Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024 No Banner module data is available
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Description This module will explore the human or person technology interface and the emerging psychological, social, and ethical debates and dilemmas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Critique the roles, uses and impact of technological innovations in personal and societal contexts 2. Discuss the personal impact of living with and depending on technology for for health, wellbeing, learning and the world of work 3. Discuss the role of society and the body in the person-technology interface 4. Discuss the ways in which technologies influence how individuals and societies behave and develop 5. Identify and illustrate key ethical considerations in the relation between person and technology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
A pragmatist approach to ethics in psychology and technology studiesThe evolution of technology, personal enablement and enhancementCyber psychology: theory, practice, and ethicsSocial media and misinformationAI, social robotics and ethical dilemmasThe technologisted body: from embodiment and cyborgs to an extended digital selfPositive technologies, virtual reality and well beingLearning technologies and their ethical challengesBioethics, health and technologyTechnology, ethics and the world of work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Resources None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||