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5CC009 Emerging Technologies - Draft Sem1

2012

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Academic Year 2011/12 Semester 1

Student Name:______________________________ Tutor: Barry Bird

Unit Name: FdSc Emerging Technologies Unit Code: 5CC009

Marks awarded for these portfolio tasks represent 100% of the total module grade.

Assessment Requirements

Week of issue: Teaching Week 3

Deadline for completion of all portfolio tasks: Teaching Week 13, Monday 7th

January 2013

4.15pm

Hand in at room WR213 IT Office 2nd

Floor Bilston Campus.

STUDENTS COMMENTS

TUTORS COMMENTS


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Learning Objective Tasks

LT01: Give a presentation on historical emerged system. Showing design, use of a method and thetechnical set up.

LT02: Research and report on four emerging technologies for two different business sectors.

LT03: Look at historic emerging technologies and choose two to research their development and uptakeby people and organisations over the past five years. Produce a time log of events

LT04: Identify key critical success factors related to emerging systems that could be used to followemerging systems development. Identify impacts on people, society and organisations andsuggest lessons learned for the future.

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate a range of technical and methodological skills, including design, implementation/integrationand evaluation, for the construction of interactive computing systems

Gain skills for effective management of technology by finding information on likely changes in emerging

technologies and their implications for business interest. Learn to be a critical informed consumer of such

foresight information

Develop skills and strategies for technology monitoring; Technology forecasting; and impact assessment

in the context of four prominent of emerging technologies; information technologies; biotechnology;

advanced materials; geographic predictions.

Develop an attention to emerging technologies and how to track pertinent developments; practical

sensitivity to the future; introduction to information exploitation tools; the capability to perform technologymonitoring, technology forecasting, and impact assessment.

Your Portfolio of tasks must include the following:

Report on an historical emerged system and presentation to peers with powerpoint notes.

Research Reports with comprehensive bibliographies. Research and report on four emergingtechnologies for two different business sectors.

Look at historic emerging technologies and choose two to research their development and uptake by

people and organisations over the past five years. Produce a time log of events

Identify key critical success factors related to emerging systems that could be used to follow emerging

systems development. Identify or create a model or design to help future generations with the forecast of

emerging technologies.


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Historical Emerged System

Task 1/ Task 2

Produce a report and give a presentation on a technical system that emerged between 8 and 12 years

ago and is now a base technology.

Show how it was born.

Using research on historic data and articles, map its development from an emerging technology to a

base technology. Quote any models or theories used by you in mapping the technological cycle. Is it

still in use today ? Or has it been overtaken by new innovation(s).

Evidence Report of Findings plus powerpoint presentation.

Report Word count 1000 -1200.

Powerpoint 10-15 slides, 8-10 minutes Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

The historical emerged system needs to be submitted by 8th

October 2012 Hand in at roomWR213 IT Office 2

ndFloor Bilston Campus. By 4:00pm

Four emerging technologies for two different business sectors.

Task 3, 4, 5, and 6

Research and report on Four Emerging Technologies (Tasks 3, 4, 5 and 6) for at least two different

sectors from :-

Biotechnology :-(for example)

Medicines

Agriculture

???

Advanced Materials:-(for example)

Solar systems

Electric Vehicles

New Fuel Sources

Polymers

Nanotechnology

????

Geographic Forecasting :-(for example)

Customer market segments

Global Positioning systems

Climate & Weather changes

Information systems

?????


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Produce brief reports on the four different systems that emerged between 0 and 3 years ago. Explain howthey were born. Quote any models or theories used by you in mapping the emerging systems.Using research on web sites, magazines, articles and other areas, actual examples must be found. Youmust use a discussion to cover the reasons why such systems emerged and recognise the stages of theirdevelopment so far.

A brief comparison of similarities and differences should be made between the four researched systems.

