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Technology and Innovation

lopezjc March 19, 2018Technology and Innovation

Digital Fairytale

Maikel Right

Online

Digital Fairytale: Once Upon A Time, is a course dedicated to evaluating the disruption of the “Smart-phone Era” and the Internet of Things have had on our holistic living experience.

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Power Skills: Emotional Intelligence for the 21st Century

Amber Webber

Online

Your mission in this course will be to navigate a series of quests, challenges, and discussions to explore the world of emotional intelligence. As with other video games, the quests in this gamified course will help you build skills, gain experience, learn background context, and collect new EQ insights to enrich your own personal storyline.

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Innovator's Workshop: Mastering Design Thinking & Innovation Skills

Kiesha Moodie

Wednesday., 3:30P-4:45P (Online LIVE)

This course is an immersive exploration of applying design thinking and innovation methodologies to design solutions that provide value and are compelling. This course features series of three design projects that each aimed at tackling problems with design thinking from different domains with a students environment (e.g., product, service, and spaces). This thematic approach ensures that the projects are relatable and impactful, fostering a deep connection between the students' work and their immediate environment.

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Changing the Game

Jennifer Houston

Thursdays 3:30PM-4:45PM (Online LIVE)

"Changing the Game" is a course that explores the multifaceted dynamics of esports culture with a focus on promoting inclusivity and enhancing wellbeing within the community. Esports, a rapidly growing industry at the intersection of technology, entertainment, and competition, presents unique challenges and opportunities for fostering positive social interactions. This course will delve into a comprehensive analysis of esports culture across various dimensions. It will cover psychological insights into player behavior, team dynamics, and community interactions. Additionally, it will explore biological considerations concerning the impact of gaming on physical health, sleep patterns, and cognitive functions, emphasizing strategies for maintaining wellbeing. Cultural dynamics will be investigated, highlighting the diverse backgrounds of esports participants and audiences and their implications for inclusive practices and global engagement. Furthermore, economic perspectives will examine esports' economic structures, revenue models, labor practices, and their broader impact on industry stakeholders. Finally, ethical frameworks will evaluate issues like toxicity, discrimination, and fairness in competitive gaming, aiming to develop strategies for promoting ethical conduct and responsible gaming within the esports community. By the end of this course, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the social dynamics in esports, equipped with the knowledge and skills to foster a more inclusive and healthy esports community. Through critical analysis and practical applications, they will be prepared to influence positive change in this evolving industry.

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Player One

Maikel Right

Online

Inspired by courses taught by Emily Wood and neuroscience research conducted by Stuart Brown, this course challenges students to think differently about play and its relevance to human social and biological development.

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Music and Artificial Intelligence: Intersections of Creativity, Technology, and Society

Ernesto Fernandez

Online

This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and music. Through an exploration of AI’s impact on music creation, performance, and consumption, students will investigate how technology shapes creative processes and the music industry. The course will focus on how AI operates in various musical contexts, allowing students (musicians and non- musicians alike) to engage with AI-driven tools and reflect on the ethical and social implications of AI in the arts. No prior music experience is required, and students will explore both the technical and cultural aspects of AI and music through hands-on projects and discussions.

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Customer Engagement is Digital-First

Dora Cortinas

Online

Customer experience is now decidedly digital-first. Empowered by choice and increasing control over their personal data, trust is critical, and customers expect flexibility and a thoughtful, personal touch. Therefore, the experience a company provides is as important as its products and services. Every interaction with a brand is an opportunity for a customer-centric experience that builds trust and long-term brand loyalty. To stay competitive, smart businesses are taking note and making changes to provide exceptional customer experience and are shifting to a more “customer centric” strategy, because the ability to effectively deliver a great customer experience trumps almost everything else.

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Posthumanism and Interdisciplinary Storytelling through Video Art

Ozan Atalan

Thursdays, 1:30PM-4:00PM

The course explores posthumanist philosophy and video art as a medium for interdisciplinary expression. This course encourages students to challenge anthropocentric views by creating socially responsible narratives that connect humans and nonhumans. Students from diverse fields will critically engage with posthumanist themes, learn video art production, and collaborate on a final project, gaining skills in creativity, critical thinking, and ethical storytelling. The course culminates in a collaborative video art piece suitable for exhibition, emphasizing experiential and inclusive learning.

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Technosociety: Emerging Technologies and their Ethical Implications

Gustavo Roque

Online

As a society, our reliance on technology has reached unprecedented heights. This reliance produces serious ethical dilemmas; however, we still want and need to use technology. What will our future look like as new technologies are introduced? This course will focus on emerging technologies and how those technologies affect the human condition.

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Innovation Nation: The Global Influence of Israeli Technology and Entrepreneurship

Andi Wolfer & Aaron Kaplowitz

Mon., 10:00A - 12:30P

Israel has built a reputation as an entrepreneurial powerhouse that exports industry-disrupting technologies all over the world. Visitors to the “Start-Up Nation” marvel at the innovations that have emerged from a country that once made the desert bloom.

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Westworld

Rhona Trauvitch

Wednesday, 11:00A-12:15P(Hybrid)

This course is an interdisciplinary adventure in Westworld. Our core material is the first season of the television series created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (2016), a tapestry of science fiction, philosophy, narratology, and machine learning. Our course’s overarching question is What is the difference between the park’s hosts (androids) and guests (humans)? Over the course of the semester we hope students will come to realize that this difference is not nearly as large, solid, or obvious as may appear. Since we are indeed comparing, the theme of the course is fungibility and to learn about this theme we will study the philosophy of analogy.

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Law, Health, & Tech

Rafael Yaniz

Wednesday 4:30P - 7:00P

The course is designed to facilitate high achieving FIU Honors College students with an interest in Law (including Pre-Law), Health (all areas of Health Care, Public Health, and Health Professions), and/or Technology (including Engineering or STEM/STEAM Students) in understanding basic concepts at the core of each of these areas that intersect and impact daily life and business in the United States of America and the world

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Humans in the Age of Bots

Francis Hill

Wednesdays 2-3:15PM (Hybrid)

Humans in the Age of Bots is a digital humanities course intersecting literature, philosophy, and technology to explore questions of the human experience in context within the increasing ubiquity of Generative AI. Using Frankenstein and Co-Intelligence as anchor texts, students will explore the themes of ¿what does it mean to be human¿ and ¿what does human progress look like¿ as well as collaborate with AI to code an interactive system from scratch that explores and provides commentary on these questions.

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How AI Will Reshape Society?

Robert Hacker

Wednesdays, 9:30AM - 12:00PM

The focus today in AI is largely on natural science, methods of computation and economic benefit. Where we are losing sight, or misplacing our values, is in the increasingly frequent failure to consider the perspective of the social sciences? How will AI shape society? What effect does AI have on culture? Can we advance our thinking to develop a new transdisciplinary approach for AI that places equal importance on natural, social and formal science?

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AI, Tech, and the Law

Andrej Milic

Mondays 11:00AM - 1:30PM

This course delves into a diverse array of legal and policy challenges stemming from artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other emerging technologies. The legal framework in the areas under consideration is often either nonexistent or in its early stages. Consequently, students will have ample opportunities to contemplate how current laws can be adapted to address the regulatory and policy requirements pertinent to these advancing technologies.

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