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Course unit, curriculum year 2024–2025
SDL.540

Living with platforms: Digital Literacies and Learning, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)
Course code
SDL.540
Language of instruction
English
Academic years
2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Sirkku Kotilainen
Responsible teacher:
Jussi Okkonen
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

The course aims to increase student’s ethical awareness on different audiences as users of digital media and services as one perspective of sustainability in digital life among children, youth and adults. This is explored through the developments in audience and user studies with studies on digital literacies. The course offers insights to conceptual frameworks and research orientations to future in digital spheres from the user’s perspective and digital literacies as learning. While students construct an understanding of the user’s perspective and digital literacies, they will reflect on the potentials of future services, policies and digital productions on the basis of these ethical perspectives and approaches among different user groups.

Learning outcomes
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1

Participation in teaching

03.02.2025 29.04.2025
Active in period 3 (1.1.2025–2.3.2025)
Active in period 4 (3.3.2025–31.5.2025)