LiDA100: Learning in a Digital Age

Stimulus Resources

• What Jobs will still be around in 20 Years?
• A Field Guide to ‘Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet’
• These are the Top 10 Workforce Skills Students will Need by 2020

Purpose

The purpose of this learning challenge is to enable you to reflect on how best to prepare yourself for your future career in the emerging digital world of automation and artificial intelligence.

Tasks

1. Consult the stimulus resources for this challenge.
2. Review the discussion on the impact of digital technology on business.
3. Consider the potential impact (if any) of artificial intelligence on your future career.
4. Review the resources your peers shared on the topic of automation replacing jobs (or conduct a search if you haven’t done so already.)
5. Identify significant changes you anticipate in your career or field of study due to automation or artificial intelligence.
6. List the implications for your own skills development.

Outputs

Prepare a blog post (300–400 words) sharing your thoughts on how best to prepare yourself for your future career considering the changes digital technology may bring about.

1. State your career, future career or work area of interest.
2. Summarize the major changes you anticipate.
3. List the implications for future learning and skills development.
4. Include hyperlinks where appropriate.

Remember to add a category or tag for your post using the course tag: lida102.