DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR E-TOURISM

Academic year
2022/2023 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR E-TOURISM
Course code
CT9005 (AF:379999 AR:198911)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
INF/01
Period
2nd Term
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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The course falls within the area of ICT technologies. Specifically, it covers the foundational notions of computer science technologies at the core of the digitalisation processes in the management of the hospitality sector, including the use of social media, online booking and travel portals.
The student will acquire the necessary skills to:
- master the basic terminology of computer science and ICT
- understand the importance of ICT in the tourism sector
- acquire knowledge about databases and data-warehouses for the management of touristic data
- acquire the basic notions on networks, distributed systems and services, including the Web, Wen search engines and social networks.
No prerequisite is required
- Digital data representation
- computational thinking: problem solving and algorithms
- operating systems (file system and directory)
- Information systems and databases
- Basics of networking and cyber-security
- the world wide web
- social networks, web search engines, cloud platforms
- e-tourism applications.
Teaching material made available by the teacher.
Computer Science Illuminated (7e), Nell Dale, John Lewis. Jones & Barlet Learning, 2019

Optional readings:
Computational Thinking: First Algorithms, Then Code. By P. Ferragina and F. Luccio. Springer, 2018.
Zeldman, Jeffrey; Marcotte, Ethan (2009). Designing with Web Standards (3rd ed.). Berkeley: New Riders. ISBN 978-0-321-61695-1.
Computing Essentials 2021, by Timothy O'Leary, Linda O'Leary, Daniel O'Leary. McGraw Hill, ISBN10: 1260323994, ISBN13: 9781260323993, 2021.
Written exam (70%) and project work (30%)
Frontal lectures, laboratories, and seminars
English
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 15/05/2022