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Future Technologies & Media (FTM)

Andy Weeger

Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences

March 13, 2024

Discussion

What to you expect from this course?

General remarks

In this course you will dive into key emerging technologies, get to know their key characteristics and fields of application as well as important ethical considerations related to their implementation and use.

As to that, you will

• get to know my theoretically-grounded hypotheses on future technology and media,
• apply these learnings and and expertise gained in previous semesters to analyze an emergent technology,
• identify fields for application and as well as (ethical) implications,
• and present and discuss your findings in a presentation (solo).

Learning objectives

During this course, you should advance your skills in the following areas:

• understanding of the key characteristics of emerging technologies in general, the process and phases of technology emergence, as well as specific characteristics of emerging information technologies/digital technologies,
• knowledge of fields of application of current merging digital technologies, their impact on (information) systems used by individuals, organizations, and society, as well as media
• understanding of potentials and risks for individuals, economies and societies,
• communication of conclusions and the underlying knowledge,
• and social and ethical responsibilities in uncertain and ambiguous contexts.

Effort

5 ECTS
≈ 150 h workload
≈ 50 h classes
+ 100 h self learning

You will gain 5 ECTS for this course. This equals approx. 150 hours workload, of which you need most to pass the course.

• Lectures (approx. 50 hours)
• Preparation (approx. 10 hours)
• Presentation (remaining time)

It is very important that you reserve enough time to attend the classes AND prepare your presentation (see Table 1 for details).

Examination

Graded will be your analysis of a future technology, its characteristics and implications as well as your ability do discuss those.

The grade will be a combination of

• your presentation of your findings
  
• the discussion after the presentation
  
• and your contributions to the discussion of your fellow students’ presentations

Details regarding the assignment can be found here.

Schedule

It is of importance that you prepare yourself for the sessions and work on the presentation continually. Please prepare your schedule accordingly.

Date	Topic	Preparation
02.04.2024	Administrivia & introduction	-
23.04.2024	Excursion week (no lecture)	-
21.04.2024	Deadline: Topic proposals	Topic shortlist
30.04.2024	H1 Multimodality and immersion	Suh and Prophet (2018)
30.04.2024	Final assignment of topics	—
07.05.2024	H2 Intelligence and affection	Dellermann et al. (2019)
04.06.2024	H3 Interconnectedness and distributivity	Podcast1
04.06.2024	Catch-up and individual coachings	—
11.06.2024	H4 Mobility and ubiquity	Reading, tbd
17.06.2024	Deadline: Slides	Slide deck
18.06.2024	Student presentations #1	Presentation
25.06.2024	Student presentations #2	Presentation
02.07.2024	Student presentations #3	Presentation

Table 1: Schedule summer term 2024 (may be subjected to changes)

Q&A

Literature

Dellermann, Dominik, Philipp Ebel, Matthias Söllner, and Jan Marco Leimeister. 2019. “Hybrid Intelligence.” Business & Information Systems Engineering 61: 637–43.

Suh, Ayoung, and Jane Prophet. 2018. “The State of Immersive Technology Research: A Literature Analysis.” Computers in Human Behavior 86: 77–90.

Footnotes

1. Decoder podcast: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on AI-powered search and the future of the web; episode can be found on every major podcast platform or here