Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Through the module, students will acquire knowledge, skills and competences in relation to the areas of user analysis and pilot studies with particular emphasis on user analysis and pilot studies in relation to the development of ICT for supporting work, knowledge and learning processes.

The module will introduce students to user analysis, user-system interaction and pilot studies within the fields of ICT innovation, design and development, which are areas of core competence within the field of informatics. This includes acquisition and application of knowledge on digital practice, organisational culture, digital culture and cognitive, conative and emotive aspects of the undertaking of user analyses and pilot studies with a view to qualifying operational processes and organisational change.

The module comprises teaching within the following areas:

• user practice, user analysis and pilot studies – theory of science and theory
• data collection and analysis methods
• user practice, user analysis and pilot studies in specific domains

Academic supervision will be offered in connection with the problem oriented project work.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

In this module students will acquire knowledge of:

• theory and methods as regards the understanding of human practice and more specifically user practice in relation to technology use at the highest international level
• digital culture and practice, cultural and social phenomena related to ICT use
• cognitive, conative and emotive aspects of ICT use
• the structuring of user analyses and pilot studies directed towards various domains and processes within work life, learning and knowledge sharing.

Skills

In this module students will acquire skills in:

• assessing strategies and methods for user analyses and pilot studies on the basis of the needs of the study and knowledge of the disciplinary theories and methods.
• choosing suitable strategies and methods for user analyses and pilot studies directed towards various domains
• data collection and analysis as regards user analysis and pilot studies
• communicating user analyses and pilot studies to peers and others.

Competences

In this module students will acquire competences in:

• taking an analytical, reflective and critical approach to the preconditions for user analyses and pilot studies
• taking an analytical, reflective and critical approach to user analyses and pilot studies
• engaging in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration on user analyses and pilot studies, with a professional approach
• identifying own learning needs and structuring own learning in relation to the subject area of user analysis for pilot studies.

Exam

Exams