Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Digital Technology and Social Change, University of California, Davis

Conceptual understanding of how digital technologies are changing our lives, through social media, mobile connectivity, globalization, big data, and artificial intelligence.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בטכנולוגיה דיגיטלית ובשינוי חברתי של Google

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Understanding the impact of digital technology on our lives
  • Developing critical evaluation skills
  • Working with Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Receiving feedback on learning processes
  • Building narratives and assessing the accuracy of information

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Teachers
  • Doctors
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Project managers
  • Technology people
  • Political science researchers
  • Media people
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Marketing managers
  • Organizational consultants

Internship – 4-part course series

This internship is for anyone interested in learning how digital technology impacts our lives. The context of this internship includes:

  • Education
  • health
  • Entrepreneurship
  • democracy

The two central terms of the specialization are social change and technological change through digital means. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are an essential building block of society and the driving force behind social development today.

We will deepen our understanding of how social and technological revolutions go hand in hand.

Hands-on Learning Project

Learners will have opportunities to practice with large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT or Bard, during the internship to develop critical evaluation skills.

Use LLM to get feedback and build narratives about how it works and assess its accuracy.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Digital Thinking: Frameworks for Our Digital Reality

Course 1 – 11 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding the digital paradigm.
  • Exploring new trends like AI and large linguistic models (LLMs).
  • Ethical considerations and social implications of the digital revolution.
  • Preparing for the future and watching technological singularity.

Course 2 – 9 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Dynamics of business models in social media.
  • Effects of artificial intelligence on user behavior.
  • Analyzing the economics of attention and algorithmic motivation.
  • Potential of AI, metaverse, and blockchain technology.

Course 3 – 8 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Understanding the concepts of innovation versus invention.
  • Core operations of digital communications, storage and computing.
  • Assessing the impact of digital technologies on business and culture.

Course 4 – 13 hours

What you’ll learn:

  • Mathematical principles and historical contexts behind AI and models for big learning (LLM).
  • Understanding continuous innovation versus disruptive breakthroughs.
  • Social consequences of technological diffusion and inequality.
  • Ethical considerations in technological development.

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