L01 new technology course description

Teacher Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson – Adjunct at Reykjavik University – since 1989 – Chief Software Architect, Betware – since 1998 – andri@ru.is – http://www.olafurandri.com – http://twitter.com/olandri – http://delicious.com/olandri – Office hours after Friday lectureCopyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 2

Course Content Study of Technology Technology InnovationsEvolution of Technology Technology Adoption Disruptive Technology Surviving Technology Technology Trends Mobile Communication Wireless Machines that CountPersonal Comptuers Operating Systems TV Local Human Computer Interfaces Social Gamification The Internet Computer games Future Trends New Business modelsCopyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 3

Reading Textbook – There is no printed text book – New Technology text available as PDF – Reading material are articles or videos from the Internet – Some are posted on http://olafurandri.com Reading is either required or optional – All readings will be posted on the course webCopyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 26

Interesting Books Engines That Move Markets – Alasdair Nairn The Innovators Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen Crossing the Chasm – Geoffrey A. Moore The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell The Invisible Computer – Donald A. NormanCopyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson see http://www.olafurandri.com/?cat=3 27

Interesting Books Where do good ideas come from – Steve Johnson What Technology Wants – Kevin Kelly Reality is Broken – Jane McGonigal The Singularity is Near – Ray Kurzweil The Future of the Internet and how to Stop it – Jonathan ZittrainCopyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson see http://www.olafurandri.com/?cat=3 28

Interesting Web Sites Economist - http://www.economist.com Technology Review - http://www.technologyreview.com NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com Businessweek - http://www.businessweek.com/ ZDNet technology News - http://news.zdnet.com/ CNet - http://www.cnet.com/ (news.cnet.com) Google News - http://news.google.com Yahoo Finance News - http://finance.yahoo.com/ Ars Technica - http://arstechnica.com/ Wired - http://www.wired.com/ Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology http://www.olafurandri.com/?page_id=1490Copyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 29

Grading Exams – Three exams in class 20% (10% each) Study exercises – Short in-class exercises 10% Assignments – Two assignments 20% (10% each) Paper Peer-review – Review of paper and comments 10% Research Paper – Research of a particular topic 40%Copyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 32

Research Objectives – Term project – Study or research of a particular topic chosen by the student – Must be approved by the teacher Area of study – Can be a device, a concept, a trend, a standard, philosophy or a metaphor, or a particular product – Gather information and write a paper – Best papers will be published Your research starts now!Copyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 33

Research These milestones are set: – Topic selection is due 10.02 – Goals and outline are due 24.02 – Draft for Peer Review is due 09.03 – Peer-Review is due 16.03 – Paper is due 23.03 at 17:00 Research Paper is an individual work and is 40% of the course grade – Draft and Peer-review is 10%Copyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 34

Prerequisite No programming required Interest in technology and social change is recommended Qualification test – 2001 Space Odyssey – The Matrix – Minority Report • http://www.minorityreport.com/Copyright © 2012 Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson 41

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