Course code

INT7081.DT

old course code

INT7081

Course title in Estonian

Infopoliitika ja strateegia

Course title in English

Information Policy and Strategy

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

- To create the prerequisites for obtaoning the knowledge on the essence of information policy and strategy, the development of information society
- To support the ability to analyse and treat critically the EU and Estonian documents on information policy
- To foster the understanding of the role of information policy in different fields of the society
- To support the obtaining of knowledge on the institutional and social aspects of information policy

Brief description of the course

The course include five modules:
1. The areas of informational infrastructure and information policy. The role of information policy in the context of information society. Critical treatments of information society. The characteristic features of Estonia as information society.
2. Information policy in Estonia. An analysis of the basic documents of Estonian information society strategies. Information policy and programmes of the European Union
3. Information policy in public administration, the concept of public information. Public portals as an element of public information system. Practical analysis of the portals
4. Social aspects of information policy
5. Moodul. Digitisation of cultural heritage as an element of information policy

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the role of information policy in the society, knows and is able to analyse information policy of different fields and sectors;
- knows the implementation of information policy and is able to critically analyse the basic EU and Estonian documents on information policy and strategy;
- values the elaboration and implementation of the principles of information policy and strategy as a factor in the development of the field.

Teacher

Lekt Elviine Uverskaja, MA;

Study programmes containing that course

Management of Information Technology (IFITM/15.DT)
History (AIAJM/15.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIM/15.HT)
Psychology (PSPSM/15.LT)
Television Production (BFTVM/15.FK)
Information Science (INITM/15.DT)
Psychology (PSPSM/14.LT)
Management of Information Technology (IFITM/14.DT)
History (AIAJM/14.HT)
Documentary Film (BFAM/14.FK)
Information Science (INITM/14.DT)
Philosophy (HIFIM/14.HT)
Management of Information Technology (IFITM/13.DT)
Film Arts (BFFVM/13.FK)
Information Science (INITM/13.DT)
History (AIAJM/13.HT)
Philosophy (HIFIM/13.HT)
Psychology (PSPSM/13.LT)
Information and Knowledge Management (INIJM/12.DT)
Psychology (PSPSM/12-2.LT)
Arts Therapies (KUKTM/12.LT)
Documentary Film (BFAM/12.FK)
Management of Information Technology (IFITM/12.DT)
Information Science (INITM/12.DT)
Philosophy (HIFIM/12.HT)
Psychology (PSPSM/12-3.LT)
Communication (EKKOM/12.FK)
Psychology (PSPSM/12.LT)
History (AIAJM/12.HT)
Records Management (INDHM/12.DT)