COMPUTER SKILLS
ABILITA' INFORMATICA
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2015/2016 | 4 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Stefano Russo | During the development of the lessons: Thursday at 12.00 to 13.00 - Friday 13.00 to 14.00 hours - at the Scientific Educational Centre Paul Volponi - staff room (ground floor). In other periods contact the teacher by e-mail. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course in computer skills is firstly to give students all the computer knowledge necessary for them to get an idea own clear and sufficiently detailed (although on certain technical details approximate) of what the science that goes by the name computer science and how and with what effects it will develop in favor of man and science and spicologiche techniques.
Students in learning the general concepts and fundamental theoretical concepts will also acquire, for all practical purposes, mastered all the most common Italian and English linguistic expressions, abbreviations, acronyms of their own in the IT world.
The course, in particular, aims to promote the acquisition by students of skills relating to the use of electronic spreadsheets (spreadsheets) in order to facilitate the study of the Research Methodology teachings with elements of statistics and dell ' teaching of Psychometrics.
Program
The course is divided into two parts: theory (rudiments of information technology and their application to humanistic social science) and practice (this part aims to teach information technology skills)
The topics will be addressed in the order they are listed in the program.
Theory (contents) (8 ore)
Introduction to information technology and to computer: basic concepts
Computer architecture, hardware. Input/output devices
The binary code
Software and Algorithm
Basic and application software
Productivity software (application software dedicated to producing information, such as documets, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts,graphts, digital paintings, electronic music and digital video)
Computer networks. Client-server architectures
Internet and the basic services
Web browsing and on-line security
Application of information technology to social sciences
Practice (contents) (16 ore)
Bridging Courses
No specific prerequisites are needed. We still need a basic familiarity with the computer (use of keyboard, monitor and mouse, opening and closing of the working session, etc.)
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to the teaching of computer science students must demonstrate possession of:
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Any supplementary lessons and / or seminars.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, practical demonstrations on the use of the software listed in the study program with the help of multimedia tools (PC and projector), structured exercises on the use of spreadsheets.
- Attendance
No obligation.
However, it is recommended the frequency given the technical nature of the course.
- Course books
Theory:
- Renato Borruso - Stefano Russo, Approccio umanistico all'informatica. Un mondo di BIT, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane (ESI), Napoli, 2007. (three hundred pages). The second edition is still in preparation.
Practice:
-For the step 1 of syllabus. (Operating systems. Functions of the operating system) and for the step 2 of syllabus (File system and file management system) we recommend using any of the preparation manuals to the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL - Core Level).
-For the step 4 of syllabus (Spreadsheets) we recommend:
Alberto Clerici (a cura di), Manuale di informatica per l'economia, Egea, Milano, 2014. Cap. 4 (da pagg. 91-117), cap. 5 (da pagg. 127-137 e 141-143) e cap.6 (da pagg. 161-181 e 208-215).
- Assessment
Written by test with multiple choice questions on theoretical arguments and the use of software tools indicated in the course program to ensure the possession of basic knowledge and / or any exercises to be carried out on electronic spreadsheets.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Individual study on texts and reported specific materials.
Autonomous exercises on the topics of the application part.
- Attendance
No obligation.
- Course books
Same texts and materials indicated for attending students.
- Assessment
Same manner as for the attending students.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Notes
For non-attending students it is recommended to practice sguendo the examples proposed educational materials.
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