INF542 Community Informatics (8)
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As digital communication networks and devices become increasingly pervasive, there is a need for information professionals who can champion the use of technology at a community level in order to influence positive outcomes in relation to, and in balance with both social capital and the economic potential of digital technologies. Such information professionals require skills in community engagement, project management, social innovation and the use of information and communications technologies for development. In many countries there is significant public investment in the infrastructure of digital networks, not least in Australia in the form of the National Broadband Network. This subject will develop information professionals who can ensure that the economic benefits that flow from the use of these networks are distributed in such a way that they do not replicate existing inequalities, but rather add to the social capital that resides within existing communities. This subject will be of interest to those who wish to work in the not-for-profit sector, in public libraries, in community development, in social innovation or social justice settings. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 1 | | Distance | Wagga Wagga Campus |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: INF542
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Information Studies |
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| INF542 | INF339 Paired Subject
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to apply an advanced body of knowledge to their understanding of community informatics as theory and practice
- be able to demonstrate knowledge of the importance in community informatics practice of cultural competence around indigenous understandings of knowledge and culture
- be able to demonstrate mastery of the theoretical knowledge of digital networks on the formation of community and social capital ;
- be able to critically reflect on the potential for innovation enabled by pervasive broadband infrastructure apply this to practice;
- be able to critically interpret and communicate effectively in a variety of contexts the potential of open data; and
- be able to design, evaluate and implement community development projects in multiple contexts
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
- Community and social capital
- The network society
- Networked individualism
- Broadband and innovation
- Australian Indigenous culture and knowledge
- Digital literacy and digital inclusion
- Information and communications technologies for development
- Community informatics in practice.
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
