Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Prof. Mark A. Weiss
Course: CGS- 3095, Technology in the Global Arena
Academic Unit: School of Computing and Information Sciences Degree Program: BS CS, BS IT Semester Assessed:
Global Learning Student Learning
Outcome Addressed
Global Awareness: Students will be able to
demonstrate knowledge of the
interrelatedness of local, global, international,
and intercultural issues, trends, and systems.
Course Learning Outcome
Be able to understand and discuss the
legal, ethical, and social impacts of
technology as related to individual
privacy, security, and anonymity in
societies across the globe and in the
global Internet society.
Assessment Method
Assessment Results
Assessment Activity/Artifact:
To be entered at end of course
Online discussion forums, #1 (Privacy), #2
(Intellectual Property)
Evaluation Process:
Students must participate in online forums that
discuss intellectual property, privacy, and
technology in a global context, demonstrating
knowledge of relevant issues and evaluating the
ethical consequences of policies and/or actions.
Minimum Criteria for Success:
Minimum participation (equivalent to a grade of C)
is one post (with reference) and one response (with
reference) per forum, plus reading and ranking
other forum entries. Forum posts must discuss an
issue related to the forum topic, including a link to
reference article(s). Forums are not about student
opinions, but rather are to highlight current ethical
issues and trends involving technology.
Sample:
All students in the class will be assessed and
must assess others.
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Prof. Mark A. Weiss
Course: CGS- 3095, Technology in the Global Arena
Academic Unit: School of Computing and Information Sciences Degree Program: BS CS, BS IT Semester Assessed:
Global Learning Student Learning
Assessment Method
Assessment Results
Outcome Addressed
To be entered at end of course
Assessment Activity/Artifact:
Student research paper
Global Perspective: Students will be able to
develop a multi-perspective analysis of local,
Evaluation Process:
global, international, and intercultural
Students' papers will be evaluated based on legal,
problems.
Course Learning Outcome
Be able to understand and discuss the
legal, ethical, and social impacts of
technology as related to intellectual
property rights, and how the global
reach of the Internet affects these
issues.
ethical, and social analyses of all sides of an issue.
Paper must include a one or two sentence
description of the ethical theory approaches that
are used and must then show how using this ethical
theory approach can lead to a conclusion that the
issue is ethical or unethical. If the paper does not
use an ethical theory and include an analysis of the
issue, the paper will not earn a passing grade.
Minimum Criteria for Success:
Papers will be scored via a rubric (separately
attached). Student must use ethical and social
analysis, must support their statements/opinions
and must provide counterarguments.
Sample:
All students in the class will be assessed.
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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Course Outcome Assessment for Global Learning Courses
Faculty Name: Prof. Mark A. Weiss
Course: CGS- 3095, Technology in the Global Arena
Academic Unit: School of Computing and Information Sciences Degree Program: BS CS, BS IT Semester Assessed:
Global Learning Student Learning
Outcome Addressed
Global Engagement: Students will be able to
demonstrate willingness to engage in local,
global, international, and intercultural problem
solving.
Course Learning Outcome
Be able to understand and discuss a
computing professional’s roles and
responsibilities as related to
intellectual property, privacy,
anonymity, legal, social, and ethical
issues.
Assessment Method
Assessment Results
Assessment Activity/Artifact:
To be entered at end of course
Online discussion forum, #3 (professional
responsibilities)
Evaluation Process:
Students must participate in online forum #3 that
discusses professional responsibilities in a global
context by using the ACM and/or IEEE codes of
professional standards to evaluate the actions of
participants in specific cases.
Minimum Criteria for Success:
Minimum participation (equivalent to a grade of C)
is one post (with reference) and one response (with
reference) per forum, plus reading and ranking
other forum entries. Forum posts must discuss an
issue related to the forum topic, including a link to
reference article(s). Forums are not about student
opinions, but rather are to highlight current ethical
issues and trends involving technology.
Sample:
All students in the class will be assessed and must
assess others.
Use of Results for Improving Student Learning
To be entered at end of course
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