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Government Technology
The world is being transformed by a fourth industrial revolution (4IR), driven by advances in technology hardware as well as artificial and machine intelligence, and is affecting how we learn, work, move, communicate, and interact.
This course is designed to provide Government employees, at all levels, with an overview of the top ten technologies that are driving the 4IR, and to showcase their applications in government.
This course presents 10 core technologies in simple language, and sheds light on how the 4IR is impacting governments; how governments should prepare for inherent opportunities and challenges; and how to apply these new emergent technologies in today’s government work.
- Who is this course for?
- Government employees who want to better understand Gov-Tech and the 4IR.
- What will you learn?
- What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
- What are the core technologies of 4IR, how they work, and how are they shaping the future of government?
- AI and big data
- Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
- Autonomous robotics
- 3D / 4D printing
- VR / AR
- IoT
- 5G
- Biotechnology
- Circular economy
- Quantum computing
- What is the future of Gov-Tech: what to expect in the next 10 years?
- Course Length
- 15 mins per day / 5 weeks