Digital Competence (DICN26DIAK)

Contents:
• Digital services
• Professional communication in digital services
• Ethical principles and the legal framework in digital services
• Social media in social work and community development work
• Digitalisation and welfare technologies

The students will be able to:
• understand service users’ viewpoints on digital services
• apply professional communication and offer guidance in digital services
• understand ethical principles and the legal framework in digital services
• professionally use social media in social work and community development work
• understand the main developments in digitalisation and welfare technologies

This study module consists of so called non-syncronised studies. This means that student works on the materials and assignments independently and according their own timetables. However, taking part in one of the supervision sessions is compulsary.

While other assignments are done individually, work-life interview can be conducted also in pairs.

The students will be able to:
• understand service users’ viewpoints on digital services
• apply professional communication and offer guidance in digital services
• understand ethical principles and the legal framework in digital services
• professionally use social media in social work and community development work
• understand the main developments in digitalisation and welfare technologies
Contents:
• Digital services
• Professional communication in digital services
• Ethical principles and the legal framework in digital services
• Social media in social work and community development work
• Digitalisation and welfare technologies
The course consists of
– Own timetable for the course
– Self-evaluation of your own e-skills
– Online discussion of your own experiences of digital competence
-Sefl-retlection on digital competence materials
-Bencmarking process and report of a digital service

Digital skills and competences material
-slides of digital competencies
-videos: What is Artificial Intelligence
-EU: Definition of Digital Competence
-Digital and populaiton data services agency. 2022.Digitaitoraportti_2022_ENG.pdf (dvv.fi).
-Digital and population data services agency. 2023. Digital skills report 2023.

Digital services, legislation, accessibility material:
You will able this material in benchmarking assignment (section 4).

Regional State Administrative Agency. Reguirements of the Act on the Provision of Digital Services.
Regional State Administrative Agency. Accessibility overview – Web Accessibility Requirements
Legislation | Data Protection Ombudsman’s Office
Office of the data protection ombudsman. Private persons | Data Protection Ombudsman’s Office
EU AI Act
Ethical Guidelines for AI in Public Administration – Valtiovarainministeriö
When using artificial intelligence in public administration – Valtionvarainministeriö
Strategies

Europe's Digital Decade | Shaping Europe’s digital future
Europe’s digital decade: 2030 targets | European Commission
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health care. 2024. Strategy for digitalization and information management in health care and social welfare. Publications of Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 1. Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.) Helsinki. Strategy for digitalisation and information management in healthcare and social welfare (valtioneuvosto.fi)

-Own timetable for the course /pass or to be resubmitted
-Discussion assignments: utilisation of Artificial Intelligence according Diak´s guidelines/pass or to be resubmitted
– Self-evaluation of your own e-skills /pass or to be resubmitted
– Online discussion on your own experiences of digital competence/pass or to be resubmitted
– Self-reflection on digital competence materials/pass or to be resubmitted
-Benchmarking process and report of a digital service/evaluation matrix/pass or to be resubmitted

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

No exams.