The beauty of this course TWC is that it gives insight in to technology and innovation and its significance in broad range of areas. It shows how an individual is not a subscriber of technology only if he/she carries smart phone, ipod, or have access to computers and internet. In one of the sessions we discussed the revolution of ICT and in the next session we had a discussion on BioBusiness. I loved how in session on emerging technologies we had the freedom to bring any interesting technology of area we are interested in to class. This sort of freedom and flexibility allowed us to look at technologies that look at possibility of living on water for example and the possibility of tooth regeneration. Not only, have we covered broad range of areas where technology is applied or used but also the impacts both negative and positive of such changes. Again I hope with the interdisciplinary approach I have learnt to evaluate and analyse an innovation from different angles - social, political, legal, environment and economic. I can undoubtedly say that this has been a unique experience.
The course concluded with our group projects that involved us to work in teams and make a website on our area of interest. I and my group chose to make a website on car safety technology. I have always been interested in car’s technology and as a group we realised that few people know about the safety features of the cars that they drive. So we chose this topic. This was the first time I worked on a project which involved making of a website and while working on the website I learnt many things about making website. This also included many challenges. Often I found the website quite complex but I think I am quite satisfied with our product. Here’s the link to our website - http://www.wix.com/2011twc/cars. Feel free to surf the site and leave any comments or queries on contact us page.
The other groups also made websites on many interesting topics ranging from technology that aids the disable to revolution in arts because of technology, social media and ICT. Through the websites not only the groups delivered the relevant content but also added a personal touch and perspective to their websites. I enjoyed looking through each website because there were many areas such as technology and visual arts which I was interested in. I have always had special interest in visual arts but I do not remember thinking about the impact on technology on it. Hence, it was interesting to look at the website on technology and how it influenced arts.
Besides I really enjoyed exploring the website on information and communication technology. I liked how the group extended their scope from development of ICT from past to present to future’s further developments like possibility of transmitting information through light. They also their personal take on future communication technology by looking at possibility of communicating such that emotions of another individual can also be understood.
On the whole I believe it’s been a fun and an enriching course. My personal rating on this course would be 9.9 /10. :)
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