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1.0 Introduction to Digital Society
Welcome to the study of Digital Society. This course is very different from other International Baccalaureate subjects because of the pace at which changes in a digital society take place and their immediate...
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2.1 Change
Before the 1980s, the mail service was the most common way to send long-distance text messages. Fax machines became popular in the 1980s and offered a much faster alternative to this service. However,...
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1.1 What is Digital Society?
In one sentence, how can we concisely define what the Digital Society course is all about? One possible statement is: However, it is important to examine the details related to our ‘working’ definition...
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1.2 Digitization, Digitalization, and Digital Transformation
There are three types of processes that use digital systems and data to change from a physical or analogue state to a digital state: digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation. The terminology,...
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3.0.0 Digital Society Contents
The Digital Society Contents correspond to the digital systems component of the Digital Society syllabus. As pointed out in the Digital Society Guide, students are not expected to develop in-depth knowledge...
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3.2 Algorithms
An algorithm is a set of steps that a computer follows to solve a problem or do calculations. It’s like a recipe that tells the computer exactly what to do, step by step.Formally, an algorithm is a......
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2.0.0 Digital Society Concepts
According to the Digital Society Guide, concepts are broad ideas that help us explore and understand the world from different perspectives, encouraging questioning and discussing. They help us think more...
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3.1 Data
Data consists of numbers, characters, images, and other elements that can be organizedto create meaningful information.In this chapter, you will learn about the differences between data, information,......
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2.2 Expression
In the early days of communication over the Internet, messages were made solely of texts. Many messages quite often were misunderstood due to the lack of gestures and expressions. Then, in 1999 Japanese...
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2.7 Values and Ethics
The concept of values and ethics is present throughout the course of Digital Society. It seems that every time a new technology emerges or an existing one evolves, new ethical dilemmas arise. These are...