User-oriented Wellbeing Technology (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe and assess the opportunities for well-being and health technology in promoting health
- is able to clarify the needs of different user groups and user experiences for various well-being and health technology solutions;
- knows the methods with which well-being and health technologies are developed for different user groups’ needs
- knows the ethical principles in the user context of well-being and health technologies
- knows and understands the importance of data protection in the user context of well-being and health technologies.

Content (course unit)

- maintaining well-being and promoting health as concepts
- key concepts and contents of well-being and health technologies
- the opportunities for exploiting technologies to maintain well-being and promote health
- main contents and concepts for user-centered design
- methods to identify user needs
- methods for the co-development of need-oriented and user-oriented technologies
- ethics and privacy in the user context of well-being and health technology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe and explain the key concepts, contents and methods of well-being and health technologies and user-centred design
- is able to describe the methods for identifying the needs of users and is able to describe the methods for identifying joint development needs for user-oriented technologies and has tried some of them
- does not participate actively in discussion of ethical and data protection issues in the context of wellbeing and health technology.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student
- is able to use the key concepts of well-being and health technologies as well as user-centred design correctly and to choose methods for situations in the development process
- is able to use methods to identify user needs and co-develop technologies
- participates in the discussion of ethical and data protection issues in the context of wellness and health technology.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to apply and combine methods to identify user needs and user-oriented technologies in collaboration
- is able to analyse, document and critically assess research results
- is able to participate constructively in the discussion of ethical and data protection issues in the context of well-being and health technology and to explain his/her viewpoints.

Exam schedules

Arvioita pienryhmätehtävä 0-5, palautus ma 11.12.2023 mennessä. Lähdeviitteet pakolliset, ilman niitä työ on hylätty.
Uusintakoe 1 ja 2 täydentävä essee. Puolet arvosanastasi koostuu itsenäisten tehtävien määrän tekemisestä.

Assessment methods and criteria

Arvioitava pienryhmätehtävä.
Seminaari pidetään 15.12.2023.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Aktivoivat luennot, SVL-vierailu, itsenäiset tehtävät ja seminaariesitys. HUOM! ORIENTAATIOSTA LÄHTEE ILMOITTAUTUNEILLE ERILLINEN SÄHKÖPOSTIVIESTI 23.10.2023.

Learning materials

Luentomateriaalit, lisämateriaalit Moodlessa.

Student workload

Opiskelijan työtä 3 x 27 h eli 81h.

Content scheduling

1. Kurssimateriaalit ja keskustelutehtävät
2. RoboSote MOOC
3. Kuiluista Digiosallisuuteen MOOC
4. Sote Virtual Lab oppimiskäynti
5. Pienryhmätehtävä ja esitysseminaari

Further information

Orientaatiossa sekä seminaarissa pakollinen läsnäolo. SVL-käynnillä pakollinen läsnäolo.