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Diploma in Higher Education Studies

Technology and the environment

HES 214 · Digital World — Week 14 of 16

CourseHES 214
Week14 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Technology and the environment

  1. E-waste and energy use
  2. Greener technology choices

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Discuss the societal impact of these technologies.

Activity

Make a poster on reducing the environmental impact of devices.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Global E-waste Monitor 2024: Executive Summary · PDF · UNITAR/ITU Global E-waste Monitor 2024, executive summary on e-waste, pp. 10–17 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 12.1: Ethics and Sustainability · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 12.1: e-waste, energy use and greener IT choices, pp. 436–449 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 7.5: Implications of Cloud Computing · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 7.5 on the energy use and environmental impact of data centres, pp. 276–279 · for registered students
  • E-waste: a global hazard · Open-access article · Perkins et al. (2014), Annals of Global Health. Review of e-waste and its health and environmental hazards. · for registered students
  • The real climate and transformative impact of ICT: a critique of estimates, trends and re… · Open-access article · Freitag et al. (2021), Patterns. Evidence on ICT's energy use and carbon footprint. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The internet and the World Wide Web
  • Week 2: Clients and servers
  • Week 3: LANs and WANs
  • Week 4: How data travels across the internet
  • Week 5: Strong passwords and password managers
  • Week 6: Two-factor authentication
  • Week 7: Phishing: spotting fake messages
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Social engineering and online scams
  • Week 10: Cloud computing
  • Week 11: Artificial intelligence in everyday life
  • Week 12: The Internet of Things and smart devices
  • Week 13: Technology and society
  • Week 14: Technology and the environment
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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