This course provides both a conceptual and practical awareness and understanding of the fundamentals of Information Technology (IT). It fosters an appreciation of the importance of IT and the various ways it can be experienced or used to facilitate and benefit everyday home, work and social lives. These basic building blocks of digital literacy are useful transferable skills in employability or a guide to further specialised study in an IT career.

Content

The course lectures are a minimum of 2 hours per week per module for 10 weeks with an average of 6 more hours self-study and an optional coaching of up to 2 hours per week during the course.

• Module 1 - Course Introduction: A look at the advent and importance of IT, the digital revolution and era, and how IT is taking over our lives, personally and professionally as well as what we all expect out of the course including an introduction to the instructor and the learner.
• Module 2 - What is IT and why use it: Defining and showcasing Information Technology in its uses through examples
• Module 3 - Exploring different areas of IT: Different areas of IT, examples of careers and skills that can be acquired.
• Module 4 - The basics of hardware: Computers and their components
• Module 5 - The basics of data, data Literacy and Multimedia: A look at what data is and how it can be used to clarify situations, create insights, visualise stories and inform decisions; processes and tools used to create various media.
• Module 6 - Understanding the basics of software: Exploring what software is and example of basic productivity software including Word
• Module 7 - The Basics of Application Development: Processes and tools used to create application software and basic practices
• Module 8 - Networks, the Internet, and the Web: An introduction to networks, the internet, the web and using the web
• Module 9 - Coding the web: Basics of web development
• Module 10 - Final Project

Benefits

• Practical application of the skills acquired and development of portfolio.
• Learn, the right way
• Empower your life and career beyond exams.
• Learn in Your Own Time
• Study at Your Own Pace
• 24/7 12 Months Access
• Be on a Desk /on the Go
• Receive Expert Support
• Save on Major Costs
• Enjoy IT From Anywhere
• Learn and Get Certified
• Learn securely & safely
• Track Your Progress on our e-learning system
• Benefit from intricate learning design and higher retention methods
• Harness your best assets and your own learning styles
• Strengthen your IT literacy
• Rank your efforts with points, badges and awards
• Receive tailored support from industry experts

Types of Content and Activities

• Check yourself with personality, diagnostic, self and summative tests
• Prepare and be 100% ready with mock exams
• Enjoy the variety of interactivity & Multimedia material
• Learn from practicing industry experts with over 20 years experience
• Build your own portfolio with practical work and a summative project
• Refresh your CV / resume with professional flair

This Programme’s Target Audience

This programme is a 360 introduction to the basics of IT designed for:

• people who use some, little or no  IT but want to get the foundations to understand what it is they use, what other people are talking about, in particular IT sales and support.]
• people who want to kickstart their careers in IT, prviding them with the fundamentals and the route to further, more specialised IT options
• people who use IT daily for work or socially or even at home but might need to fill the gaps for
• people who want to better their careers in any other discipline, yes even medicine or accounting, by learning some widely recognised transferable skills

Whether you are looking to start or perfect your IT, this programme will give you the basic digital literacy required to master the awareness, understanding and practice of the fundamentals of IT.
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