Computer Studies·Impacts (social/economic) · NSSCO 2.2
Social, economic & environmental impacts; data protection
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Computers have changed life in Namibia for better and for worse. In this lesson Miss Maria weighs the social, economic and environmental impacts of computer use, looks at changing trends and social media, and explains why we need laws to protect our personal data.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO Computer Studies 2.2):
- Describe the social advantages and disadvantages of computer use, such as: access to a wide range of information, increasing productivity, possibility to work remotely (locally or internationally), de-skilling of employees, retrenchment of employees
- Discuss the impact of changing trends, e.g. increase in the preference for mobile devices, the Internet of Things, evolution to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and VR
- Describe the impacts, advantages and disadvantages of social media
- Describe the economic advantages and disadvantages of the use of computers, such as: decrease in communication cost, Internet business (e-business or e-commerce), use of new technologies in manufacturing, skilled people needed to sustain the use of new technologies, high cost to acquire new technologies, cost involved in re-training of staff, changes of existing methods and services, changes to the working environment, social media
- Describe the effects of: e-waste, social media (e.g. awareness campaigns), printing indiscriminately
- Describe the need for data protection legislation for personal data
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