Main Page
From DPLS707
DPLS 707--Leadership and Technology: 3 credits--Fall 2009
Last Update...19 November
Instructor: James Beebe Office: Tilford 226 Office phone: (509) 313-3484 Home phone: (509) 456-2571 e-mail: beebe@gonzaga.edu Office hours: Wednesday on class days 3:30-5:30 and other times by appointment
Class Dec 2 Potluck James Beebe's house. 1249 S. Wall St. Corner Wall and 13th, South Hill, Spokane. Appropriate technology will be available. Come prpared to finish presentations, consider the future, and make suggestions about the future of the course.
Disability Access and Accommodation Statement
If you need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability, please contact Kathryne Shearer, Director, Disability Resources, Education, and Access Management as soon as possible. Her office is in Foley Library, 2nd Floor (phone: 313-4134). Mrs. Shearer will help verify the need for accommodations and develop accommodation strategies. If you have not contacted them previously, I encourage you to do so. Course Information
SYLLABUS AND GOOGLE GROUP Syllabus for DPLS 707 Fall 2009 is a WIKI at http://wiki.gonzaga.edu/dpls707 Everyone in the class will be able to change the syllabus and is encouraged to do so!Instead of a Blackboard site, the course will make use of a Google Group site http://groups.google.com/group/dpls-707 . About August 18, everyone who is enrolled in the course will be enrolled in the WIKI and the Google Group. As a group we can decide on Facebook, etc. Details on individual sessions will begin appearing on the WIKI the week of August 17.
WIKI HELP.
Wikipedia:Cheatsheet, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BOOK LIST. There are no required books for the course. We will be making extensive use of resources on the web supplemented by full text journal articles available through Foley and selections from books in pdf format and available as files on Google Groups. Materials from books will be consistent with Fair Use Guidelines for eReserve so must be registered for the Google Group to have access to the materials.
REQUIRED SUBSCRIPTION TO WIRED
According to WIRED, "Success is staying ahead of the curve. That's why you need Wired, the award-winning monthly that connects you to the people, companies, technologies, and ideas that are transforming the way we live. Find out what it all means to business, society - and you - with this special offer." Subscribe OR PURCHASE MONTLY ISSUES THROUGH DECEMBER. http://www.wired.com/wired/ CATALOGUE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Philosophical perspectives on technology in today's societies and the role of leadership in enhancing organizations through technology are discussed.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Technology is one aspect of the accelerating change that leaders must deal with. Leadership responsibilities in organizations will increasingly influence, and be influenced by technology. This course is designed to provide a foundation for understanding technology. Change is so rapid, any specific technology you learn about in this course could be obsolete before the end of the semester and will likely be replaced by something newer, faster, and easier to use before you will actually use it. Therefore the focus of the course is not on specific technologies or applications. There is, however, an assumption that since Computer/Internet technology is likely to provide a foundation for some of the near future, everyone needs to have some familiarity with the vocabulary, basic concepts, and current applications associated with it. The goal is to provide everyone with a sufficiently solid foundation that they can then keep up with the technology as it evolves.
The course is intended to reflect upon the content of nearly every other course in the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies. Technology can impact every discipline, but has special implications for leadership and organizational change. The "Leadership and Technology Project" for this course is designed to allow students to explore the implications of technology in her or his chosen field while making use of technology instead of a traditional paper. Please note that technology does not mean computers.
This syllabus will remain under construction for the duration of the course. . As a class we will make decisions about the contents of the class. You are invited to reflect on what you would like to get out of the course and change the syllabus to ensure these issues are covered. There will be an advanced assignment that will be due the first class session.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The course is organized around four modules: Access, Social Networks, Innovations, and the Future.