Evidence Discussion document on your Findings

Report Word count 2000 -4000. Criteria 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6

The four emerging technologies for two different business sectors needs to be submittedby 12

thNovember 2012 Hand in at room WR213 IT Office 2

ndFloor Bilston Campus. By

4:00pm

Effect of two Emerging Technologies on People and Organisations

Tasks 7/8

Look at historic emerging technologies and choose two to research their development and uptake by

people and organisations over the past five years. Identify any impacts on people, society and

organisations and suggest lessons learned for the future. Produce a time log of events

Evidence Time log of events plus report write up of development and take up of two emerging

systems.

Report Word count 1200 -2000. Criteria 3, 6, and 7

The Effect of two emerging Technologies on People and Organisations needs to be submitted by

10th

December 2012 Hand in at room WR213 IT Office 2nd

Floor Bilston Campus. By 4:00pm

Identify Critical Success Factors for Emerging Technologies

Task 9

Identify key critical success factors related to emerging systems that could be used to follow emergingsystems development. Identify or create a simple model or design to help future generations with the

forecast of emerging technologies.

Task 10

Read the case study on the Apple i-Phone interactive technology. Answer the related questions.

Design and suggest a practical user interface that may be used in the next ten years to converge several

current home based technologies.


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Evidence A model or design containing an explanation and list of critical success factors with

possible weighting for them. Examples of the factors as seen in historical and current emerged

systems. Practical user interface design for the future home.

Report Word count 1200-2000. Criteria 5, 6, and 7

The Identification of Critical Success Factors for Emerging Technologies needs to be submitted

by 7th

January 2013 Hand in at room WR213 IT Office 2nd

Floor Bilston Campus. By 4:00pm

Submission Criteria

All work that is submitted should be grammar and spell checked

Note this is individual work.

Penalties for late submission of coursework.

Standard School of Computing and information Technology arrangements apply. Any late

submission (without valid cause) will result in the grade of F0 being allocated to the coursework.

Procedure for requesting extensions.

Student collects an extension request form from your personal tutor and completed the form and

renegotiated a new deadline with the module tutor. This is then passed to the personal tutor as

confirmation.

Retrieval of Failure

Where a component has been failed and an E grade awarded for the module, reassessment will

normally take place in the following September.

Cheating

Cheating is an attempt to gain unfair advantage by dishonest means and includes plagiarism and

collusion. Cheating is a serious offence. You are advised to check the nature of each assessment.

You must work individually unless it is a group assessment. Refer to the subject guide for more

details.


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Grading Criteria for the Portfolio

Criteria Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade E Grade F

1.Introduction

and Explanation

An excellent

introduction with

the scene set for

the context of the

emerging or

emerged system.

Excellent report on

the historical

context and the

why and how of the

system.

Excellentunderstanding of

the subject shown

A very good

introduction with

the scene set for

the context of the

emerging or

emerged system.

A very good report

on the historical

context and the

why and how of the

system.

Very goodunderstanding of

the subject shown

A good

introduction with

most of the scene

set for the

context of the

emerging or

emerged system.

A good report on

the historical

context and the

why and how of

the system.

Good

understanding of

the subject shown

A satisfactory

introduction with

alot of the scene

set for the

context of the

emerging or

emerged system.

A satisfactory

report on the

historical context.

The why and how

of the systemshowed some

weakness in

understanding

A poor

introduction with

some of the

scene set for the

context of the

emerging or

emerged system.

A poor report on

the historical

context.

The why and how

of the systemshowed a lot of

weakness in

understanding

No real

introduction with

no scene set for

the context of th

emerging or

emerged system.

A very poor repo

with little or no

evidence of

research on the

historical contex

The why and howof the system wa

not understood a

showed no

understanding

2.Scope of the

Technology

An excellent scene

set with the extent

of the study

indicated by the

scope of

technolog(ies)

involved.

A very good scene

set with the extent

of the study

indicated by the

scope of

technolog(ies)

involved.

A good attempt

at setting the

scene with limited

extent of the

study shown by

the scope of

technolog(ies)involved. Or too

many technologies

covered in the

scope.

A satisfactory

attempt at setting

the scene with

little scope of

technolog(ies)

involved. Or too

many technologiescovered in the

scope.

