Digital and Media Competence in Social Service Professionals’ Work (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

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.

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.Read the invitation e-mail you got.
Create a Google account and g-mail 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 blog each week.
-write learning diary in ITS
-participate in writing an article in group


13.1. ITS Learning space opens: check your group, write your g-mail 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

13.1. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: course info, timetable, groups, blogs and weekly tasks, Instructions for the first assignment.
LINK to course info meeting: Join Zoom Meeting Join Zoom Meeting
https://turkuamk.zoom.us/j/64084168941
Meeting ID: 640 8416 8941

BLOGGING STARTS
20.1. at 15.00 - 18.00 independent work time for groups: Theme 1
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 for groups
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 independent work time for groups
24.3. at 15.00 - 18.00 online in Zoom: assignment info and group work
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.

International connections

Team work and blogging: thematical assignments
Learning by doing
Using social media for learning
Reflecting your own learning process and group work

Student workload

Workload for student:
5 credits = 135 hours work

Work includes
-online Zoom meetings
- group meetings and planning and completing theme assignments:blog posts (written, videos etc.) in group blog and other material linked to blog EACH WEEK
-commenting posts in blogs of all the other groups (each theme) EACH WEEK
-individual learning diary entries (ITS)
-course article written in groups as final report of learning
The best articles will be published after the course in TALK online magazine on TUAS website https://talk.turkuamk.fi/

Technical requirements for the course:
You need to be able to join online meetings and use Blogger and other collaborative online tools chosen by your vi team e.g. Google tools/ OneDrive/social media platforms. You also need to be able to record team sessions.
You will need a Google account and gmail address for the blog.

NOTE that this is not IT course o rcourse in social media . The emphasis is on the content of media and social sector work.

Further information

course invitation e-mail from teacher
ITSlearning space and its chat boards
online meetings
gmail messages from small groups for blog invitations


The small groups can book additional Zoom meetings with the teacher if needed.