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Overview

Improve your practical digital literacy skills and enhance your confidence online with this practical course

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

4,450

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

Digital Discovery
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  • Course Details
  • Curriculum

Digital Discovery
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  • Earn a certificate from Deakin University
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Digital Discovery
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Course details

Who should do this course?

This course is primarily aimed at adult learners who are new to, or lack confidence in, using digital devices and the internet to fulfil personal goals such as accessing services, finding information or connecting with others.

It may also be suitable for community groups and services such as libraries looking to help assist their members within the digital sphere, as well as those learners that speak English as a second language

What are the course deliverables?
Conduct detailed internet searches and research
 
Apply basic security principles for web security
 
Understand social media navigation and basic networking
 
Manage health, finances and education online
More about this course
  • This practical four-week course from Deakin University, Australia is designed to help you develop digital skills and improve overall confidence online.
  • This will help you to better connect with people online, access services you need and be more comfortable living and working in our increasingly digital world.
  • The course will allow you to examine and collate your personal goals for improving digital literacy using a quiz, a discussion and a reflection, and will share your experiences with other people on a similar journey.
  • The course will outline specific digital techniques to help you overcome your fears and barriers in order to help you stay safe online.
  • You will explore various online communities to see how they can add value and meaning in your life. This will include social media channels, so you will learn how to make your way through the social media landscape
  • Paid certification course
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Digital Discovery
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Curriculum

Increase your confidence online

Welcome to the course

Build your digital skills

Build your digital confidence

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Stay safe online

Introduction

Protect your identity and information online

Protect yourself against scams

Check your understanding

Expand your world online

Welcome

A connected world

Social media, simplified

Check your understanding

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Improve your life online

Introduction

Health online, simplified

Finances online, simplified

Check your understanding

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