ACIT4075 Introduction to Virtual Teams and Global Engineering Communication Project Management Course description

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

All modules will be taught as lectures / seminars with assignments for students. Throughout the course, students will work on an individual essay from their own specialization topic. The essay will contain:

• a literature survey
• a discussion on the methods applied by the researchers in the material reviewed in their survey
• a discussion on the ethical challenges related their topic both with regard to the research applied and relative to uses in society

The essay will give the opportunity for the student to tie together all modules in this course into a cohesive document.

Written individual essay of between 5500 and 6500 words.

The exam can be appealed.

New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for registering for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

The course will include topics that deal with both practicalities of virtual team work and, importantly, the theories, rationales, and conceptual understanding of the roles, purposes, and methodologies of effectively forming, participating in, and utilizing results of engineering virtual team work.

An important part of the course will be devoted to a critical selection, assessment and use of appropriate communication and other technological solutions necessary for successful virtual team work.

Grade scale A-F.

Associate Professor Kyrre Begnum

The course will guide the student through a series of topics related to research and how research is communicated. The topics range from debate and rhetoric, philosophy of science, writing genres, narrative templates to professional ethics and plagiarism.

Throughout the course, the student will also search for and collect research literature on a topic of their own chosing. This literature will be organized and categorized in such a way that it allows the students to look for patterns and commonalities. The literature will also form the backbone of a popular science essay, which the student works on throughout the course.

The weeks are organized so that the students own search for material is combined with relevant topics and training on how to read, understand and summarize it. Towards the end of the course, more emphasis will be on writing and communication, where the students will look for ways to best communicate their findings. Each student will record a video presentation of their chosen topic in order to test the outline of their essay.

The role of the expert, either as a professional expert or a researcher in academia, will be discussed at several points in the course. In addition, we look at the interplay between the public and the impact technology has on society.

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A - F

One internal examiner. External examiners are used periodically.

Professor Pavel Zemliansky