SOW-CWB3052
Human machine communication
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleSOW-CWB3052
Credits (ECTS)5
CategoryB3 (Third year bachelor)
Language of instructionDutch, English
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Social Sciences; Communication Science;
Lecturer(s)
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Coordinator
prof. dr. T. Bosse
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Examiner
prof. dr. T. Bosse
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Contactperson for the course
prof. dr. T. Bosse
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Lecturer
prof. dr. T. Bosse
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Lecturer
M.A. De Sa Siqueira, MSc
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Academic year2021
Period
PER1  (06/09/2021 to 05/11/2021)
Starting block
PER1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims

After completion of the Human-Machine Communication course, the student will have:

  • An introduction to currently relevant social machines (chatbots, robots, and virtual agents) and how they are implemented in society.
  • An understanding of the theories that drive human behavior when interacting with machines 
  • The ability to analyze and reflect on human behaviour when interacting with machines
  • An understanding of the main ethical dilemmas that the human-machine communication field and its progress introduce to society
Content

The course consists of lectures, workgroups, and a digital contact hour.

Lectures. The lectures consist of an online video posted on Brightspace every Monday at 08.30. This lecture will be online for the entire week, to allow ample time for the students to watch that weeks content. 

The lectures will introduce the student to the theme of the week. The lectures themselves will introduce theories and relevant applications of human-machine interactions in society. This theme will be further developed during the workgroups.

Workgroups. The workgroups will also happen online, but at a fixed time and day. During the workgroups, the theme of the week will be further explored. This can take the form of an interactive discussion, an experiment, or something else, depending on the resources available. 

The aim of the workgroups is for the students to experience important aspects of human-machine interactions themselves, and to be able to reflect on them in the form of an assignment (either individual or group work). These assignments will be used to determine the final grade.

Digital Contact Hour. Once a week, there will be a digital contact hour with the lecturer, in order for students to pose questions about the lecture material. Attendance to this contact hour is not mandatory, but does allow some more social contact between the students and the lecturer.

Level
Third-year Bachelor students
Presumed foreknowledge

No requirements, although having completed Digitale Mediatechnologie (CWB1017) will help as some overlap may occur.

Test information
After each workgroup, students will be required to hand in an assignment. The structure of this assignment will vary from week to week. Examples include a lab report or a short-essay. Ideally the students will hand in this assignment at the end of the workgroup, but students will have two weeks to hand in their assignment on Brightspace. 4 of these assignments will be completed in groups, 6 of these assignments will be individual work.
Specifics
None
Assumed previous knowledge
Alleen toegankelijk voor bachelorstudenten Communicatiewetenschap: B1 moet zijn behaald.

Beperkt toegankelijk voor internationale studenten.

Instructional modes
Tutorial
Attendance MandatoryYes

Tests
Verslag
Test weight6
Test typeReport
OpportunitiesBlock PER1, Block PER2

Quizzes
Test weight2
Test typeAssignment
OpportunitiesBlock PER1, Block PER2

Peer feedback
Test weight2
Test typeAssignment
OpportunitiesBlock PER1, Block PER2

Opdrachten
Test weight0
Test typeAssignment
OpportunitiesBlock PER1, Block PER2