Study Guide

Objective

• you are able to use digital tools in your work as a social and education professional
• you know how to create professional content in an online environment
• you are familiar with professional opportunities and challenges brought on by digitalisation
• you are able to counsel individual clients and groups in digital operating environments
• you know how to use various media tools such as social media for professional purposes

Content

• a media project: planning, implementation and assessment
• the use of online media tools (text, image, video and podcast) in the project
• the special requirements of digital counselling and interaction in an online environment
• influencer communications and marketing social and education service expertise
• service terms of use, the differences between private and professional use and ethical principles

Teaching methods

TIMETABLE

Starting from 13.1. NOTE the change: there's no online meeting on 13.1.> independent work. The first Zoom meeting on 20.1. Read the invitation e-mail you got.
Create a Google account and gmail address if you haven't got one already. Familiarize yourself with the Blogger.com platform if you haven't used it before. https://www.blogger.com/about/?bpli=1

During this course you are going to work in randomly formed groups. Each group is going to create a blog in Blogger.com and share it with all the participants and teacher (not with all of the world). All the assignments except individual learning diary are completed in blog environment. Each group will decide the layout of the blog. In addition each group will decide which social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook etc.) it will use. All content (f.ex. videos) are linked to the blog.

All the participants are expected to
- write (with pictures/videos) a post each week (each theme) individually in their group blog (own name)
-comment the posts and other content in other group blogs each week.
-write learning diary in ITS
-participate in writing an article in group


15.1. ITS Learning space opens: check your group, write your gmail address and phone number (for WhatsApp group) in ITSlearning so other group members can reach you and other groups can send you invitation to their blogs

20.1. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: course info, timetable, groups, blogs and weekly tasks, Instructions to the first assignment.
Join Zoom Meeting

BLOGGING STARTS.

27.1. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
3.2. at 15.00 - 18.00 independent work time groups 15-18
10.2. at 15.00 -18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
24.2.at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
3.3. at 15.00 - 18.00 independent work time for groups
10.3. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
17.3.at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
24.3.at 15.00 - 18.00 independent work time for groups
31.3. at 15.00 - 18.00 independent work time for groups
7.4. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom, Course finish


The course work consists both of team activities and independent assignments.Most of the work will be done in group blog. The instructions for the assignments are given in online meetings and ITSlearning.

The themes for assignments include f.ex.reflecting your own media history and media use, individual and corporate use of digital media, issues concerning social work professionals in media environment, children and media education, reaching young people in social media, different areas of adult social work in media, examples and best practices, elderly people and the problem of digital divide, advantages and risks of using media platforms in social and education work.

All the assignments will be completed in English. Further information can be found in Itslearning course environment.

Content scheduling

Please note, that the course is in ENGLISH.

This is an online course in ZOOM but there might be some contact meetings if so agreed with the group in Salo IOT campus. Then these would be hybrid ones, so that you can join also online. Small groups can book additional meetings with teacher.

NOTE! You can't enroll to this course after the group work has started.

NOTE! If you haven't participated in your group's work nor informed teacher by . that you participate work, your enrollment will be deleted

Evaluation scale

H-5