The evolving web

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1  Discuss how the web has supported new methods of online interaction such as social networking.   Students should be aware of issues linked to the growth of new internet technologies such as Web 2.0 and how they have shaped interactions between different stakeholders of the web.
S/E, AIM 8 Emerging technologies are modifying users’ behaviour.
2 Describe how cloud computing is different from a client-server architecture.   Student should address the major differences only.
LINK Networks.
3 Discuss the effects of the use of cloud computing for specified organizations.   To include public and private clouds.
S/E, AIM 8Cloud computing could potentially conflict with privacy.
4 Discuss the management of issues such as copyright and intellectual property on the web.   Students should investigate sites such as TurnItIn and Creative Commons.
5 Describe the interrelationship between privacy, identification and authentication.   .
6 Describe the role of network architecture, protocols and standards in the future development of the web.   LINK Networks.
AIM 9 Develop an appreciation that the future development of the web will have an effect on the rules and structures that support it.
7 Explain why the web may be creating unregulated monopolies.   INT, S/E, AIM 8 The web is creating new multinational online oligarchies.
8 Discuss the effects of a decentralized and democratic web.   S/E, INT The web has changed users’ behaviours and “removed” international boundaries.

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