International Aspects of Professionalism

International Aspects of Professionalism

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Procedure
Due Date
Deliverables

Objective

It is the objective of this project to develop lesson plans and active learning scenarios to support the teaching, learning, and understanding of students in computer science courses that include studies of:

in differing countries and with a view to giving the students a better understanding of the differences in approaches to the application of these concepts.

Procedure

This project is part of a University-wide initiative to broaden courses in all disciplines by studying the international aspects of the field. In Spring 2000 the initial part of this topic was tackled by students in the "Professionalism" class; your task is to use the materials developed in that project and to compare the responses to case studies from the US and another country.

Each group should study the materials available on-line on this web site for the assigned topic in both the US and the assigned country. Then choose a scenario (or from another source of your own choosing) and develop the responses that would be likely based on the laws and customs of the US and the assigned country. Study the constitution, applicable law, and customs of the US and the country you are assigned, and explain how these influence the response likely in those countries. DO NOT RELY on the evaluation of these elements as possibly given in the work of the prior group - it may be wrong! The discussion portion of these responses should following the lines of the critical thinking template. Compare and comment on these responses. The outcome of this project will be in two parts: each group will be asked to make a 15 minute presentation on their findings in class (see the table below) and will write a report that can added to the web site for the particular country. It is IMPORTANT that groups with the same topic (privacy, freedom of speech, or censorship) choose DIFFERENT scenarios for the comparison. Use the course LISTSERV® system to stake the group's claims to a particular scenario.

An example of the format of your hand-in is to be found here.

Group No.

Topic

Country for comparison

1

Privacy

Argentina

2

Privacy

People's Republic of China

3

Privacy

Russia

4

Freedom of Speech

India

5

Freedom of Speech

South Korea

6

Freedom of Speech

People's Republic of China

7

Censorship

Turkey

8

Censorship

Germany

NOTE: While retaining the primary topic, any group that chooses to work on a country other than one of those already covered (see the front pages for Censorship, Freedom of Speech or Privacy), will be eligible for a 25% bonus.

Due Dates

See the Assignments Calendar - remember that there are TWO parts to the reporting on this project, the in-class presentation and the HTML report.

Deliverables

An oral, group presentation of the scenario, the two responses, and a comparison of the responses.
The cover sheet for the single group report should be the first part of the grading sheet for this assignment.
A paper copy of the report, togther with any presentation materials used in the class presentation.
A diskette in PC format containing an HTML version of the assignment (starting from a file named "GROUP<group number>.HTM" together with any HTML files that were created specifically for this assignment. Name the diskette "GROUP<group number>"
Each individual must then submit in a separate envelope their diary part of the journal of your experiences, carefully identifying their contributions. Adjust the question-answer part of the journal as appropriate to a group project.

Group No.	Topic	Country for comparison
1	Privacy	Argentina
2	Privacy	People's Republic of China
3	Privacy	Russia
4	Freedom of Speech	India
5	Freedom of Speech	South Korea
6	Freedom of Speech	People's Republic of China
7	Censorship	Turkey
8	Censorship	Germany
NOTE: While retaining the primary topic, any group that chooses to work on a country other than one of those already covered (see the front pages for Censorship, Freedom of Speech or Privacy), will be eligible for a 25% bonus.