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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PDR 5588	TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BAHAR METE OTLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, it is aimed that students learn behavioral addictions that arise due to unconscious and uncontrolled use of technology and the internet and comprehend appropriate intervention approaches in the psychological counselling process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Learns technology addiction and its types
2	Learns the effects of technology addiction
3	Understands the risk factors in technology addiction
4	Learns protective factors in technology addiction
5	Understands the intervention approaches in technology addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Technology and information age
2	Social media concept
3	Relationship between social media and behavior
4	The impact of the digital age on the individual
5	Social media and life satisfaction
6	Social media and self-concept
7	Types of technology addiction
8	Interm Evaluation
9	Discussions on technology addiction
10	Protective factors in technology addiction
11	Risk factors in technology addiction
12	Prevention of cyberbullying
13	Prevention studies on technology addiction
14	Intervention for technology addictions
15	Final presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Küçükvardar, M. (2020). Teknoloji Bağımlılığı ve Dijital Istila. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Livingstone, S. (2011). Media literacy: Ambitions, policies and measures. LSE London.

Baruah, T.D. (2012). Effectiveness of social media as a tool of communication and its potential for technology enabled connections: a micro-level study. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2(5), 1 10.

Theses and articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, preparing seminars, making presentations, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Research, seminar and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahar.mete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	3	42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	2	30
Preparing assignments	1	20	20
Preparing presentations	1	20	20
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10
LO.1	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3
LO.2	4	5	4	5	5	2	4	5	4	2
LO.3	4	5	4	5	5	2	4	5	4	3
LO.4	5	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	2	3
LO.5	5	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	2	2

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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