Your transaction is in progress.
Please Wait...
Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Social and Human Sciences
Programme of Social Service
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
03070003 Digital Social Work 4 Autumn 7 2+0+0 4 4
Course Type Compulsory
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques -
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites -
Coordinator -
Instructor(s) -
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Content
This course primarily focuses on digitalisation, digital literacy and competence, social media knowledge, virtual worlds, blogs and online counseling. Discussing the possible reflections of these developments on social work practices is the main focus of the course. In the course, it is expected that the innovations brought by the digital structure within the framework of ethical principles and responsibilities in social work practices will be discussed with examples from the international literature. In addition, the processes related to the identification of needs, problems and factors in the emerging technological culture and the shaping of micro, mezzo and macro social work practices are discussed.
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to discuss the reflections of the digitalization phenomenon on social work and to introduce digital social work practices to students.
Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 Concepts in digitalization: digital communication, digital public relations, digital state, digital education, digital health, digital politics. Digitization in social work practices
2 The move of societies towards digital, digital transformation
3 Evaluation of digital culture, identity, communication, digital game world from the perspective of social work
4 Digital literacy, social media (definition and characteristics)
5 Social communication networks; Privacy and privacy issues on social media
6 Crisis management in digital environment, electronic social work applications
7 Midterm
8 Ethical principles and responsibilities in the digital world (unethical behavior in social media, protection of personal data and human rights - the right to be forgotten)
9 IT law, law on the protection of personal data
10 Knowledge management and tools, media analysis
11 Problems and opportunities related to e-learning and knowledge management
12 Advocacy in social media, agenda setting, social work perspective
13 Entrepreneurship in the media, innovation
14 Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining
Textbook or Material
Resources Yıldırım, F., Abukan, B., Öztürk, H., & Eker, H. (2020). Sosyal Hizmette Teknoloji Kullanımı ve Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanlarının Dijital Yapabilirlikleri: Covid-19 Salgını Odağında Bir Değerlendirme. Electronic Turkish Studies,15(8).
Yıldırım, F., Abukan, B., Öztürk, H., & Eker, H. (2020). Sosyal Hizmette Teknoloji Kullanımı ve Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanlarının Dijital Yapabilirlikleri: Covid-19 Salgını Odağında Bir Değerlendirme. Electronic Turkish Studies,15(8).
Yıldırım, F., Abukan, B., Öztürk, H., & Eker, H. (2020). Sosyal Hizmette Teknoloji Kullanımı ve Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanlarının Dijital Yapabilirlikleri: Covid-19 Salgını Odağında Bir Değerlendirme. Electronic Turkish Studies,15(8).
Yıldırım, F., Abukan, B., Öztürk, H., & Eker, H. (2020). Sosyal Hizmette Teknoloji Kullanımı ve Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanlarının Dijital Yapabilirlikleri: Covid-19 Salgını Odağında Bir Değerlendirme. Electronic Turkish Studies,15(8).
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Practice - -
Field Study - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework - -
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Quiz - -
Midterms - -
Final Exam - -
Total 0 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 0 0 0
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 0 0 0
Midterms 0 0 0
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 0 0 0
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 0
Total Work Load / 30 0
Course ECTS Credits: 0