- 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 teach a conscious usage of information technologies. The student will acquire knowledge of hardware and software basics, 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, Alessandro Amoroso;Fluency - Conoscere e usare l'informatica (6/ed); Pearson, 2015
Teaching methods
Lessons and guided practice with computers.
Assessment methods
The exam takes place in the computer lab and it is composed by a set of questions with multiple choice answers on the topics of the course.
Teaching tools
Some of the lectures' slides will be available on the iol platform.
Office hours
See the website of Angelo Troina
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.