Course Content

More and more people are digitally connected and interact with each other that way. But they are also interacting directly with the digital technology itself. How can this be done in an ethical, creative and sustainable manner? How are digital technologies already shaping working lives, social interactions and educational opportunities, and how will they do so in the future? In a total of 20 learning videos, the MOOC “Digitales Leben 5” (“Digital Life 5”) deals with visions of the future, knowledge management and interactions in the context of digitality. In 5 course units, 5 lecturers discuss the basic requirements for digital change, possible effects and practical examples from technical, philosophical, artistic and activist perspectives.

The topics of the 5 course units are:

• History, change and expansion of digital education
• Bodies, war, computers and other timeless ethical questions
• Challenges in human-robot interaction
• Art and technology as tools for society
• Future prospects for youth and online interaction in the age of AI

“Digitales Leben 5”, “Digitales Leben 4”, “Digitales Leben 3”, “Digitales Leben 2” and “Digitales Leben 1” form a MOOC series on various relevant aspects of the digital revolution and the related transformation processes. The numbers are not meant to indicate an order – as a learner, you can work on any of the “Digitales Leben” MOOCs first.

Course Goals

After completing this MOOC, you will be familiar with key terms in connection with the digital transformation, the application of technologies, future developments and chances. You will develop your own points of view based on the speakers’ selected key points. The lectures will enable you to assess the risks and potentials of digital transformation processes, take a constructive and critical stance on digital change, and see yourself as an active part of the digital revolution.

Previous Knowledge

We welcome participants’ initiative as well as their independent and interest-driven acquisition of knowledge. The course language is German. English language skills are required for some of the written sources (though reading them is optional).

Course Procedure

Certificate

Upon course completion, an automated certificate of participation will be provided, stating your username, the course name, the course duration and the amount of work involved. We would like to point out that this certificate will simply confirm that you have correctly answered at least 75 % of the self-assessment questions.

Licence

This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Copyright

The course image of the MOOC “Digitales Leben 5” was created by the CTL University of Vienna and is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode).
Background image: Original title: Architecture technology cosmos. Description: A tunnel lined with metal plates. At the end of the tunnel is a mirror of a space telescope, in the form of six golden hexagons arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Author: unknown. License: CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode). Origin: https://pxhere.com/de/photo/923246. Changes: cropped, retouched, added text element and avatar graphics.

The trailer of the MOOC “Digitales Leben 5” was created by the CTL University of Vienna and is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode).

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