceived impact on instructional outcomes and

student success

Study posed questions:

1. What do faculty and students perceive as appropriate e-mail use in their communication?

2. How do faculty and students actually use e-mail in communicating with one another?

3. Does e-mail communication have a perceived positive impact on learning, grades, and faculty-student familiarity

Results:

1. Both faculty and students generally agree on appropriate use of e-mail correspondence, although faculty are less likely

2. E-Mail usage - Faculty: send out reminders, feedback, announcements, items of interest- Students: set appointments, turn in and discuss assignments, grade clarification

3. Both agree e-mail has positive impact but research shows positive and negative‒ Faculty: Feel students can become apprehensive about using email due to direct

communication with instructor rather than group communication Students: More often believe e-mail leads to higher grades

Conclusion Faculty presence thorough e-mail usage highly effective in

establishing cognitive thought in students by using scholarly thought and dialogue

Continued collegial advancement and student- instructor interaction dependent on one-on-one communication with each other

Faculty: Critical for faculty to understand e-mail in order to save them time, and alleviate

student communication concerns

Students: E-mail etiquette is needed amongst student to help clearly and effectively

communicate with faculty and one another

QuestionsTrue or False: Google is infringing on copyright

issues.

How long dies the copyright extend today?A: Lasts as long as author plus 70 years

B: Lasts as long as the record label

C: None of the above

QuestionsTrue or False: Google is infringing on copyright

issues.

How long dies the copyright extend today?A: Lasts as long as author plus 70 years

B: Lasts as long as the record label

C: None of the above

Questions1. True or False; Doing the most damage, with less

people is a Force Multiplier.

2. What is a Raven?

A: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

B: Aerial Vehicle

C: A Plane

D: None of the Above

Questions1. True or False; Doing the most damage, with

less people is a Force Multiplier.True

2. What is a Raven?

A: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

B: Aerial Vehicle

C: A Plane

D: None of the Above

Questions3. True or False: Wikipedia nowadays appears to

be a useful “source guide”.

4. Wikipedia is made up by about “_____of the editing is done by anonymous users”

A: 1/3

B: 1/5

C: ½

D: 4/5

Questions3. True or False: Wikipedia nowadays appears to be a

useful “source guide”.

False 1/5

4. Wikipedia is made up by about “_____of the editing is done by anonymous users”

A: 1/3

B: 1/5

C: ½

D: 4/5

Questions5. True or False: Some universities are hiring in

people to transfer info from old computers to new systems

6. Article starts out with story about John Updike and his writing on _______.

A: USB Drives

B: a notebook

C: Floppy Disks

Questions5. True or False: Some universities are hiring in

people to transfer info from old computers to new systems

True

6. Article starts out with story about John Updike and his writing on _______.

A: USB Drives

B: a notebook

C: Floppy Disks

Questions7. Is it a students responsibility to assist the

faculty in improving their e-mail etiquette or is it the faculties responsibility to improve the student etiquette?

8. Has e-mail generated loss of interpersonal communication between instructors and students?