SESSION 1: Sept 2. , Introduction to the course, accessing resouces including materials, information, and people
NOTE: There is no class on September 16, time for planning, experimenting with virtual community, groups activities
SESSION 2: Sept 30, Social networks and virtual organizations
SESSION 3: Oct 14, Facilitating the work of social networks, analysis,
SESSION 4: Oct 28, Diffusion of innovations and alternative models
SESSION 5: Nov 4, Creating environments for innovation and use of technology
SESSION 6: Nov 18, Ethics, future trends, and technology/biology.
SESSION 7: Dec 3, More on keeping up with the future, presentations on technology and leadership
Course Objectives
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
1. Define selected concepts relevant to the technology 2. Identify critical issues pertinent to technological change and discuss their implications for individuals and society. 3. Identify key issues relating to the ethics of technology 4. Discuss the role and requirements of leaders in environments being impacted by Technology.
Web Based Syllabus
Expect modification in topics and presenters throughout the term by both the instructors and members of the class. Expect major changes after the September 2 class. Major Assignments
In addition to the regular week to week assignments, everyone will be responsible for doing a (a) book review, (b) project, and (c) class presentation. In addition, everyone is encouraged, but not required, to share some technology with the class by doing one or more short, hand-on presentations.
Book Review, choice of book DATE TBA. Book Review, posting of review and location where review has been posted DATE TBA
Project Topic (Project can be individual or group. All projects should have a web site. Presentations on projects should make use of Power Point. Requirements can be negotiated. DATE TBA Web Page Practice Site
Class Presentation. Choice of a Topic for a Class Presentation. Any of the TOPICS or suggest a new one. Feel free to change or add to what is included in the syllabus, make changes directly in WIKI. Find new and better content.
Hands-on Presentation and Tools. Choice of a Topic for a Hands-on Presentation Identify session where you believe it would be appropriate. DATE
Possible topics for Hands-on Presenations include but are not limited to
Scanning Pens GPS Safe surfing Privacy Spyware Computer security On line storage Facebook Skype Assessment and Grading
Everyone who completes all assignments and actively participates in class and on Google Groups can expect an A. Students who do not complete all the assignments by Session 7, can expect an I until the assignments are done. Note that the I remains on your transcript even after a letter grade has been assigned. Assignment delays due to technology problems are understood and even expected. Timely completion of assignments is critical for both the individual and the other members of the class. Failure to contribute in a timely way to group activities will result in a grade reduction. It is important to keep up. Resources
The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies is an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture. While primarily virtual, RCCS's institutional framework and technological facilities reside at the University of Washington where it is hosted by the Department of Communication. http://rccs.usfca.edu/
Full length book reviews each month
http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp
Books about Women and Information Technology Arranged by year. http://www.umbc.edu/cwit/cwitbooks.html
Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology [1]
FOLDOC Free on-line dictionary of computing [2]
WHATIS?COM An information technology dictionary of definitions, computer terms, tech glossaries and cheat sheets covering the Web, Internet, computers and technology. [3] Course Content and Requirements
Post to Google Groups Prior to Session One.
* Welcome and introduction
* Identify at least four items from the Discovering Computers Brief book that you did not know or
that you have questions about.
* Reflection on networks you belong to, how you became part of them, what is required to get
the most out of them.
Add to the Course WIKI As Soon as Possible.
* Identify the Hands-on activities you would like to see covered in the course.
* Identify the Hands-on activities you would like to present on.
* Identify the course topic you would like to present on.
* Identify a book for a book review.
* Begin to find articles in WIRED magazine that would be of interest to your classmates.
Identify the main point. By the end of the term everyone should have identified several points and commented on the postings of their classmates as appropriate.
Look for details on sessions beginning week of August 18. Be prepared to add to detials and materials on sessions.
Richard's Input
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to see: state of the art graphics blogs, next generation networking, interactive computer learning.
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to present on: Second Life as a graduate learning environment.
* Course Topic I'd like to present on: Virtual Leadership simulations.
* Book for Review: Leading Geeks by Glenn, Baister and Bennis
Ellen's Input
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to see: exploring kidcom; exploring ways to teach interactive internet security threats; ethical use of the
internet/software; cyber bullying.
