Technologies and Communication

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Content

This course brings together two fields :

• engineering : networks, coding and digitalization process, data compression, confidentialité, certificate and security, new interfaces.
• communication sciences : models of analysis of the technical innovation and social appropriation of media.

Teaching methods

• Ex cathedra sessions and illustrations ;
• Collective debates about the student's own use of technology.
• Some or all of the lectures may be given remotely via Teams.

Evaluation methods

The evaluation consists in

• the writing of a paper (in group). Students present a case study about a technical object and its social use. Specific instructions can be found on Moodle;

In the frame of a continuing evaluation, teachers may ask students individual papers that could feed discussion and debate on the themes developed during the sessions.

Online resources

Slides are available here : https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=9969

Bibliography

Les ressources bilbiographies se trouvent sur Moodle

Teaching materials

• Les présentations powerpoint sont disponibles sur Moodle.
• Ressources complémentaires éventuelles également sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

ESPO