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Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing
290COM EEC Module Title
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Assignment Brief: Individual essay following group work
Module Title
Technology and its social, legal and
ethical context
Individual
Essay on one
topic with
Group work
evidence in an
Appendix
Cohort (Sept 2018) Module Code
290COM
Coursework Title : Individual Essay with Appendix evidence of
contribution to group discussions
Hand out date:
October 1, 2018
Lecturer: includes ML Dr. Huma Shah
Due date and time:
End of Week 11 Via Moodle
y
Friday December 14, 2018,
18:00
Word Limit:
Individual essay: 1200 +/- 10% words so
ange limit: 1080min- 1320max
In addition,* 800 words max for the
Appendix.
Maximum word limit for this
component: 1200 words +/- 10% of the
individual essay max + Appendix 800
words: 2120words
Coursework type:
Written work: Essay must include
Appendix with evidence of weekly
contribution within a group
learning environment towards a
single topic from a chosen list of
topics for the essay
60% of Module Mark as
follows:
40% % for the 1200-word
essay
20% for Complete Appendix
detailing dates of at least 8
group meetings attended
and a *100word summary
of contribution to each
attended meeting.
Submission a
angement online via CUMoodle: Turnitin
Groups must choose one topic from a list of five topics, see below. The assessment is made up of two
components: following weekly group discussions, an individual essay must be submitted with evidence of
learning from group meetings detailed in an Appendix (dates of group meetings attended; 100-word
summary of contribution in the meeting).
Individual: Essay of 1200words +/- 10% about a single topic chosen by the group from the list below. The
submission must include a reference list of at least five clearly written sources using CU Harvard method.
The individual essay must be accompanied by an appendix with evidence of learning in a group environment
– details (dates/group members in attendance) of attending at least 8 group meetings must be provided as
evidence with 100-word summary for each group meeting attended. See Task and Mark information below.
File types and method of recording: WORD or .PDF
Mark and Feedback date (DD/MM/YY): Two weeks (excluding the Christmas
eak)
Mark and Feedback method (e.g. in lecture, written via Gradebook): Via Moodle
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Module Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1. Understand areas of UK law relating to computer use.
2. Assess digital investigation scenarios to consider and determine whether people are acting
within the law.
3. Develop a reflective portfolio of perspectives on issues relating to technology, culture and
society with emphasis on professionalism in this context.
4. Demonstrate an effective approach to discourse and contribution within a group learning
environment.
The topic of the essay must be the same as the topic selected by the group you are a member of, the
topic must be selected from the list below:
i. Digital identity: consider the ethical and legal issues arising from the
affordance of anonymous Internet identity/identities across the web;
ii. Autonomous future: consider the ethical issues from a future world of work
with increasing autonomisation of processes, and robotics replacing humans in
the workplace or sharing jobs with humans, co-working robots;
iii. Privacy and data protection in the age of artificial intelligence – you should
consider ethical, social and legal issues in the light of new laws (e.g. GDPR) and
how they update rights and freedoms;
iv. Computer crimes – you could consider the ethical, social and legal issues
associated with electronic voting, research companies beyond Cam
idge
Analytica and their role in helping campaigns, could any facet of what they did
e considered a crime? If yes, which UK law(s) were
oken?
v. Sustainability and Technology: How can sustainability drive ethical
development of technology? For example, groups might want to consider the
problem of plastic polluting the planet’s oceans, or energy requirements in
technology use.
Your essay should show evidence of learning from reading
esearch concerning the main issues about
the chosen topic. You should include what you learnt from group member discussions, for example
different opinions on solutions. You should offer hypothetical solution(s) to problems discovered and
explain, from learning in group discussions and from your research, why the proposed solution could be
ealised.
Task and Mark distribution:
1. 60% of the mark is made up as follows:
a. 40% for 1200-word essay with a reference list (see points 2-5 below)
. 20% for and Appendix detailing evidence of attending group meetings, with dates, and
a 100-word summary of contribution to the group discussion for each attended
meeting
2. Your Appendix must summarise your contribution to group research and must include what
you learnt from other members of your group about the selected technology ethics topic. This
might be the same or different view from your own founded on evidence from research
3. Essay must be clearly written, i.e. you should run spell and grammar check through your
written work before submission. Clarity is important to convey your ideas. This will be good
practice for your final year project report.
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4. At least five references must be included to show evidence of research. At least two of these
five references must be from peer-reviewed sources (a journal or conference paper; a book
chapter; a book). If you include only websites as references this will show failure to learn and
understand from a lot of scientific projects and studies of issues in technology ethics
5. CU Harvard method must be used to co
ectly cite sources. For example, if you were to cite
from the chapter by Kevin Warwick and Huma Shah in a recent text book,
a. in your Essay content you would cite as (Warwick and Shah 2018), and
. in the reference list you would write out fully as: Shah, H. & Warwick, K XXXXXXXXXXTrust
and Decision-Making in Turing’s Imitation Game. Chapter 23 in Information Science &
Technology Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition, pages XXXXXXXXXXIGI Global
6. Seek guidance/appointment from the University’s Centre for Academic Writing (CAW) if you
need help with writing assignments.
Notes:
1. You are expected to use the Coventry University Harvard Referencing Style. For support and
advice on this students can contact Centre for Academic Writing (CAW).
2. Please notify your registry course support team and module leader for disability support.
3. Any student requiring an extension or defe
al should follow the university process as outlined
here.
4. The University cannot take responsibility for any coursework lost or co
upted on disks, laptops
or personal computer. Students should therefore regularly back-up any work and are advised to
save it on the University system.
5. If there are technical or performance issues that prevent students submitting coursework
through the online coursework submission system on the day of a coursework deadline, an
appropriate extension to the coursework submission deadline will be agreed. This extension will
normally be 24 hours or the next working day if the deadline falls on a Friday or over the
weekend period. This will be communicated via your Module Leader.
6. Essays that are more than 10% over the word limit will result in a deduction of 10% of the mark
i.e. a mark of 60% will lead to a reduction of 6% to 54%. The word limit includes quotations, but
excludes the reference list, tables and captions. For the Appendix: keep to 100-word summary of
your contribution to the weekly group meetings that you attended.
7. You are encouraged to check the originality of your work by using the draft Turnitin links on your
Moodle Web.
8. Collusion between students for the individual abstract (where sections of your work are similar to
the work submitted by other students in this or previous module cohorts) is taken extremely
seriously and will be reported to the academic conduct panel. This applies to both courseworks
and exam answers.
9. A marked difference between your writing style, knowledge and skill level demonstrated in class
discussion, any test conditions and that demonstrated in a coursework assignment may result in
you having to undertake a Viva Voce in order to prove the coursework assignment is entirely your
own work.
10. If you make use of the services of a proof reader in your work you must keep your original version
and make it available as a demonstration of your written efforts.
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http:
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11. You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full),
either for your cu
ent course or for another qualification of this university, unless this is
specifically provided for in your assignment
ief or specific course or module information. Where
earlier work by you is citable, i.e