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Information Technology and Basics of Research Activities (5 cr)

Code: 7081204-3018

General information


Enrollment

01.06.2021 - 08.09.2021

Timing

09.09.2021 - 02.12.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

1 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Ilkka Uusitalo
  • Meeri Rusi
  • Janne Hellsten
  • Tuulikki Hattunen

Groups

  • PSOSS21V

Objective

Objectives
- Student knows how to use the information technology required in his/her studies and working life.
- Student knows the central domestic and foreign information sources in his/her own field and gains capacities
for independent information retrieval.
- Student knows the basics of project activity and achieves capacities for project work.
- Student knowns the basics of research activities and is capable of utilizing the research information of his/her own field.

Content

Content
- Introduction to IT equipment, user IDs and passwords, Internet, e-mail, file
management and network learning environments.
- Word processing and spreadsheet computation.
- Introduction to the library and information services of Turku University of Applied Sciences.
- Research and development targets in the social field.
- Research and development activities, the basics of the project activity (data basis, reporting)
- Research interview

Evaluation scale

H-5