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to present on: Digital flexbooks used in school classrooms.
* Course Topic I'd like to present on: digital divide.
* Book for Review: Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet
Trish's Input
*Book for Review: The Future Arrived Yesterday by Michael Malone
*I am interested in the topic of safe surfing, also would like to learn more about building websites.
Chuck's Input
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to see: Website construction; electronic medical records; disaster patient tracking
innovations; protecting privacy and civil liberties in the cyber age; cyberwarfare
* Hands-on Activities I'd like to present on: Not sure yet?????
* Course Topic I'd like to present on: Electronic patient tracking in a disaster response aeromedical evacuation.
* Book for Review: Digital Shock: Confronting the New Reality
Ron’s input
* Hands-on activities I'd like to see: blog and/or website construction. Twitter and Facebook demonstration (relevance to
social networking). Oline stoarge options and demonstration.
* Hands-on activitiy presentaion(s): exploring powerpoint construction and presentations, Facebook as a
social network, Twitter and online storage.
* Identify the course topic you would like to present on: Leadership in the electronic storage industry. In addition, rockin'
Ron's brief presentation: Constructing a PowerPoint poster as a leadership tool.
* Identify a book for a book review: The Cult of the Amateur, by Andrew Keen .
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES BY CLASS SESSION
Hands-on activities are generally issues that can be covered in about 20 minutes or less and often are demonstrations of how things looks and work. I have not included topics that look to me as though they cannot be covered in a short time and topics that are already planned for the course. I would like to see us add protecting privacy and civil liberties in the cyber age to our ethics materials.
Possible hands-on activities beased on expressed interest:
state of the art graphics blogs
exploring Adobe Acrobat Meeting Rooms
exploring ways to teach interactive
internet security threats
cyber bullying
electronic medical records
disaster patient tracking innovations
Please provide some detail about your hand-on activity, including links to additional resources as appropriate. Identify the names or the names of the individuals doing the hands-on activity. Given the small size of the class, folks may want to present more than one hands-on activity. This might be covering the topic you indicated you would like to present on and a topic someone else is intetered in. (The understanding is that no one has to be an expert to be willing to try exploring a topic!)
Sept 30
Oct 14
Chuck will present on patient tracking in disaster response. This will also relate to the issue of electronic medical records and broader issues of privacy and civil liberties. As I don't have access to the system used by the government (at least in the classroom), actual patients and C-130 cargo aircraft to load them on, the "hands on" portion may be a little weak. However, I do have briefings and pictures.
The following links provide a bit of a background:
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/decision-support-system-aids-military-during-patient-transfers
http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/natlsystem/natlsysapc.htm
Oct 28
I (Richard) will present on interactive learning environments, including using second life as a learning environment, as well as demoing some of the different serious game engines and their application to leadership. (We did this at the last session (September 29th) so I'll assume I won't cover anything additional, unless someone wants to look at the serious game stuff.
What I will do is give a very brief presentation of how to capture interview data and move it to text without hiring an expensive transciptionist using voice recognition SW.
Nov 4
I (Trish)would like to address the topic of Cyberbullying (my presentation) during this session.
The Ron will present "Twitter" or short message system (SMS), the social network and microblogging service notably popular today.
Nov 18
KidCom by Ellen
Ron will present: Leadership in the electronic storage industry.
Dec 3
Rockin' Ron's brief presentation: Constructing a PowerPoint poster as a tool for presentations in leadership.
Trish is going to come up with some demo?????????
WEB SITE CREATION HINTS
How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/startwebsite.shtml
HTML Editors - Web Page Authoring Tools http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmleditors/HTML_Editors_Web_Page_Authoring_Tools.htm
Review: 5 Free HTML Editors http://mirificampress.com/permalink/5_free_html_editors
Web Site Tools from CNET http://download.cnet.com/windows/web-site-tools/?tag=bc
PageBreeze Free HTML Editor has both visual (WYSIWYG) and HTML tag/source modes. http://www.pagebreeze.com/
A Review of Kompozer WYSIWYG Web Page Authoring Software http://freeware-shareware.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_open_source_html_and_website_editor
Tutorial on how to create your first web site with KomPoZer web editor http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/kompozer-tutorial-1.shtml
STUDENT WEB SITES
Find a place for your web site and create a practice page. List below the url and make it a link for your practice site following your name. This can also be the site for your course project web site.
