Digital Humanism 2401-CS-DH-s2

The purpose of this course is to introduce the viewpoint of digital humanism in cognitive science. The course showcases most common definitions of this notion, highlights crucial arguments in the debate on enactivism, stratification of extended cognition and gives a baseline for important social psychology terms that supplement understanding of digital humanism. The course will enable a discussion on futurist views on evolution of human cognition and equip students with knowledge cocnerning state-of-the-art research on enactive aspects of social psychology experimentation, VR, and simulated environment paradigms.

List of topics:
Digital humanism
Extended cognition
Embedded cognition
Mechanistic explanation of cognitive processes
VR research paradigm
Social psychology for cognition research
Evolutionary approaches to cognitive science
Augmented reality

Total student workload

Contact hours with teacher: 30 - participation in lectures - 30 hrs - consultations: non-mandatory Self-study hours: - preparation for lectures - 10 hrs - writing essays/ papers/ projects- 20 hrs - reading literature- 15 hrs - preparation for test/examination- 10 hrs Altogether: 85 hrs (4.00 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1: Student has systematised knowledge of mechanistic approach to explanation of cognitive processes - K_W01 W2: Student possesses knowledge of different stratification and details of extended cognition – K_W02 W3: Student is familiar with Tomasello and Vygotsky theories of cognition development and research – K_W03 W4: Student is well acquainted with virtual reality research paradigm for cognitive science – K_W04

Learning outcomes - skills

U1: Student is able to use associated terms with digital humanism to discuss topics pertaining to this viewpoint – K_U01 U2: Student is capable of discerning differences between different theories of extended cognition – K_U02 U3: Student can analyse literature about social psychology from digital humanism standpoint – K_U03 U4: Student is capable of interpretation of literature in order to discuss future trends in cognitive science – K_U04 U5: Student can search for viable sources of social psychology research that provides insights into digital humanism approach - K_U05

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1: Student understands the significance of enactivism and extended cognition on hte development of social psychology research – K_K01 K2: Student is aware of how new technologies shaped the state-of-the-art research paradigms – K_K02 K3: Student is aware of the venues of innovation in social cognition research by using emerging technologies – K_K03 K4: Student can cooperate with social researchers due to their familiarity with digital humanism notions and terms – K_K04

Teaching methods

Participatory lecture Discussion Problem-based lecture Display Simulation

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- simulation (simulation games)

Expository teaching methods

- description
- narration
- participatory lecture
- problem-based lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- experimental
- classic problem-solving

Online teaching methods

- content-presentation-oriented methods
- methods developing reflexive thinking
- exchange and discussion methods

Type of course

elective course

Prerequisites

none

Course coordinators

Mirosław Manelski

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
The course uses student group project completion for the final assessment criteria.

W1 – Oral examinmation
W2 – Multimedia Presentation
W3 – Activity
W4 – Research report assessment

Assessment criteria:
Frequency of student's activity during discussion sessions, the details of used sources for writing the report, student participation in presentation, their collaborative effort, adequacy of bibliography, grammar, definition and term usage, description of scientifc methods proposed/used.

fail- 4 pts (<50%)
satisfactory- 5 pts (55%)
satisfactory plus- 6 pts (60%)
good - 7 pts (65%)
good plus- 8 pts (75%)
very good- 9-10 pts (85%)

Practical placement

“not applicable”

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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