A poor attempt

at setting the

scene with no

scope or

boundaries of

technolog(ies)

shown. Anundefined

mixture of

technologies

covered.

No real attempt

setting the scene

with no scope or

boundaries of

technolog(ies)

shown. An ad hoc

unstructuredstudy.

3.History An excellent

historical account

given of the origins

of the emerging

system(s). Reasons

for development

and take up weresubstantially

backed by

references.

A very good

historical account.

The origins of the

emerging system(s)

covered. Reasons

for development

and take up weremostly backed by

references.

A good historical

account. Most of

the origins of the

emerging

system(s) covered.

Reasons for

development andtake up were

backed by some

references.

A satisfactory

historical account.

Alot of the origins

of the emerging

system(s) covered.

Some reasons for

development andtake up were

backed by minimal

references.

A poor historical

account. Some of

the origins of the

emerging

system(s)

covered. Minimal

reasons fordevelopment and

take up were not

backed by

references.

No real attempt

an historical

account. No origi

of the emerging

system(s) covere

No reasons for

development andtake up. No

references.


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Criteria Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade E Grade F

4.Volumes,

Numbers and

Graphs

A compressive

inclusion of

statistical data.This supported the

report and /or

presentation.

Included volumes

and numbers shown

graphically. Time

line and /or timelog

given.

A very detailed set

of statistical data.

This totallysupported the

report and /or

presentation.

Included volumes

and numbers shown

graphically. Time

line and /or timelog

given

A detailed set of

statistical data.

Mainly supportedthe report and /or

presentation.

Included volumes

and numbers

shown graphically.

Incomplete or

minimal Time

line/log given.

Some detailed

statistical data.

Partly supportedthe report and /or

presentation.

Included volumes

and numbers only.

No graphs.

Incomplete or

minimal Time

line/log given.

Only a brief set

of statistical

data. Minmallysupported the

report and /or

presentation.

Little or no

volumes or

numbers..

No graphs.

Incomplete or

minimal Time

line/log given.

No statistical

data.

Nno volumes ornumbers..

No graphs. No

Time line/log give

5.Models andTheories

Stated relevantmodels and

theories. Related

these to pertinent

parts of the work.

Excellent links

between theory and

practice shown.

Stated relevantmodels and

theories. Mainly

related these to

pertinent parts of

the work. Very

good links between

theory and practice

shown.

Some relevantmodels and

theories quoted.

Mainly related

these to pertinent

parts of the work.

Good links

between theory

and practice

shown.


theories quoted.

Minimally related

these to pertinent

parts of the work.

Minimal links

between theory

and practice shown.


theories quoted.

Not related

these to any

parts of the

work. No links

between theory

and practice

shown.

No models ortheories quoted.

Not mentioned in

any part of the

work. No links

between theory

and practice show

6.Bibliography

and References

Excellent

bibliography. All

relevant to the

study. Fully and

correctly Harvard

referenced.

Very good

bibliography. All

relevant to the

study. Fully and

correctly Harvard

referenced.

Good bibliography.

Mostly relevant to

the study. Some

errors in Harvard

referencing.

Good bibliography.

Some relevance to

the study. Some

errors in Harvard

referencing.

Little

bibliography.

Little relevance

to the study.

Major errors or

no Harvard

referencing.

No bibliography.

Nothing

referenced withi

work.

7.Arguments

and Conclusions

Excellent valid

arguments for and

against in any study

or proposal.

Excellent

conclusions backed

by supporting

evidence and the

arguments.

Very good and valid

arguments for and

against in any study

or proposal. Very

good conclusions

backed by

supporting evidence

and the arguments.

Good valid

arguments for and

against in any

study or proposal.

Good conclusions

with some

supporting

evidence .

Good valid

arguments.

Minimal link to the

study or proposal.

Poor conclusions

with no supporting

evidence .

Valid arguments.

Not linked to the

study or

proposal. Poor

conclusions, with

no supporting

evidence .

No valid

arguments. No

link to the study

or proposal. No

supporting

evidence .

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