63.135 Information Technology and Society

David Keil (dkeil@frc.mass.edu)

Framingham State College, Spring 2008

Syllabus (PDF)

Assignments (PDF)

Group work and study questions (PDF)

Critical thinking (PDF)

Topics (with slides):

Introduction

Background (hardware, operating systems, networks, applications)

1. The information-technology revolution

2. Privacy and security

3. Freedom of expression

4. Intellectual property and IT

5. Work, education, and culture

6. Risks, control, and evaluation of IT

7. Ethics of IT professionals

8. The information economy, globalization, decentralization