Being in an online world – Towards a new digital psychology

Course Outline

Draft version 1, Feb 15th

Monday Aug 7th

8.30 – 11.00 Welcome and Opening

11.00 – 12.00 Introduction and Course Overview

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.30 Course Overview, continued

14.30 – 17.00 Networking online: what we may be gaining

Social capital and connectedness

A mix of short lectures, debates, and small group work

Tuesday Aug 8th

8.30 – 12.00 Networking online: the psychology of networks

Social spheres, privacy concerns, vulnerabilities

A mix of short lectures, debates and small group work

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 17.00 Big Data, Sort of Big Data, & Psychological Knowledge

Mass influence and diagnostics online, research ethics, knowledge gains

A mix of short lectures, debates and small group work

Wednesday Aug 9th

8.30 – 11.00 Big Data, Sort of Big Data, & Psychological Knowledge

Issues of security and profiling

Lecture and discussion

11.00 – 12.00 Taking stock: What’s new?

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 17.00 Embodiment and motion

How to combine an expanded self, a mobile phone and motor cognition

A mix of short lectures, debates and small group work

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Thursday Aug 10th

8.30 – 12.00 Embodiment and digital creation

Can/will technology replace humans?

A mix of videos, debates and small group work

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 17.00 Memory and Remembering

Effects of technology use on basic learning and memory

A mix of short lectures, debates and small group work

Friday Aug 11th

8.30 – 11.00 Memory and Remembering

Effects of technology use on social memories and autobiographical memory

A mix of debates and small group work

11.00 – 12.00 Taking stock: What’s new?

12.00 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 15.30 Summary & Feedback

15.30 – 18.00 Ceremony & Farewell Reception