Digital Literacy: Sustainable Development in the Information Age
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Digital Literacy: Sustainable Development in the Information Age at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 7 weeks |
Total fee | ₹4,439 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Credential | Certificate |
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Digital Literacy: Sustainable Development in the Information Age at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate from Chung Yuan Christian University
Digital Literacy: Sustainable Development in the Information Age at FutureLearn Course details
- We now live in an age where large amounts of information is widely available to many people. Because of this, it's important for everyone to develop their digital literacy in order to understand the information they are presented with.
- On this seven-week course, you'll gain crucial digital literacy skills, focusing on security, media, and legal literacy.
- What's more, you'll learn how digital literacy can help you achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, which focuses on quality education. Education plays an important role in achieving a sustainable society. On the course, you'll learn how you can contribute to this.
- You'll start by discovering the importance of security literacy, particularly in the wake of digital transformation and cloud technology. As part of this, you'll develop your information security awareness.
- Next, you'll gain an understanding of security literacy. This will help you determine what makes a good password and the threat of Business Email Compromise (BEC).
- You'll then explore how the internet has completely changed the world, affecting the media and their audience.
- This exploration will help you develop your media literacy to ensure you can spot fake news and understand online public opinion and the influence of social media.
- Finally, you'll explore legal literacy in the digital age. You'll unpack the legal challenges in the metaverse, cryptocurrency, and more to understand the laws that protect us on the internet.
- Learning from the experts at Chung Yuan Christian University and using real-world events, you'll finish the course with a better understanding of digital literacy and how you can use this to promote SDGs.
Digital Literacy: Sustainable Development in the Information Age at FutureLearn Curriculum
Welcome to the course
Course Introduction
Chapter 1: Security literacy after the digital transformation and cloud technology
Information Security and Cyber Security
Information security cases in the financial sector
Crisis of Confidence
Information Security Awareness
Assignments
Chapter 2: Security literacy after the digital transformation and cloud technology
Can you tell me what is a good password
Good password
Social Engineering
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Assignments
Chapter 3: Media Literacy in the Information Age
The Internet is changing the world
Cultivating a Worldview on the Internet
How Internet affects Media and their Audience?
Online Public Opinion: Virtual and Reality
Assignments
Chapter 4: Media Literacy in the Information Age
Online Public Opinion: Stereotypes
Fake News
The influence of social media
Embrace the Future
Assignments
Chapter 5: Multi-Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Digital Age
Transfer of Legal Paradigms from Capitalism to Inclusive Development [SDGs]
Social Innovation and Digital Transformation
Fintech Innovation and Inclusive Finance
Digital Governance and Open Government
Assignments
Chapter 6: Legal Literacy in the Digital Age
Legal Relationships and Challenges of the Metaverse
Introduction to Blockchain, Virtual Currency, and NFT Law
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and Cyberbullying
Online Use Security and Personal Data Protection Act
Assignments
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