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OLPD 2811 is also offered in Summer 2023
OLPD 2811 is also offered in Spring 2023
OLPD 2811 is also offered in Fall 2022
OLPD 2811 is also offered in Summer 2022
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OLPD 2811 is also offered in Fall 2021
OLPD 2811 is also offered in Summer 2021
Summer 2023 | OLPD 2811 Section 001: Societies of the Future: Changing Work Contexts (81777)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Pre-Covid
- Enrollment Requirements:
- BME and HRD majors
- Times and Locations:
First Half of Term
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (19 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Ongoing evolution of social contexts and work through the interdisciplinary lens of future studies.
- Class Notes:
- Asynchronous/remote instruction. Open to non-OLPD students (majors outside of BME and HRD). To request permission, please complete the following form: https://forms.gle/r19W4QqKMMmKiFpW9 Please contact ugolpd@umn.edu with any questions.
- Class Description:
- This course looks specifically at the world of work, and examines possible changes in that arena, including the role of advancing technology in respect to its impact on the labor force; the role of robotics in particular, with respect to its potential impacts on skilled manual labor; and the potential effects of artificial intelligence on the most advanced professional activities currently undertaken by humans in both advanced and developing societies. The primary technique the course uses for this purpose is guided short story and scenario constructions. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: ? Understand what liberal education is, with a particular focus on technologies of the future and work of the future, and understand what this means for them as students and as citizens; ? Describe the rapidly evolving social (economic, political, cultural and technological) circumstances within which work changes, and explore the ethical aspects of these possible changes; ? Connect knowledge and practice when explaining the study of the future as a trans-disciplinary field, a professional field, and a highly customizable intellectual technology; ? Consider the impact of technology from multiple perspectives that include developers, users/consumers, as well as others in society; ? Discuss the history of human societies, with particular emphasis upon technological evolution and implications for the world of work. ? Emphasize the importance of alternative perspectives when considering future social contexts and associated work patterns, and develop skills in constructing a framework for evaluating conflicting views of exiting or emerging technologies; ? Describe the explosive development of human capital, and the risks of institutional lag; ? Explain how future-oriented personal development can contribute to improved organizational effectiveness in the face of change; and ? Discuss the selective personalization of proactive responses to forces shaping human capital developing in the 21st century.
- Grading:
- 65% Reports/Papers
15% Attendance
20% Class Participation Other Grading Information: Participation is documented through the use of in-class clicker technology, as well as through discussion participation in small and large groups.
- Class Format:
- 15% Lecture
15% Film/Video
30% Discussion
35% Small Group Activities
5% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 30 Pages Reading Per Week
16 Pages Writing Per Term
7 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/81777/1235
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 March 2014
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