- Docente: Angelo Troina
- Credits: 8
- SSD: INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics of Tourism (cod. 8847)
Learning outcomes
Objective of this course is to favor a more conscious usage of information technologies. The student will acquire basic knowledge about hardware and software, computer networks, the Internet and the Web. After completing the course, the student should be able to: analytically use the computer; follow the evolution of information technologies; use the computer to solve different kinds of problems; be able to use common computational tools.
Course contents
Introduction to Information Technology and brief history of the automation of calculus. Representing information digitally. Computer Architecture. Operating Systems. Computer networks, Internet and WWW. Introduction to HTML. Algorithms. Searching information on the WWW. Social implication of Information Technology. Privacy and digital security. Word processing. Spreadsheets. Introduction to databases.
Readings/Bibliography
Lawrence Snyder, Laura Henry Ray, Alessandro Amoroso
Fluency. Conoscere e usare l'informatica
Pearson
Teaching methods
Lessons and guided practice with computers.
Assessment methods
The exam takes place in the computer lab, composed by a set of questions with multiple choice answers on the topics of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Angelo Troina