Gerontechnology (3cr)
Code: GERAEV400-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 03.08.2020 - 22.02.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 15.02.2021 - 30.04.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 1 - 35
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Social Services and Health Care, Applied Gerontology
- Teachers
- Anna-Kaarina Koivula
- Course
- GERAEV400
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
Students know where to seek information about gerontechnology. They become aware of the potential and limitations of user-oriented technology in the promotion of social engagement and functional capacity. Students are able to desribe ethical issues in the use of gerontechnology.
Content
- concept of gerontecnology
- user-oriented technology
- devices, applications and services used in gerontechnology
- Robotics and artificial intellugence
- suistainable development
- ethical questions in gerontechnology
Materials
- Leikas 2014. Ikäteknologia.
-Riikonen. 2018. Muistisairaan ihmisen kokemukset teknologiasta osana arkea - turvaa vai tunkeilevuutta. https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/59785/978-951-39-7568-5_vaitos26102018.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Teaching methods
virtual material
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students are able to list features of gerontechnology.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students are able to describe gerontechnology and its benefits from the perspectives of the individual, community and society. They recognise ethical issues pertaining to gerontechnology.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
They evaluate ethical issues pertaining to gerontechnology.