Course Description
Exploration of how technology enhances the experience of aging
from public health perspectives. Includes acceptance,
implementation, ethics, privacy, and policy factors which
influence and shape older adults’ and caregivers’ adoption of
healthcare. Designing and evaluating technology prototypes to
promote health behaviors for aging-in-place.
Athena Title
Smart Tech in an Aging Society
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in GRNT 7500
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to examine current and emerging health technologies, exploring ethical factors in health technologies, drawing and supporting their own conclusions, considering alternative perspectives, and evaluating the credibility of sources.
- Students will be able to explore how health technologies can impact the aging experience among a range of aging contexts, including healthcare, home use, and assisted living.
- Students will be able to consider a variety of ethical perspectives and analyze the ethical, implementation, acceptance, privacy, and policy factors which influence and shape older adults’ and caregivers’ adoption of healthcare technologies.
- Students will be able to design in interdisciplinary teams a proposed new or redesigned technology prototype idea to promote health behaviors for aging-in-place, synthesizing current and emerging technologies, identifying gaps/challenges, and creatively problem-solving these challenges/gaps while considering opposing viewpoints to develop novel prototypes. Students take feedback and redesign as needed, presenting the revised work orally while tailoring it to specific audiences.
Topical Outline
- Introduction to Aging and Health Technology
- The Aging Experience; Challenges to Aging-in-Place and Caregiving
- Design and Application of Technology for Older Adults
- Assessing Technology and Aging: Ethics, Privacy, and Policy
- Theoretical Perspectives on Technology and Aging
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Communication
The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.
Critical Thinking
The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.
