Current issues and data impact (5 cr)

Objective

You familiarize yourself with the topics from a data perspective. You can search for hot topics and related discussions and conversations about different services. You understand how data can be used to make an impact.

Content

What issues have been and are being talked about? How has the conversation been affected by data? How can I search for data about interesting discussion topics to describe the topic and the data in the discussion? What does social media automation mean?

Evaluation

Students can
use professional vocabulary systematically.
look for information in the key information sources of the field.
identify interrelated tasks.
work together with customers, users and target groups.
justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Web materials

Study forms and methods

Individual learning tracks should always be discussed with the lecturers

RDI and work-related cooperation

The course may have assignments made for companies or assignments agreed individually with students.

Student workload

1 cr = 27 hours work

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

There are multiple lecturers in the course and final evaluation is based on the individual evaluations of the lecturers and the evaluation of the final project(s)