Interaction and Knowledge Technologies

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic computer user skills.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and practical tasks:

- laboratory and field work;

- summarising;

- exam.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students with basic skills on proper and safe use of computer systems, so as to collect, process and display information:

- to learn how to gather information in bibliographic databases and sources consulted directly;

- to learn how to organise the collection of data through direct research methods;

- to learn to organise information collected directly and / or through bibliographic databases;

- to learn how to organise data for a qualitative or quantitative analysis;

- to learn to prepare the presentation of data collected from literature research and organisation and / or analysis of data collected directly.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Basic notions of hardware and software

The main types of software:

- word processors

- software design and image processing

- spreadsheets and graphical representation of quantitative data

- programmes to collect and present information online

- basic procedures for organising information and ensuring security.

Procedures for literature research collection:

- organisation of media storage systems and the information collected directly

- brief introduction to procedures for analysing bibliographic information

- brief introduction to the analysis procedures of information collected directly.

Presentation and submission of information:

- communications,

- publications,

- online, etc.

Assessment Methods

Final
Exam: 100.0%

Periodic
Two group works: 25.0%
Final group work: 25.0%
5 individual works: 50.0%

Bibliography

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Washington, D.C: APA.

Abela, A. V. (2008). Advanced presentations by design: Creating communication that drives action. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.

Cone, J. D. & Foster, S. L. (1993). Dissertations & Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and Related Fields. Washington, D.C: APA.

Creuzi, P. E. (2003). History of Modern Computing. Cambridge: The MIT Press.

Hock, R. (2004). The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.

Reynolds, G. (2008). Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery. Berkeley, CA: New Riders Press