Navigating the Digital World

With digitalization now becoming the new normal in our daily life, this course seeks to equip students from different disciplines with problem-solving techniques with the aid of digital technology and to enable students to acquire some essential digital skills that are crucial in today's workforce. In this course, students will learn how to apply the concept of computational thinking and quantitative reasoning to solve problems and analyse data. Students will also learn how to identify online threats and understand the principles of ethics and intellectual property rights in the digital world. Students will be exposed to current issues in the digital world, which they can better understand through the logic of computational thinking and quantitative reasoning, such as cybersecurity and the rise of fake news. In addition, students will learn how to use some of the latest online tools for effective presentation, communication, and collaboration in teams during the course.