Site visit reflections

1.Which features/facilities are more interesting to you? Why?

The facilities that are more interesting to me would be the Interactive IPTV and the Business Analytics Shared Services for Retail & Wholesale Sectors.I found the Interactive IPTV interesting because the television can not only watch shows but also can do lots of different things. For example, we can access internet through television! We don't have to use laptop to access internet anymore! And there is a program called Televisitation whereby we can control our house appliances with this facility. Even if we are not at home, we can just use our iPad or iPhone to control it! For example, we can switch off the light or those electrical applications that we forgot to switch off before we go out! This really brings a lot of convenience for us! The program, Televisitation also allow us to do a video call using the television! Is just like how we use Skype but is way better than Skype. As we can have a conversation of more than two person! Which is pretty awesome, as we can have the conversation in one go, like conferencing!

The next facility that i found interesting would be the Business Analytics Shared Services for Retail & Wholesale Sectors. The concept is similar to shopping, we can buy our stuffs using this program. The only different is we can check out the price before purchasing and we can also "try" the product before we purchase it. For example, if you want to purchase cosmetic makeup, you can take a picture of yourself using the machine and "apply" the makeup on your face to see whether it suits you before purchasing! In this way, you don't have to be afraid of buying things that doesn't suit you and you can try different types of cosmetic makeup available! The best thing is all the prices are listed there!

2. Compare this site visit e-learning activity with attending physical EIR classes in TP.

Attending this site visit e-learning activity is definitely much more interesting that attending physical EIR classes in TP. As during this site visit we are able to have hands-on experience, we can try the facilities available and we can see what this facilities can help us in our daily life which is more like a practical lesson. Physical EIR classes in TP is more like a theory lesson as we only go through the lecture notes and looking at information at the internet which doesn't allows us to have hands-on experience.

3. Briefly describe ONE ethical issue covered in EIR lecture notes 11 & 12.

One ethical issue covered in EIR lecture note 11 is privacy issues. We always have to be cautious on the information that we reveal at the internet. As we would not be able to know who will read this information and whether it will be posted at somewhere else without us knowing. Therefore, never publish your personal information at the internet.

For example, when you are asked to fill in your address/your ic number/your mobile phone number/bank account number or any personal information, NEVER fill them in. Unless is it for a trust able website like government website. 

4. Comment on how this ethical issue can be applied to the exhibits that you see, hear and experience at iExperience. Use examples from iExperience to explain.

Privacy issues can be applied to any form like Interactive IPTV, Next Gen NBN, Telepresence, Next Gen Office and Next Gen Classroom.  We all need our own privacy and wouldn't want our information being pass down by others without seeking our permission. 

5. Suggest how the issues can be handled and what can be done in future.

Users should take note of their own actions at the internet and be cautious.