Planning form for
an educational module 
(to be completed by the teacher)	

Programme of Studies.- Department offert . U. Zaragoza
Name of the course unit .-  Electronic Government
Type of course (e.g. major, minor, elective) .- Elective 
Level of the module /course unit (e.g. BA, MA, PhD) .- BA 
Prerequisites  
Number of ECTS credits.- 6 ECTS (average student working time: 180 hours)
Competentes to be developed
1	Presenting information visually and orally
2	Information Technology Law
3	Accessing legal texts
4	Interpretation of legal texts in context
5	Application of legal texts in context

Learning outcomes	Educational activities	Estimated student work time in hours	Assessment	
To present practically several examples on e government	Lectures.-
Introduction to the electronic administration: Basic concepts. History and development. Advantages, benefits and risks. Introduction policies and strategies.	5 hours	Students must do a written exam and a practical work 
-The grade is between 1 and 10, passing who obtains five points at least 
-The grade is the average of the written exam, the oral presentation of the practice and the written work on the practice, being indispensable to pass the written exam 
-The written exam consists on two questions about the program 
-The practical work consists on the evaluation of an electronic government website 
-The minimum extension of the written work on the practice is 5000 words	
	
	Reading assignment on the lectures	5 hours		
	Working in small group	3 hours		
	Personal reflection  of themes presented in the lectures	10 hours		
To classify the electronic government services from different approaches 	Lectures.-Electronic government application areas: From electronic government's definition to their classification. The agents and their relationships. Levels, areas and environments. Procedures, methods and intervention tools.	5 hours		
	Reading assignment on the lectures	5 hours		
	Working in small group	3 hours		
	Personal reflection  of themes presented in the lectures	10 hours		
To search and retrieval the adequate information on e government	Lectures.-
Analysis and evaluation of electronic government websites: Bases for an analysis and evaluation model. Documenting the environment and the socio-political and juridical frames. Analysis and evaluation of the portals and services. Case study.	5 hours		
	Reading assignment on the lectures	5 hours		
	Working in small group	3 hours		
	Personal reflection  of themes presented in the lectures	10 hours		
To know the basic principles of the normative that governs the use of the ICT in the relationships with the electronic government	Lectures.-
Normative aspects; basic principles: From the privacy to the computer specialist activities. Computer specialist activities. Security measures and data protection. The security of the electronic communications. Practice codes. The consent and the computer specialist activities	10 hours		
	Reading assignment on the lectures	10 hours		
	Working in small group	3 hours		
	Personal reflection  of themes presented in the lectures	20 hours		
To know the state of development of the provision of administrative services with the aid of the information and communication technologies (ICT): "electronic government" 	Lectures.-
Introduction to the electronic administration: Basic concepts. History and development. Advantages, benefits and risks. Introduction policies and strategies.	5 hours		
	Reading assignment on the lectures	5 hours		
	Working in small group	3 hours		
	Personal reflection  of themes presented in the lectures	10 hours		
	15 panels on presentations of different cases of electronic government 	30 hours		
	Peparation of the final written report	10 hours		
	Preparation of the final examen	5 hours		

180 hours			100%