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COMPUTER SCIENCE 734 -COS734<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Faculty<\/b><\/td>\nNatural Sciences<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home Department<\/b><\/td>\nComputer Science<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Module Topic<\/b><\/td>\nInformation and Communication Technologies for Development<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Generic Module Name<\/b><\/td>\nICT4D<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alpha-numeric Code<\/b><\/td>\nCOS734<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NQF Level<\/b><\/td>\n8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NQF Credit Value<\/b><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duration<\/b><\/td>\nSemester<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proposed semester to be offered.<\/b><\/td>\n \u00a0FirstFirst<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Programmes in which the module will be offered<\/b><\/td>\nBSc Hons (Computer Science) (3735)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year level<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main Outcomes<\/b><\/td>\nOn completion of this module, students should be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Critically evaluate development and how technology fits in with development.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Describe the interactions between technologists, social scientists and communities by examining multiple case studies.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Understand multi-disciplinary and trans-sector ict4d research, research methods, evaluation and practice.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Engage with seminal and topical ict4d research outputs.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Partake in independent and group outputs through practicals, papers, presentations and workshops.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Demonstrate awareness of ethics, community engagement and challenges to sustainability particular to ict4d contexts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main Content<\/b><\/td>\nThe main course content is divided into three parts:<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1: What is ICT4D?<\/b><\/p>\n

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  • Definitions of development, e.g. Techno-centric and social-centric;<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Theory of development, e.g. Sen and capabilities theory; and also theory of technology, e.g. Amplification theory.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ethics and intent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Part 2: Domains<\/b><\/p>\n

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    • Community networks<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Education<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Disability<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Health<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Governance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Part 3: Critique<\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Challenges, e.g. Barriers to access, ict4d failures<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Gender and ict<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Decolonisation and post-colonial thinking<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pre-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>\nNone<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Co-requisite modules<\/b><\/td>\nNone<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prohibited module Combination<\/b><\/td>\nNone<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakdown of Learning Time<\/b><\/td>\nHours<\/b><\/td>\nTimetable Requirement per week<\/b><\/td>\nOther teaching modes that does not require time-table<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contact with lecturer: \/ tutor:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n26<\/span><\/td>\nLectures p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n4<\/span><\/td>\niKamva discussions<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assignments & tasks:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n52<\/span><\/td>\nPracticals p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Practicals:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n42<\/span><\/td>\nTutorials p.w.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tutorials:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tests & Examinations:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selfstudy:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other:<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n30<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Learning Time<\/b><\/td>\n150<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Methods of Student Assessment<\/b><\/td>\nContinuous Assessment (CA):<\/span> 100%<\/span><\/p>\n

Final Assessment (FA):<\/span> 0%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Assessment Module type<\/b><\/td>\nContinuous Assessment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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COMPUTER SCIENCE 734 -COS734   Faculty Natural Sciences Home Department Computer Science Module Topic Information and Communication Technologies for Development Generic Module Name ICT4D Alpha-numeric Code COS734 NQF Level 8 NQF Credit Value 15 Duration Semester Proposed semester to be offered. \u00a0FirstFirst Programmes in which the module will be offered BSc Hons (Computer Science) (3735) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1728","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1728\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.uwc.ac.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}