individual productivity
read to prepare yourselves for session 24
- Igbaria, M., & Tan, M. (January 01, 1997). The consequences of information technology acceptance on subsequent individual performance. Information & Management, 32, 3, 113.
- Green, K. C., & Gilbert, S. W. (March 01, 1995). Great Expectations: Content, Communications, Productivity, and the Role of Information Technology in Higher Education. Change, 27, 2, 8-18.
things we'll talk about
- how have improvements in information technology improved our personal productivity?
plan to separate into groups to work on an in-class assignment
- list, in as much detail as possible, the steps you all take to write a research paper when you have access to the Internet and your personal laptops
- then list, in as much detail as possible, the steps you all would have to take to write a research paper when you do not have access either to the Internet or to any computer
- estimate the difference in the amount of time it would take you all to accomplish both tasks
back to more things we'll talk about
- is technology making us stupid?
- do we lack the ability to memorize information, a skill we needed before information was so readily available to us?
- does it matter? if it's true, is it worth the increase in speed and (perhaps) the increase in quality of our work?
