500111 - ICT TOOLS FOR NETWORKING

Subject type: Basic

Coordinator: Maria Dolors Celma Benaiges

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 1

• Catalan

Classes are taught in Catalan.

The presentations and teaching resources provided in the subject, as well as the recommended work materials, can be in any of the following languages: Catalan, Spanish and English.

ICT tools is a transversal, basic and compulsory first-year subject that introduces the student to the digital field from a business perspective. This subject has a teaching load of 6 ECTS distributed over one term, combining the teaching work in class with independent learning outside the classroom. Based on the certainty that digital skills are necessary to learn, work and participate in today's society, the ICT Tools subject expands this approach to address specific digital skills in the study area of ​​social sciences and company

The main objective is to initiate the student, progressively during the term, in the acquisition of the competence to use and apply information and communication technologies (ICT) in the academic, personal and professional fields, while developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes in the digital field to get the most out of it. This subject belongs to the area of ​​study of Innovation Management in a digital context, and it also focuses on raising and understanding what the historical and current trends are, as well as their evolution and impact on the business sector.

The subject promotes reflection on the effect of technology in the world of work and also in the personal sphere. In this sense, it helps to develop rational and critical thinking about the use of ICT to study and work in the information and knowledge society. To take this subject, you must have a minimum of prior knowledge of ICT at the user level achieved in the pre-university stage.

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free from sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, whether towards students or teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer the prejudices of others.

Block 1. ICT, digitalization and digital transformation

• Digitization and digital transformation of people, companies and society
• Search, management, analysis, treatment and presentation of information
• Personal Learning Environments (PLE)

Block 2. The digital presence of companies and users

• ICT, social media and AI. The evolution of digital presence on the web
• Communication and collaboration in the network
• Creation of multimedia content and User Generated Content (UGC)
• Digital identity, online reputation and personal branding

Block 3. Immersive experiences

• Technological innovations applied to the market
• Augmented reality and virtual reality applied to business
• Mobility and proximity technologies

Block 4. Big Data and information systems

• Big data applied to the company
• Sources of information and data
• Information systems and decision making

Block 5. Technological integration trends and projects

• Management of projects and network teams
• The impact on society of Artificial Intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things
• Cybersecurity and privacy

The subject combines different activities and assessment systems, with the aim of obtaining an individual and group work assessment.

• 60% Individual assessment: 40% final exam + 20% seminars
• 40% Group assessment: 40% group work.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Other specifications:

• To pass the subject, it is obligatory carry out all the activities of seminars and must pass with a grade equal to or higher than fivefinal exam validation of the fundamental contents of the subject.
• To pass the subject you need to get one average grade equal to or higher than 5 to the global of the subject.
• there is one recovery exam in case of failing the final exam. A student who has not appeared for the first examination call cannot appear for the retake.
• Marks for continuous assessment tasks cannot be recovered, i.e. only the final exam can be recovered.
• Exam recovery It's no use raising the grade, Only those who have failed the subject in the ordinary call will be able to appear.

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