Module: Digital World

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Digital World
Module Code	CA168
School	School of Computing
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Liting Zhou Semester 2: Liting Zhou Autumn: Liting Zhou
Module Teachers	Liting Zhou
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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Description

The aim of this module is to present the student with an overview of the current state-of-the-art in the world of digital media and the increasing digital nature of the world. The module will address issues of multimedia data creation and storage, including how to capture, encode and store. Given that capture and storage is only half the problem, the module will also present the student with an overview and an understanding of how to organise multimedia data, how to access the data and how search engines for multimedia data operate. The module includes coverage of these topics as they are applied to the WWW. Finally, the module will address a number of state-of-the-art concepts in Digital Multimedia and the digital world to give the student an understanding and appreciation of how digital technologies affect all aspects of our lives.

Learning Outcomes

1. To know and be able to correctly utilise the three areas of technology associated with the Digital World - audio, image and video
2. To understand at an overview level, how search engines can operate over text and multimedia data, to provide retrieval facilities and how this can be applied to libraries of digital multimedia data.
3. To know, to evaluate and to be able to correctly apply the technologies required for organising information in the digital world and in digital libraries.
4. To understand the key technologies for environmental sensing and sensing the person.
5. To know how to utilise the three key areas of technology in order to support digital entertainment.
6. To understand and be able to apply the three key areas of technology to support digital business and e-commerce.
7. To know about, to appreciate and to utilise some of the key digital technologies that affect our lives today and into the future. These technologies are: Personal Media Organisation, Digital TV, Collaborative, Information Access, Blogging & Social Networking, Human Digital Memories, Gaming, Virtual Reality, Multisensory computing and sensor networks.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Lecture	12	Supervised laboratory sessions
Assignment Completion	30	No Description
Independent Study	59	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Loop Exam	Ten weekly Loop assignments.	50%	Every Week
Project	An individual project on emerging applications in the digital world.	50%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Ted Vaughan: 0, CoreMultimedia : Making it work, 6, Osborne,
Ian H. Witten & David Bainbridge: 0, How to Build a Digital Library,

Other Resources

45098, Various resources identified during lectures, 0, Various Resources,

Programme or List of Programmes

COMBUS

BSc in Computing for Business

Date of Last Revision

30-JAN-12

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