ADTS3100 Universal Design Course description

In today’s society, more and more public and private services are digitalised. Developing ICT solutions that everyone can use will therefore be important in order to ensure equal opportunities for participation in society. This course will teach students how to plan, design, evaluate and test ICT solutions in accordance with principles of universal accessibility. Key topics include different physical and cognitive challenges, demographics and cultural diversity in society, and how to design universally designed ICT solutions together with the users. Norwegian and international legislation relating to inclusion of all user groups in society will also be addressed.

Work and teaching methods include lectures, assignments (individually and in groups), peer assessment and laboratory work.

The teaching comprises laboratory work and microscopy. Relevant theory is linked to practice through lectures, learning questions and individual assignments and various forms of group assignments in addition to self-study. Problem-solving, reflection and cooperation is a pre-condition. Students give each other feedback on some of the written assignments. The student’s portfolio is an important learning tool in the course.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of:

• planning the development of useful and user-friendly systems, including system descriptions, product development, testing/evaluation and user participation
• fresh and creative thinking relating to the development of universal ICT systems
• giving an account of the contents of national and international legislation and recommended guidelines for the universal design of ICT

Skills

The student is capable of:

• evaluating the usefulness of user interfaces, websites and web applications
• creating user-friendly, universally designed ICT solutions
• creating universally designed documents

General competence

The student:

• understands the difference between universal design and assistive technology, and is capable of disseminating knowledge about universal design
• understands that people are different, and that diversity must be taken into account in the planning and development of information and communication technology
• is capable of identifying barriers that different people can encounter in connection with ICT systems and of finding solutions to such challenges

Lectures and supervision. The students work in groups. The groups normally comprise 3 to 4 students.

None

Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

• one individual assignment.
• one project assignment in groups (usually 3-5 students)

Total folder size as described in the assignment.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of resit and rescheduled exams, another exam form may also be used or a new assignment given with a new deadline. If oral exams are used, the result cannot be appealed.

The course deals with the practical application of laboratory analyses of cells and tissue related to pathological conditions. Basic knowledge of morphological analysis is necessary for a biomedical laboratory scientist to plan, perform, quality assure and assess biomedical analyses. The course emphasises relevant theory related to pre-analytical conditions, relevant analyses and micro-examination of cell and tissue specimens. It also covers a selection of histological and cytological methods used to diagnose cancer and other diseases, including immunological methods. Knowledge of cells and tissues and relevant methods of analysis is important in this part of the biomedical laboratory sciences field, where assessments are, in part, based on subjective criteria.

• Passed first year or equivalent of the Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, with the exception of the course BIOB1060

or

• Admitted to the Complementary Education in Biomedical Laboratory Science

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can explain the principles of cell and tissue preparation for brightfield microscopy and digital pathology examination
• can explain relevant theory and the principles behind selected analyses, general staining theory, overview of staining and special staining techniques, and describe the application of method’s as well as its possibilities and limitations
• has knowledge of the use of antibodies as analysis tools and of different detection techniques
• can provide examples of key immunological methods and techniques used with biological fluids, cells and tissue
• is familiar with methods and applications in molecular pathology
• can explain the connection between analysis results, disease mechanisms and disease progression in cells and tissue
• can explain how relevant methods for detection of disease markers can provide solutions in relation to diagnosis and individually adapted treatment
• can define relevant quality concepts and describe how pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical conditions can impact analysis results in histology and cytology

Skills

The student

• can use relevant instruments and techniques under supervision
• can perform micro-examination of cell and tissue specimens with a certain degree of independence
• can describe morphology and recognise cytological images of cervix- and non-gynaecological preparations in normal, premalignant and malignant conditions
• can make plans for and use selected methods of analysis and assess their reliability
• can assess the quality of an analysis based on defined quality concepts related to the connection between key theoretical principles, execution and results

General competence

The student

• can show respect for the patient behind the sample material, and shows responsibility in the analysis work