Cooperation Technologies and Learning – 

!!!The course will not be available in Autumn 2023!!!

Teacher: Monica Divitini

The course is taught in English.

Contact the teacher if you have any question.

The course is offered in cooperation with Excited, the Norwegian Center for Excellence in IT education.

Workload: 3,75 SP 

Start-up

The first meeting will be on Wednesday 31 August 2022, kl. 13-14. We meet in room IDI-242 (https://link.mazemap.com/z8W1lJAJ​​​​​​​). It is also possible to attend remotely - Contact the teacher to get the information.

Information about the course syllabus and structure will be provided during the meeting.

Learning Goals

The course focuses on Cooperation technologies for supporting cooperation in knowledge-intensive and educational settings, with focus on knowledge creation, experience sharing, and learning. The course will have a double focus on cooperative serious games and platforms for cooperation.

The course aims at giving students knowledge of cooperation technologies for knowledge creation, experience sharing, and learning. This knowledge will allow students to design and evaluate new technologies. At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:

1. Reflect critically on research in the field
2. Apply the developed competencies in their research projects.

Students are expected to develop general skills connected to critical reading and analysis of scientific literature in the field.  

Syllabus

The literature consists of several articles from various journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. 

Teaching approach

The course is taught through workshops where the students discuss the articles. Active participation is required

More information and the articles in the course will be available in the initial lecture. 

Previous knowledge

This is not an introductory course on cooperation technology. Previous knowledge about the subject is strongly recommended, e.g. TDT4245.. 

Reading List/pensum

[To be defined at the beginning of semester]