User based Welfare Technology (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student
- is able to describe and evaluate the potential of welfare technology to maintain wellbeing and promote health.
- is able to find out the needs of different user groups and user experiences for different welfare technology solutions.
- knows methods of developing welfare technologies for the needs of different user groups.
- knows the principles of ethics in the user context of welfare technologies.
- knows and understands the importance of data protection in the context of welfare technologies.

Content (course unit)

- maintaining well-being and promoting health as concepts
- key concepts and content in welfare technologies
- the potential of technology in maintaining well-being and health
- the core content and concepts of user-oriented design
- methods to address users' needs
- methods for the joint development of need-based and user-oriented technologies
- ethics and user data protection in the context of welfare technology

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

The student
- is able to describe and explain the key concepts, contents and methods of welfare technologies and user-oriented design
- is able to describe methods to identify user needs and is able to co-develop need-based and user-oriented technologies and has tried some of these
- does not actively discuss ethical and data protection issues in the context of welfare technologies

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

The student
- is able to correctly apply key concepts of welfare technologies and user-centered design and to choose methods for different situations in the development process
- is able to use methods to identify user demands and is able to co-develop technologies
- contributes to the discussion on ethical and data protection issues in the context of welfare technologies

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student
- is able to apply and combine methods to identify user demands and is able co-develop need-based and user-driven technologies
- is able to analyze, document and critically evaluate study results
- is able to contribute constructively to the ethical and data protection discussion in the context of welfare technology and is able to ground their points of view

Location and time

Non-stop between 19.8.2024 and 16.12.2024.

Exam schedules

A numerically assessed exam with two possible attempts.

Assessment methods and criteria

1. Independent tasks: assessment pass/fail
2. Numerical exam (0-5)

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

100% online course on the Moodle learning platform (https://moodle.tuni.fi), a self-paced modules.

The course includes independent reading and writing assignments and a final exam on Moodle. The course is delivered only in Finnish.

The course is divided into modules. Passing all modules is a prerequisite for completing the course.

Learning materials

Moodle articles and other material presented on the course platform.
Material and literature found by the student.

Student workload

3 cr = 3 x 27 h students work (81h)

Content scheduling

1. Familiarisation with the course materials and completion of independent assignments
2. Independent completion of modules 1-6
3. Final examination
4. Course feedback

Further information

The course is delivered only in Finnish.