User based Welfare TechnologyLaajuus (3 cr)

Objective

The course provides skills in the use of wellbeing technology for people of different ages. The student • is able to describe and evaluate the potential of welfare technology to maintain wellbeing and promote health. • is able to find out the needs of different user groups and user experiences for different welfare technology solutions. • knows methods of developing welfare technologies for the needs of different user groups. • knows the principles of ethics in the user context of welfare technologies. • knows and understands the importance of data protection in the context of welfare technologies.

Content

• maintaining well-being and promoting health as concepts • key concepts and content in welfare technologies • the potential of technology in maintaining well-being and health • the core content and concepts of user-oriented design • methods to address users' needs • methods for the joint development of need-based and user-oriented technologies • ethics and user data protection in the context of welfare technology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student • is able to describe and explain the key concepts, contents and methods of welfare technologies and user-oriented design • is able to describe methods to identify user needs and is able to co-develop need-based and user-oriented technologies and has tried some of these • does not actively discuss ethical and data protection issues in the context of welfare technologies

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student • is able to correctly apply key concepts of welfare technologies and user-centered design and to choose methods for different situations in the development process • is able to use methods to identify user demands and is able to co-develop technologies • contributes to the discussion on ethical and data protection issues in the context of welfare technologies

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student • is able to apply and combine methods to identify user demands and is able co-develop need-based and user-driven technologies • is able to analyze, document and critically evaluate study results • is able to contribute constructively to the ethical and data protection discussion in the context of welfare technology and is able to ground their points of view