Course Title: Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
Course Code: COSC6089C
Course Title: Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4299 - Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking
Course Contact: Geoff Moss
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254852
Course Contact Email: geoff.moss@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Course Description
This unit defines the competency required to contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment as prescribed in the ICA11 Information and Communications Training Package.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to maintain professional and ethical conduct as well as to ensure that personal information of stakeholders is handled in a confidential and professional manner when dealing with stakeholders in an information technology (IT) environment.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICAICT418A Contribute to copyright, ethics and privacy in an IT environment |
Element: |
1. Protect intellectual property |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify current legislation and standards relating to intellectual property and copyright |
Element: |
2. Contribute to copyright policy |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Contribute to the creation or updating of the organisation’s copyright policy and procedures to align with legislation and industry standards |
Element: |
3. Protect rights of stakeholders |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Identify and document the relevance of legislation and standards to organisational outcomes |
Element: |
4. Contribute to privacy policy |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Contribute to the creation or updating of the organisational privacy policy and procedures to align with privacy legislation |
Element: |
5. Maintain privacy policy |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Review work practices to ensure application of privacy policy and procedures |
Element: |
6. Contribute to creation of ethics code |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Assist in developing or updating a code of ethics to align with legislation and standards for the organisation |
Element: |
7. Maintain ethics code |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1 Perform regular checks to ensure stakeholders understand and are continuing to apply the code of ethics in the workplace |
Learning Outcomes
In this unit you will develop the knowledge and skills required to maintain professional and ethical conduct when dealing with colleagues, clients and employers. You will develop an understanding of the need for IT professionals to have a clear understanding of ethics, and the laws relating to privacy and copyright within the organization and beyond.
You will develop an understanding of the concept of ethics and its relevance to your behaviour and activities in the workplace and the IT industry. In addition, you will become aware of relevant legislation and industry practice in the areas of copyright and privacy, and ascertain how far the organisation’s practices meet the legislative and industry standards.
Specifically you should be able to demonstrate:
- An understanding of intellectual property and copyright laws
- An awareness of copyright, privacy and ethics policies and/or codes
- An awareness of stakeholders of an organisation and the need to protect their rights
- An awareness of Privacy laws and the need for a privacy policy
- An understanding of the concept of ethics and its relevance to your behaviour and activities in the workplace and the IT industry
- An understanding how ethics, privacy and copyright impact on the workplace and the role of IT professionals in ensuring appropriate conduct
Details of Learning Activities
Activities in this course are aimed at enhancing student understanding and knowledge of the concepts of copyright, privacy and ethics and its application in the workplace and the IT profession.
In addition, they will become aware of relevant legislation and industry practice in the areas of copyright and privacy, and ascertain how far the organisation’s practices meet the legislative and industry standards.
They will produce a simplified code of ethics for their workplace (this may be a theoretical exercise rather than a practical exercise, depending on the organisation and the status of its ethical practices).
The Internet and YouTube videos will be used as a learning tool and a resource for students to seek and locate relevant information.
Learning activities may be modified during the semester to meet the needs of students in the current program and the needs of their workplace.
Activities will include:
- Classroom discussion and debate
- Classroom activities and Activity Tasks
- PowerPoint presentations
- Case Studies
- Work-based activities and tasks
- Observation and discussion in the workplace
- Internet research
- Assignments on Privacy and Copyright
Teaching Schedule
Weeks | Topic | Software/Reading | Practical exercises | Assessment |
1 | Introduction to Topic, Overview of course and relevance to traineeship and workplace. Develop concepts of ethics. | |||
2 | Introduction to concept of ethics | See reading list and online resources ACS Code of Ethics PowerPoints |
Task 1 – Ethics – How do you rate |
Assignment |
3 | Ethics and how it relates to the Law: copyright, privacy, spam | See reading list and online resources ACS Code of Ethics PowerPoints |
ACS Case Studies | Practical tasks; class discussion and observation Case Studies |
4 | Copyright legislation; copyleft | See reading list and online resources PowerPoints Legislation Case Studies |
Case Studies |
Case Studies Class Activity Tasks Assignment |
5 | Privacy legislation: State and Federal Organisation and Industry standards |
See reading list and online resources PowerPoints Legislation Case Studies |
Case Studies Class Activity Tasks |
Case Studies Class Activity Tasks Assignment |
6 | Overview. Industry and Organisational standards and practices. Review. | See reading list and online resources | Case Studies Class Activity Tasks |
Case Studies Class Activity Tasks Assignment |
The weeks referred to above will not necessarily refer to conseutive weeks.
There will be a specific formal class for each "weekly" topic for the delivery of PowerPoint presentations and relevant case studies.
Discussions will arise from Assignment questions and tasks.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Potts (ed.) et al , I.T. Applications VCE Units 3 and 4 Student Book, 3rd Edition;; Nelson Cengate Learning, 2011, |
ISBN-10: 0170 |
Other Resources
- Class Notes
- Extracts from Potts (ed.) et al , I.T. Applications VCE Units 3 and 4 Student Book, 3rd Edition;; Nelson Cengate Learning, 2011,
ISBN-10: 0170187470 ISBN-13: 9780170187473. - PowerPoint presentations on Learning Hub; S: Drive
- Internet, including Australian Computer Society website
- Case studies
- Relevant Legislation
- Newspaper and Internet news extracts
Overview of Assessment
Activities in this course are aimed at enhancing your understanding and knowledge of the concepts of copyright, privacy and ethics and its application in the workplace and the IT profession. To this end, assessment will involve both in-class and work-based elements. Assessment will involve assessing and observation of your understanding, knowledge and practice of the elements in both the theoretical and practical environment.
You must be competent in all elements to successfully complete the course
Assessment Tasks
Class and Work-Based Assessment Activities 40%
Class Activity Tasks and Assignment 60%
Assessment Matrix
Element | Assignment | Practical Tasks | In Class/Work Observation | In Class Testing | Individual and Group discussion** |
1.1 | x | x | x | x | |
1.2 | x | x | x | ||
1.3 | x | x | x | x | |
2.1 | x | x | x | x | |
2.2 | x | x | |||
3.1 | x | x | x | x | x |
3.2 | x | x | x | x | x |
3.3 | x | x | x | x | |
3.4 | x | x | x | x | |
3.5 | x | x | x | x | |
4.1 | x | x | x | x | |
4.2 | x | x | x | x | |
4.3 | x | x | x | x | |
4.4 | x | x | x | ||
5.1 | x | x | x | ||
5.2 | x | x | x | ||
5.3 | x | x | x | ||
6.1 | x | x | |||
6.2 | x | x | |||
6.3 | x | x | |||
6.4 | x | x | x | ||
7.1 | x | ||||
7.2 | x | ||||
7.3 | x | ||||
** small group discussion and problem solving on variety of issues at appropriate times during delivery of the course
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