• Description

The course Web-Based Teamwork is transversal along the university and common to all degrees in Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications faculty. Its main goal is introducing students in a gradual and integrated way into the acquisition of the UOC’ general competency ‘Use and application of ICT in the academic and professional spheres’. This competency comprises the rational and critical use of ICT to work and study in the knowledge society and goes further than the instrumental knowledge of tools. This competency should be  understood aligned with the European Union definition of digital competencies as a set knowledge, abilities, attitudes, strategies and awareness needed to use ICT and digital tools to perform tasks, solve problems, communicate, manage information, collaborate, create and share contents, build knowledge in a way which is effective, efficient, suitable, critical, creative, autonomous, flexible, ethic, and reflexive, for working, leisure, participation, learning, socialisation, consumption and empowerment.

The course has 6 ECTS credits and pertains to the block of basic courses of the Bachelor’s degree and it is based on the methodology of online project-based learning and uses the Agile methodology. Developing a team digital project based on a theme related to the Bachelor’s degree area, it is expected to work in an integrated way a set of specific ICT competencies to be deepened into other courses and consolidated in the final project of the Bachelor’s degree.

• Professional fields to which it applies

The course is projected in the professional fields which are characteristics of the Bachelor’s degree.

• Prior knowledge

Basic ICT knowledge at a user level is recommended.

• Information prior to enrolment

It is recommended to take the course Web-Based Teamwork during the first semester of the Bachelor’s degree. Because the contents are focused on competencies, it is necessary to be acquired as early as possible to facilitate the learning process along the others Bachelor’s degree courses.

• Learning objectives and results

The main objective of the course is providing students with a baseline of ICT knowledge and competencies at academic and professional level. The specific competencies are:

·       Search and selection of information on the network.

·       Management and elaboration of digital information.

·       Presentation and dissemination of digital information.

·       Notions of digital technology.

·       Work planification in a virtual environment.

·       Communication strategies on the network.

·       Online Teamwork.

·       Digital attitude.

• Content

The course develops a reflexive, methodological and instrumental set of contents that facilitate the acquisition of specific ICT competencies. The more instrumental contents do not emphasize the knowledge of the tool, they are focused on the application in specific situations in the study scenario.

Reflexive contents:

·       Rational and critical use of ICT

·       ICT application in the study scenario

·       Social network

·       Digital attitude

Methodological contents:

·       Work planification in a virtual environment

·       Team digital project

·       Teamwork in virtual environments

·       Communication strategies on the network

Instrumental contents:

·       Basic notions of technology

·       Search, management, and presentation of digital information.

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• Guidelines on assessment at the UOC

The assessment process is based on the student's personal work and presupposes authenticity of authorship and originality of the exercises completed.

Lack of authenticity of authorship or originality of assessment tests, copying or plagiarism, the fraudulent attempt to obtain a better academic result, collusion to copy or concealing or abetting copying, use of unauthorized material or devices during assessment, inter alia, are offences that may lead to serious academic or other sanctions.

Firstly, you will fail the course (D/0) if you commit any of these offences when completing activities defined as assessable in the course plan, including the final tests. Offences considered to be misconduct include, among others, the use of unauthorized material or devices during the tests, such as social media or internet search engines, or the copying of text from external sources (internet, class notes, books, articles, other students' essays or tests, etc.) without including the corresponding reference.

And secondly, the UOC's academic regulations state that any misconduct during assessment, in addition to leading to the student failing the course, may also lead to disciplinary procedures and sanctions.

The UOC reserves the right to request that students identify themselves and/or provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, and by the means the UOC specifies (synchronous or asynchronous). For this purpose, the UOC may require students to use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, and to make sure that they are working correctly.

The checking of students' knowledge to verify authorship of their work will under no circumstances constitute a second assessment.

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