DIGI CITIZEN

Liisa Klemola

You are living in the middle of change both in working life and at home. As a ‘digi citizen’ you generally have extensive skills, knowledge, and access of using the Internet via computers, mobile phones, and web-ready devices to interact with both other persons and  private and public organization. Digital citizenship is described through nine themes: Digital Access: full electronic participation in society; Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods; Digital Communication:  electronic exchange of information and interactive communication; Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology; Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure (Netiquette); Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world; Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world; Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety.

Assignments

This section is the size of one ECTS credit.

For Finnish Students

  1. Familiarize with the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA). What are the services you use personally and in your family? Get a European health care card.
  2. Access to your own health care data provided by OmaKanta. How did you access?
  3. Look how much pension you will get if you retire at 63 years, or 68 years (Keva).

For Foreign Students

  1. Familiarize with the local social insurance system. What are  the digital services you use? What are the development trends in that field (in your country)?
  2. Describe digital services in field of social and healthcare in your country? What are the pros and cons?

For All Students (Finnish and Foreigners)

  1. Visit e.g. digital shops like eBay, Amazon, Booking.com, Trivago and evaluate the prizes to local shop prices, and information adequacy to the consumer. Is the chosen service reliable?
  2. Find one service/application from your own field. Explain reasons for your choice and your user experiences.
  3. Digitalization and digital gap; what are the risks and challenges for those people, who do not use virtual services?
  4. You can find a list of bookmarks on the right bar. Read what other students have written about this topic.
  5. Leave a comment on three interesting articles.  Remember to include the URL of your blog, so that person can visit you as well. Please note that your comment is awaiting moderation and it will appear after it’s approved. It is faster and easier to write comments, when you have logged in to the wordpress.com.
  6.  Do the Digital Competence Test here. (If you want to show your skills – go to Open Badges to get certificates)
  7. Finally, write at least 1000 words in total about your thoughts and experiences into your blog. Remember to write a brief self-reflection, too. What did you learn from these assignments?