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ITEC30011 is the official module code for a third year optional module offered at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). __NOINDEX__ The module also has the official title of "The Internet, Computers & Society".

Students study a range of topics related to the Internet and digital technology. Sample topics would include Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), e-commerce, e-learning, e-government, economics, the impact of technology on various industries including the communication, music, movie (aka film), news gathering and the impact of so called Web 2.0 sites. Students are encouraged to focus on particular examples of the topics as found in the real world including; eBay, Facebook, Google, Tesco, Wikipedia, and YouTube.

The module is delivered via a mix of traditional face to face teaching and e-learning activities leading to a blended learning approach. The module makes use of the institutional Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), as well as a range of Web 2.0 services including a module blog based on the Blogger blogging service and YouTube as the host for videos that are embedded into the blog. The ITEC30011 module blog has undergone a number of revisions but currently (November 2010) includes feeds from the social bookmarking service Delicious and the social media site Twitter. Module staff also use a range of other technology services to enhance the learning and teaching experience; including Audioboo, BubbleTweet (third party video service for Twitter) and the photo sharing service Flickr. Many of these are used in an experimental or sporadic manner as the best way to leverage their pedagogic benefits are evaluated. This was recognised with the presentation of a national (UK) e-learning award to the module leader from the Economics Network based in Bristol, which is the Higher Education Academy (HEA) Subject Centre for Economics.