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Unit of Study CLST1004 - Critical Thinking for Digital Times (2025)

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Unit description

Introduces students to skills in critical thinking and analysis through engaging with ideas and debates relevant to everyday digital devices and networked culture. Students will identify and critically engage with debates in the media and understand their philosophical, social and cultural contexts.  

Unit content

Module 1: Thinking critically about digital culture

Module 2: Anatomy of an argument

Module 3: Data and privacy

Module 4: Artificial intelligence and algorithms

Module 5: Caring machines

Module 6: Dialogue and difference 

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Lismore
Term4
Term4
Online
Term4
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse ideas and debates surrounding everyday digital practices

relate issues and debates in digital practices to their philosophical, social and cultural contexts

develop, evaluate and articulate different views and arguments

engage in constructive discussion about issues and debates relating to digital practices

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