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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
EM113BDigital LiteracyCompulsory113
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The objective of the course is to enable the students to recognize and use digital technologies, digital media and tools in a level that they can use in a competent manner. The process of finding, processing, editing, sharing, evaluating and analyzing information using digital technologies is the main topic of the course. At the end of the course, it is aimed to ensure the students' dominance of digital media and tools and increase the level of awareness and inquiry about these areas.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Çağatay TEKE
Learning Outcomes
1Able gain knowledge of new media environment and will learn concepts and approaches necessary to evaluate events and facts related to new media.
2Able to develop a good understanding of digital technologies and be competent in using those technologies.
3Has an idea about education and technology
4Able to define educational technologies
5Able to explain the development of educational technologies in Turkey and in the World
6Is knowledgeable about current teaching technologies.
7Realizes the features of new generation students.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Introduction to Digital Literacy, Internet Technologies, Portable Technologies, Social Networks, Technology, Society and People, Information Ethics, Technology and Lifelong Learning, Cloud Computing, Technologies of the Future
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction of course content
2Introduction to digital literacy
3Internet Technologies
4Mobile Technologies
5Social Nerworks
6Technology, Society and Human
7Human Computer Interaction
8Midterm
9IT Ethics
10IT Law and Crimes
11Definition and Scope of Lifelong Learning and Concepts Related to Lifelong Learning
12A New Approach to Lifelong Learning: Massive Open Online Course
13Cloud Computing and Its Features
14Technological Development
15Technologies Shaping Today
Recommended or Required Reading
Understanding digital literacies, A practical introduction, Rodney H. Jones, Christoph A. Hafner, Routledge, 2012
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Makeup Examination111
Self Study30130
Individual Study for Mid term Examination30130
Individual Study for Final Examination30130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)93
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
PO
8
LO13544  5 
LO24544  5 
LO33544  5 
LO4 3    3 
LO5 3    24
LO64522  55
LO745    34
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High