Background , General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skills Development

ConsultAnnex A

·    Description of the Level of Learning Outcomes for each cycle of study according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area

·    Descriptive Indicators for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning

and Annex B

·    LearningOutcomesWritingGuide

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Generating new research ideas

Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Demonstrate social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Exercise of criticism and self-criticism

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

·         Preparation of individual or group project.

Indicative concepts:

1. History of information technology – cybernetics, from antiquity to the present day / artificial intelligence / society and politics of information technology development
2. Information society/ technical and social characteristics/ importance of services and information/ telecommunication networks/ the internet/ basic applications
3. Principles of data collection, storage, organization, analysis, and visualization. Basic theory of databases.
4. Integration of the individual in IT / economic inclusion / political inclusion / knowledge transfer / minority empowerment / ensuring equality
5. Global technology/digital divide/other global issues/application of technology to life, society, nations
6. Improving life through e-applications in medicine, education, environment, career, home, law enforcement, everyday life
7. Use of the internet: Exploiting Web resources / The Internet and how it works / Communicating and collaborating on the web / Entertaining on the web / Accessing and browsing the web / Effective searching / Directories /
8. Social networks and the role in the evolution of relationships and behaviours/communication and email/podcasts and webcasts/effective use of search engines/evaluation of online sites
9. Issues related to technology and ethics, such as intellectual property rights, data protection, e-commerce, free speech, computer abuse/analysis of the concept of ethical behaviour/issues of ethics and technology
10. Cybercrime and identity theft/ computer viruses and worms, types, ways of infection, causes of existence, symptoms/ preventing infections and protection against viruses/hackers and their modes of action/ denial of service attacks
11. Protection of personal data in the EU and in Greece / presentation of the mechanisms of the two directives (general/ telecommunications) and the corresponding Greek laws.
12. Protection of the individual as a consumer in electronic transactions/ presentation of the institutional framework for distance contracts, abusive GTC, producer and service provider liability, etc.
13. Cybercrime / main forms / jurisdictional and law enforcement issues
14. Key legislative initiatives to solve the problems and promote IT / Directive on electronic signature – and Greek draft law / Directive on electronic commerce – and Greek draft law / Directives on the protection of copyright in computer programs and databases
15. EU policies to promote ICT/ Green – White Paper / Support – Strengthening Programmes for e-initiatives, e-Europe/ ISPO/ Initiatives to protect minors and prevent illegal content
16. System security: protection of digital data and the system; web intrusion management/malware/software protection/protection and restriction of access to websites/social engineering/digital data backup/protection of physical computer resources.
17. Key IT problems for the individual and technical solutions / Use of personal data / Illegal and harmful content / Misleading content / Security of transactions / Evidence issues / Cryptography / Trusted third parties / Integrated transaction platforms
18. GDPR

·         PowerPoint presentation material

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Study & Analysis of Literature, Tutoring, Practical (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Artistic Workshop, Interactive teaching, Educational visits, Study visits, Project work, Writing work / assignments, Artistic creation, etc.

The student’s study hours for each learning activity and the hours of unguided study are indicated so that the total workload at semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.

Description of the evaluation process

Language of Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Formative or Inferential, Multiple Choice Test, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Test Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Work, Report, Oral Examination, Oral Examination, Public Presentation, Laboratory Work, Clinical Examination of a Patient, Artistic Interpretation, Other

Explicitly identified assessment criteria are stated and if and where they are accessible to students.

The final evaluation shall take into account:

1) The preparation of a project.

2) The final written examination.

Preparation and presentation of projects:

Data collection, analysis, and visualization, using state of the art software tools. The originality of the means of presentation, the interactivity,and the completeness of the analysis of the topics are evaluated.The use of ICT isessential in the presentation.