ICT Based Data Collection and Analysis
2018/2019
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
The module will introduce students to ICT based data collection and analysis offering a number of opportunities to obtain vast amounts of data on the use of for example Web based ICT solutions with relative ease. These opportunities call for fundamental consideration of options and problems, including ethical concerns on the significance of the potentially extensive mappings of individual user behaviour. During the course of the module, students will engage in ICT based data collection and analysis for the support of ICT user analyses and pilot projects.
The module comprises courses and exercises within the following areas:
- theory and method within ICT based data collection and analysis
- tools for ICT based data collection and analysis
Learning objectives
Knowledge
In this module students will acquire knowledge of:
- theories and methods at the highest international level as regards qualitative and quantitative oriented data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- ICT systems for data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- principles, including ethical principles, for managing ICT systems for data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies.
Skills
In this module students will acquire skills in:
- assessing and selecting a method for qualitative and quantitative oriented data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- selecting, configuring and adapting ICT systems for qualitative and quantitative oriented data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- communicating methods for ICT based data collection and analysis to peers and laymen
- communicating results on ICT based data collection and analysis to peers and laymen.
Competences
In this module students will acquire competences in:
- taking an analytical, reflective and critical approach to qualitative and quantitative oriented data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration on ICT based data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies
- identifying own learning needs and structuring own learning in relation to the subject area of ICT based data collection and analysis in relation to user analyses and pilot studies.
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | ICT Based Data Collection and Analysis |
| Type of exam | Written exam
The examination is a seven-day take-home assignment on a set topic.
On the basis of the module, students will respond to one or a
number of questions and assignments within the subject area of the
module. The assignment paper must not exceed eight pages, and it
must be prepared individually |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Permitted aids | All written and all electronic aids |
| Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | In the evaluation of the examination performance, the grade 12 will only be awarded to students who give an excellent performance and demonstrate that they have fulfilled the above objectives exhaustively or with only few insignificant omissions. |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | ICT baseret data og analyse |
| Module code | KAINFOS163 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Autumn
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Study Board | Study Board of Music Therapy |
| Department | Department of Communication and Psychology |
| Faculty | The Faculty of Humanities |
