FYB1070 Technology and Society Course description

The language is normally English.

Technologies, from the stone axe to the computer, have been integral in shaping how we live, think, interact, and work. Advances in digitalization have made digital competences a significant factor in ensuring the employability of candidates in all professions vital to our society. Understanding the benefits, the limitations, and the transformative power of technologies on public and private life as well as professional practice is crucial.

In this course, students will acquire the basic knowledge needed to harness the potential of digital technologies and identify opportunities to use technology to foster inclusion, active participation, and sustainability in society and the workplace. Through individual reflection, shared exploration and group discussions, students will gain awareness of how technological developments might impact their future professions, and their role as citizens in an increasingly digitalized society.

This course will provide students with the foundational knowledge and means to become a responsible agent of change in their own profession and field of study. Students will learn to recognise limitations, strengths and potentially disruptive consequences of technological innovation and grapple with the social, ethical, and political issues that arise as technology becomes both increasingly complex and essential to the function of society.

No additional course-specific requirements.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge 

Upion successful completion of this course the student understands: 

• basic concepts, mechanisms, and tools behind digitalization
• how digitalization shapes public and private life
• the role of technological innovation and development in equity and justice, sustainable development, and civic engagement
• how technological infrastructures shape and support society and the welfare state.

Skills 

Upon successful completion of this course the student can: 

• apply critical and analytical strategies to evaluate and critically discuss the possibilities and challenges of existing and potential technologies 
• reflect on social, ethical, and political consequences of technological change
• provide examples of local and global technological disparity, both in general terms, and in relation to their field of study
• analyse and interpret the processes by which information and disinformation is distinguished, disseminated and used in different contexts.
• identify and discuss central sustainability challenges with digital technologies

General Competence 

Upon successful completion of this course the student can: 

• discuss ethical, social, and political challenges arising at the intersection of technology and society
• understand how digitalisation and digital technologies facilitate and shape interdisciplinary collaboration
• examine contemporary, real-world cases from multiple perspectives 
• evaluate the potential impact of new technologies and digitalization processes on an individual and societal level
• understand the importance of user-oriented perspectives in the use and development of technology
• communicate concepts and models related to the use of technology in a structured manner.

The course uses a blended learning approach, with a combination of attendance-based seminars and digital learning materials. Students will explore real-world cases emerging at the intersection of society, technology and their future profession.

English will be the primary language of communication.

After completing the course and INTER1100, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence (INTER1100 addresses the learning outcomes marked with two asterisks (**)):

Knowledge

The student can

• explain different perspectives on the body and movement
• explain different theories on motivation and coping
• explain movement development across the lifespan and describe different theoretical understandings
• explain different theories on motor learning and control
• describe standardised tools for measuring physical condition and physical activity, developed for different health conditions and age groups
• describe what structures are affected by the use of different soft tissue techniques, explain the physiological mechanisms, and explain possible contraindication
• explain the potential of different body systems for exercise adaptation
• can explain the process of growing up in a society characterised by social and cultural diversity**

Skills

The student can

• prepare a search strategy and carry out a database search based on a selected issue related to activity and exercise, and document the search strategy
• use standardised tools for measuring movement development and motor skills, developed for different health conditions and age groups
• apply principles of exercise in the planning and implementation of individually adapted excercises for fellow students/practitioners, and justify a training plan
• reflect on their own experience of movement in light of bodily and cultural aspects of movement
• cooperate with fellow students on the supervision of activities and exercises, and explain the reasons behind a relevant exercise scheme and the educational approach based on a case history
• carry out manual soft tissue techniques on a fellow student and exercise sensitivity and respect in the interaction
• use their own body in an expedient manner when carrying out different tasks, and adapt their work techniques and surroundings
• cooperate with students from other programmes of professional study about relevant challenges in the everyday lives of children and adolescents**
• discuss and reflect on their own future professional role in interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians**

General competence

The student

• can administer lifesaving first aid
• has an understanding of interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their families**
• can reflect on clinical practice and share experiences regarding co-learning processes with fellow students

The work and teaching methods include self-study, seminars, group work, skills training, lectures and experience-based practical training. Experience-based practical training takes place in different practical training arenas.

Two seminar days, digital learning resources and conversation and observation assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study are part of INTER1100 The Same Child - Different Arenas.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• a minimum attendance of 80% in teaching specified as ‘compulsory attendance’ in the lecture schedule programme (TP)
• a minimum attendance of 90% in experience-based practical training with a scope of 10 days
• supervision of a fellow student, 5 sessions of 45 minutes each, based on an adapted exercise plan Individual subject note that explains the reasoning behind the exercise plan and experience acquired through its implementation, 1,000 words (+/- 10%). The subject note will be subject to assessment
• course in lifesaving first aid within the past year.

Coursework requirements for INTER1100 ‘The Same Child - Different Arenas’

• Submitted individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10 %). In order to write the log, the student must first attend a seminar over two days.

No aids are permitted.

Grade scale A-F.

The course has 5 ECTS of overlapping content towards STKD6610 Technology and Society, STKD6600 Technology and Society I, PSYK1070 Technology and Society, BIOB1070 Technology and Society, ERGOB1070 Technology and Society, FYB1070 Technology and Society, RAB1070 Technology and Society, SYKK1070 Technology and Society, SYKP1070 Technology and Society, TAB1070 Technology and Society, ORI1070 Technology and Society, PMED1070 Technology and Society, FARB1070 Technology and Society and VERB1070 Technology and Society