TECH Briefs
Algorithmic Thinking
Artificial intelligence leverages computers and machines to mimic the problem-solving and decision-making capabilities of the human mind.
Coding uses programming languages for communicating instructions to computers on what actions to perform and commands to carry out.
Computational thinking is the thought processes involved in formulating a problem and expressing its solution(s) in such a way that a computer—human or machine—can effectively carry it out.
Human-computer interaction is a multidisciplinary field of study focusing on the interface between human users and computer technology.
Analytic Thinking
Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making.
Digital curation is the active management and enhancement of digital information assets for current and future use.
Information literacy is the set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning.
Spatial analysis is the process of examining the locations, attributes, and relationships of features in spatial data through overlay and other analytic techniques to address a question or gain useful knowledge.
Expressive Thinking
Three dimensional modeling is the process of creating representations of any surface or object by manipulating polygons, edges, and vertices in simulated 3D space.
Audio and video production is the process of planning, recording, and editing sound and images to create a unified work.
Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term used to describe immersive technologies employed in augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality to merge the physical and virtual worlds.
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Graphic design and visualization communicate information through the arrangement of lines, shapes, colors, text, and images.
Innovative Thinking
Design thinking re-frames complex or ill-defined problems in user-centric ways through collaborative brainstorming, rapid prototyping and testing, and iterative development.
Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of novel opportunities that relies on inventiveness, creativity, and persuasiveness in the face of scarce resources.
Inclusive design embraces the full range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human difference in its design processes and outcomes.
Learning design focuses on the educational experiences of learners—who they are, what they know, how they think, and how to reach them effectively—and explores the interconnectedness of learning, teaching, and technology.
Network Thinking
Cybersecurity involves preventing, detecting, and responding to digital threats to critical systems and sensitive information in order to combat potentially damaging attacks on individuals, organizations, and governments.
Digital self-determination is concerned with the power of individuals to define their identities, control and make meaningful choices about their data, and engage with others in governing the quality and ethical use of communal data.
Information ecologies are systems of people, practices, technologies, and values in local environments.
Technology and culture draws on scholarship from diverse disciplines to explore the dynamic relationship between technology (the application of knowledge, methods, techniques and instruments to practical purposes) and other aspects of culture (the learned complex of knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, and custom).
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