Richard's website http://www.casualintuitionist.com
Also, if you prefer blog sites, here is my family blog site. It also has a link that allows you to create your own, for no money!
http://grimmettnews.blogspot.com/
Ellen's draft website using a template and hosting from intuit http://hstrial-ellencavanaugh.intuitwebsites.com/index.html
Chuck's draft website using intuit: http://servantgovernment.intuitwebsites.com/index.html
Ron's draft website using blogspot.com: http://hammertime-spokane.blogspot.com/
POSTERS and POWERPOINT RESOURCES
Design of Scientific Posters http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/posters.html
Poster-making 101 (General introduction) http://abacus.bates.edu/~bpfohl/posters/
Poster Presentations Using PowerPoint 2007 http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/media/Media,86905,en.pdf
Research Poster Templates (commercial source)http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html
Creating Effective Poster Presentations Using PowerPoint (power point presentation) http://meded.ucsd.edu/assets/51/File/MEDS_Poster_HANDOUT_07.ppt
CLASS PRESENTATIONS
Approximately twenty minutes of guided class discussion on content area.
Oct 14
I will be covering Social Network Analysis, at least read my website summary. If you'd like to play a bit, download the Ucinet and play with it a bit, or read the book summary.
Oct 28
Digital Divide by Ellen
Here are some articles that have influenced my presentation.
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2009/PIP_Generations_2009.pdf
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2006/Generations-Online.aspx?r=1
http://www.benton.org/publibrary/nationonline/bringing_a_nation.pdf
Nov 4
Trish is presenting "cyberbullying."
Nov 18
The Innovation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the Future of Warfare: Societal and Ethical Implications by Chuck Riley
The following articles from Wired, CNN and Time provide a little background:
"The Good Enough Revolution," Sept Issue, bottom of pg 3 through pg 4 http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_goodenough?currentPage=3
"Remote warfare ushers new kind of stress" http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/wus.warfare.pilots.uav/index.html
"A New Kind of 'Top Gun' for a New Kind of War" http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1927766,00.html
"Robert Gates: Overhaul the Pentagon," Oct Issue http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-10/ff_smartlist_gates
Ron will present: Leadership in the electronic storage industry.
Dec 3
PowerPoint Poster Presentation
PowerPoint poster presentations can be useful in presenting and sharing academic research, grant proposals, official business, strategic plans, etc. Unlike PowerPoint slides, posters are more intimate, allow time for questions and foster more of an individual discussion between the creator and the panel, are less intimidating (due to smaller size of group), allows more time with the audience, and creates potential to showcase the work visually.
I will create a basic PowerPoint Poster and give examples how this technology can be useful in the field of leadership.
See link (Posters Making 101) for more information: http://abacus.bates.edu/~bpfohl/posters/
Ron
PROJECT TOPICS: Revised Thoughts on Technology, Leadership, and the Future Presentations on Dec 3
Select a specific leadership issue that you are involved in. Topic should align with social networking, innovation, and ethical issues of the digital divide. Consider the role of technology is doing the leadership. Demonstrate and/or push some use of technology, create a web presence, and present about it. Identify resources, including skills you have or might want to develop. Let your imagination run wild. Might build upon something else you have done in the course. Post below your topic, links to your technology, links to resources (might be part of a wiki, blog, web page, or even power point presentation. Prepare a 10-15 minute presentation backed up by technology.
Nov 4 - Innovation
Flexbooks and Creative Commons by Ellen Flexbooks are customizable digital textbooks designed to address specific state standards. Teachers or students select the chapters, sections, and /or graphics that teach to specific learning targets. "This project is not about creating more of a digital divide but about providing access to information for all students." Virtually developed and continually evolving. Is this the textbook of the future? Take a look: http://about.ck12.org/
Nov 18
Dec 3
One of the biggest challenges with any sort of qualitative research is presenting the information, making it come alive for the person who we are trying to reach, and giving voice to those who we research. I will be displaying a fairly simple and inexpensive way to use Computer Graphics to animate characters and endow them with voice. This could well be a useful way for engaging in effective ethnodrama. I'll give a brief overview of the ethnodrama subject, then show how an inexpensive program can be used with fairly limited technical ability to created animated presentations including lip synching. The results can be quite realistic and engaging. I may ask for help earlier in recording some voice for this.
Bridging the Digital Divide through Recycling/Reusing Computers: With the stated motto of "Technology for Social Justice," the organzation Infoxchange Australia is "actively involved in grassroots activities aimed at ensuring that all those who wish to access the new technologies can do so irrespective of income, ability or disadvantage" ("About us," 2009).
One of Infoxchange's (link below) initiatives involves refubishing used Australian government and corporate computers otherwise set for costly and environmentally complicated disposal and providing them to economically disadvantaged people and communities.
http://www.infoxchange.net.au/content/about-us
Here's an explanation of Infoxchange's "Green PC" program, which is the model for my project presentation.
I will present on implementing a similar initiative to bridge the digital divide locally.
While researching my project presentation I found the following organization at Washington State University Department of Governmental Studies and Services dedicated to tackling issues of digital inclusion:
http://cbdd.wsu.edu/getinvolved/index.html
The link below is a white paper detailing the initiatives of the Washington Community Technology Opportunity Program
- Chuck
PowerPoint Poster Presentation
PowerPoint poster presentations can be useful in presenting and sharing academic research, grant proposals, official business, strategic plans, etc. Unlike PowerPoint slides, posters are more intimate, allow time for questions and foster more of an individual discussion between the creator and the panel, are less intimidating (due to smaller size of group), allows more time with the audience, and creates potential to showcase the work visually.
I will create a basic PowerPoint Poster and give examples how this technology can be useful in the field of leadership.
See link (Posters Making 101) for more information: http://abacus.bates.edu/~bpfohl/posters/
Ron
BOOK REVIEWS
Digital Shock: Confronting the New Reality by Herve Fischer
Review found at the bottom of the page in the following link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0773531149/ref=cm_cr_thx_view
Here's a link to first 9 chapters courtesy of Google Books:
- Chuck
My link has not yet appeared on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Digital-Politics-Commerce-Childhood/product-reviews/0262512564/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Here is a copy.. Ms. Montgomery's thorough investigations and clear writing style takes Generation Digital to a whole new level. I appreciated her attention to detail and complete analysis of the meaning of being a child in the 21st century. The initial hopes of the World Wide Web were to provide quick access to libraries of information for all individuals; therefore, "bridging the digital divide" (p.5). Along with the benefits came dangers of pornography, violence, and hate in the homes of many children; parents became fearful about the internet. Ms. Montgomery writes a balanced analysis of the trials and tribulations of those who grew up in the digital age...as well as offering insight for those generations to come. -Ellen
My review, also posted to Amazon.com is at: http://www.amazon.com/Leading-Geeks-Manage-Deliver-Technology/product-reviews/0787961485/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1D780S7YZKO71
In posting this review I was a bit disappointed, I had hope to post it on a different, more technical website. The interesting part about this is that books that are interdisciplinary are really in an unknown zone as far as the academic world is concerned. We have siloed ourselves so severely that to try and live in the areas in between is almost impossible. This reinforces an already fractured intellectual world. Bummer.
Richard
The Cult of the Amateur, by Andrew Keen
My review has not been published on Amazon as of 12-01-09. I will post the link when the review appears in the Amazon review section.
Ron
