Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The course is concerned with emerging science and technology developments with an emphasis on digital technologies. Digital technologies are pervasive and are increasingly used in a large variety of aspect of human life, and the purpose of the course is to provide an insight into important developments and applications of digital technologies in professional as well as private life. The course provides an understanding of the systemic character of digital technologies and the industries, organizations, communities and institutions in which digital technologies are developed. Emphasis in the course is on innovation processes in the digital area. This module is anchored in the Research group of Communication, Media and Information technologies, Department of Electronic Systems.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• account for knowledge required for analyzing the conditions for and implications of implementing new technologies in professional contexts as well as broader societal contexts.
• describe emerging science and technology developments at a sufficiently deep level to enable concrete analyses of concrete technology implementation and use.
• identify the systemic character of digital technologies and the industries, organizations and institutions in which digital technologies are developed.
• account for the pervasiveness of digital technologies and how they are used in professional as well as private life. 
• explain how digital technologies are innovated and how digital technologies can be used to increase innovativeness in other areas.

Skills

• identify digital technologies used and to be used for various social settings including sustainability and business purposes.
• deduce how social requirements can be used to improve technical requirement specifications in innovation processes.
• explain the role and potential implications of implementing and using digital technologies – specifically with respect to organizational and leadership aspects and the disruptiveness of selected technologies and the broader social aspects concerning surveillance, nudging and identity management.

Competences

• use the socio-technical theories of the education for analyzing the development and application of digital technologies.
• contribute to innovation processes in the digital technology area as well as areas where digital technologies are crucial for innovating social including business processes.
• assess social implications of implementing and using selected digital technologies.

Type of instruction

Course module. Please refer to §17 of the curriculum about the structure and content of the programme.

Exam

Exams