BS4S22 - Exploring Digital Technology 01 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2029 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: BS4S22
Module Title: Exploring Digital Technology
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Leadership and Public Services
Faculty Sub Group: Leadership and Public Services
Module Leader: Benjamin Wheeler
Module Team: Liam Collins, Simon Read
First Intended Intake: FEB 2029 Final Year of Intake: 2029
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100810 - strategic management 100994 - health informatics
HECOS Code Weighting: 80 20

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Feb 2022
Valid To 31 Jan 2029

Module Aims

This module aims to provide students with a broad understanding of a range of new and emerging themes within the digital sector such that students can consult with subject specialists in the future to make informed decisions to support digital transformation.

Content Summary

This module introduces and explores current and emerging themes and technologies in the digital sector.

It will provide the opportunity for individuals from different subject disciplines, and different organisations, to agree a common language of digital transformation in order that they can collaborate in future modules to support digital transformation.

This module will introduce students to key concepts within the subject and explore the opportunities and potential of emerging digital technology.

Students will deepen their understanding of the subject through a series of lectures, supported by additional reading and research to critically evaluate the potential of particular innovations within a health and social care context.

It is noted that digital technology develops at a rapid pace. Module content will be delivered that is current and relevant at the time of delivery.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Seminar 8
Practical classes and workshops 8
Independent Study 160
Directed Study 16
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically review, interpret, and evaluate current research findings in digital innovations in relation to contemporary issues and problems in health and social care settings.
LO2 Develop and present alternative digital solutions to an identified problems within an individual health and social care setting.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Online Oral Assessment Presentation (Synchronous Online) 1 Digital presentation that appropriately communicates to a non-specialist audience 20 N/A 70 No 40
Synchronous Online Oral Assessment Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Online) 1 Critical evaluation of a piece of current digital technology 15 N/A 30 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Presentation (Synchronous Online) 1 ✘ ✔
Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Online) 1 ✔ ✘

Reading List

Cowie, Martin R. “Exploring Digital Technology’s Potential for Cardiology.” European heart journal 40.28 (2019): 2283–2284. Web.

Fasano, Philip. Transforming Health Care the Financial Impact of Technology, Electronic Tools, and Data Mining. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013. Print.

Henderson, Michael et al. “Students’ Everyday Engagement with Digital Technology in University: Exploring Patterns of Use and ‘Usefulness.’” Journal of higher education policy and management 37.3 (2015): 308–319. Web.

Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid et al. “Exploring the Impact of Digital Transformation on Technology Entrepreneurship and Technological Market Expansion: The Role of Technology Readiness, Exploration and Exploitation.” Journal of business research 124 (2021): 100–111. Web.

Moss, Michael, Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, and Marc J. Dupuis. Is Digital Different??: How Information Creation, Capture, Preservation and Discovery Are Being Transformed. London: Facet, 2015. Print.

Murdoch, Donna, and Rachel Fichter. “From Doing Digital to Being Digital: Exploring Workplace Adoption of Technology in the Age of Digital Disruption.” International journal of adult vocational education and technology 8.4 (2017): 13–28. Web.

Passey, Don. Inclusive Technology Enhanced Learning?: Overcoming Cognitive, Physical, Emotional, and Geographic Challenges. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. Print.