Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies

MH160036Key Competencies6 ECTSEnglishWintersemester/SommersemesterTUM School of Medicine and Health

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What it is about

The module investigates how children and adolescents grow up in an increasingly digital world and how technologies shape their well-being, participation, and everyday experiences. You will learn key terms, theories and research methods, analyze opportunities and risks (including AI effects) and practically implement your own project-based questions.

What you will be able to do

Explain concepts and theories related to children, youth and digital technologies
Evaluate historical and current influences of digital innovations on youth life
Assess the impacts of AI on children and adolescents
Compare research methods and develop a research design
Reflect on ethical, data protection- and security-related issues
Analyze trends in digital youth culture
Prepare results creatively and understandably for different target groups
Plan and moderate 90-minute seminar sequences

What the module consists of

Vorlesung (wöchentlich, 2 SWS)Introduction to concepts and theories; interactive elements linking theory and practice
Seminar (wöchentlich, 2 SWS)Deepening, student inputs and group discussions; students lead a session
Workshops (two blocks of two days, total 4 days, 2 SWS)Intensive project work: exploration, prototyping, feedback and iterative finalization

Teaching method

VorlesungDelivery of core concepts and theories with interactive formats (polls, discussions, role plays)
SeminarStructured exchange, student moderation and small group activities for application and reflection
WorkshopsCollaborative project work with co-creation, prototyping and peer/instructor feedback for result development

What you should already know

recommended

Assessment

Written examWritten testProject workReportPresentationOral examPortfolioListening comprehension

The assessment consists of a project work: seminar presentation and moderation (25%), a written paper (~2,000 words) as a research-informed document or longer public-facing piece, (65%), and a short video (~60 seconds) conveying the core idea of the project (10%). Weights are indicated; duration and tools follow the course-specific submission rules.

Reading list

Cortesi, S.; Hasse, A.; Lombana-Bermudez, A.; Kim, S.; Gasser, U. - Youth and Digital Citizenship+ (Plus): Understanding Skills for a Digital World
Gasser, U. - AI Innovators Should be Listening to Kids (WIRED, 2019)
Furlong, A. - Youth studies: An introduction (Routledge). Kapitel 1, S. 1-23
Hasse, A.; Cortesi, S.; Gasser, U. - Transforming state of the art offline approaches for the digital world: A methods guide for youth and well-being focus groups
Hasse, A.; Cortesi, S.; Lombana-Bermudez, A.; Gasser, U. - Youth and artificial intelligence: Where we stand
Madden, M.; Calvin, A.; Hasse, A.; Lenhart, A. - The dawn of the AI era: Teens, parents, and the adoption of generative AI at home and school (Common Sense, 2024)
Waller, G.; Süss, D.; Suter, L.; Willemse, I.; Külling, C.; Bernath, J.; Skirgaila, P.; Löpfe, S. - JAMESfocus – Looking Back on a Decade of Youth Media Research (Zürich, 2021)

Dates

LectureIntroduction to Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies

Wed12:15–13:45
15125, Seminarraum PZ 01 (2315.01.125)
15× · 14.10.–03.02.
- 14.10.
- 21.10.
- 28.10.
- 04.11.
- 11.11.
- 18.11.
- 25.11.
- 02.12.
- 09.12.
- 16.12.
- 23.12.
- 13.01.
- 20.01.
- 27.01.
- 03.02.

SeminarSeminar to Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies

Wed14:15–15:45
15125, Seminarraum PZ 01 (2315.01.125)
15× · 14.10.–03.02.
- 14.10.
- 21.10.
- 28.10.
- 04.11.
- 11.11.
- 18.11.
- 25.11.
- 02.12.
- 09.12.
- 16.12.
- 23.12.
- 13.01.
- 20.01.
- 27.01.
- 03.02.

From the current semester, not binding.

Show TUMonline data

Sprache: Englisch
Turnus: Wintersemester/Sommersemester
Modulniveau: Master
Moduldauer: Einsemestrig
Gesamtstunden: 180
Präsenzstunden: 90
Eigenstudiumstunden: 90
Organisationsname: TUM School of Medicine and Health

Courses

Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies Lecture
Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies Seminar
Children, Well-Being, and Digital Technologies Workshop

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