Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
ACPE-0100
Organization's ID:
CSC101
Organization:
Alternative Credit Project Ecosystem
Location:
Online
Length:
This is a self-paced online course that is completed over 135 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Business and Computer Information Systems
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to define digital literacy and the history of computing in society; identify the central components of computers and how they function; recall the inner workings of different operating systems; differentiate between the various uses of the internet and software for searching, productivity and networking; and identify the role of emerging computer technologies in the way of safeguarding information and cloud computing.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define digital literacy
  • Recognize how computers are used in society
  • Define the history of computing
  • Define binary
  • Identify various presentation software
  • Identify basic network terminology
  • Recall networking terms
  • Recall taxonomies
  • Identify the principles of metadata
  • Define Web 2.0
  • Recognize principles of tweeting
  • Recognize computer laws
  • Define globalization
  • Recognize how mobile phones are used
  • Recognize principles of computer literacy
  • Identify the ways processors are invented
  • Identify the principles of a programming language
  • Recall the basics of programming
  • Define BASIC
  • Recall components of word processing
  • Recall the basics of networks
  • Identify fundamentals of blogging
  • Recognize proper computing information
  • Define the components of a tablet computer
  • Recall the history of the tablet computer

General Topics:

  • Introduction to the digital literacy journey
  • The hardware revolution
  • The software revolution
  • Productivity applications
  • The web of knowledge
  • The search is on
  • Web 2.0
  • The digital society
  • Emerging computer technologies
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Computer Based Training

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials