UNIT TITLE:
Time Allocation:
Resources:
Assessment:
Content:
Concept:
Context:
Inquiry Question(s):
Inquiry Progression
Stage 1: Inquiry Focus
Inquiry Question
Open-ended and thought-provoking
Encourages analysis beyond recall and description
Real-World Example
Specific and existing digital system
Digital Society Content
Define key digital technology terms
Explain relevant digital tools
Digital Society Contexts
Explore local and global perspectives
Connect to multiple course contexts
Link current events to digital technologies
Use contexts to stimulate diverse inquiry questions
Stage 2: Exploring with sources
Digital Society Concept:
Conceptual understanding is a higher-order outcome and process in which details, events and real-world examples interact with broader, more abstract categories and ideas. This movement between factual, procedural and metacognitive understanding creates powerful new associations that can be transformative. In the social sciences and humanities, conceptual understanding foregrounds the threshold insight that facts are never neutral. In these disciplines, facts are always situated within complex and contested layers of interpretation involving social forces larger than any one individual or community.
Conceptual understanding indicates the big ideas (enduring understandings) as well as open-ended big issues (areas for inquiry) worthy of deep thinking and exploration.
Conceptual understanding in digital society is not limited to the course concepts. Each concept, however, points to powerful theories and frameworks that are often used in the social sciences.
Primary and Secondary Research:
Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose (CRAAP)
Origin, Purpose, Value and Limitation (OPVL)
Literature Review
Source reference and brief description
Claims and perspectives: Origins and purpose | Meaning and methods | Corroboration and use
Justification: Why this source is relevant and useful for your inquiry? Why this source and not another?
Stage 3: Investigation
Analysis and evaluation
Impacts and implications:
Key impacts for your inquiry
Short-term and long-term effects
Intended vs. unintended consequences
Ethical, legal, and policy implications
Future consequences
People and communities:
Direct and indirect impacts
Roles, responsibilities, and relationships
Different viewpoints of affected groups
Potential future impacts
Context and concepts:
Relevance to your investigation
Pros and cons
Perspectives:
Identify and investigate various viewpoints
Address counter-claims (Paper 1 Section B - HL only)
For HL students:
Core impacts of the challenge
How your solution affects the challenge
Who's affected by the challenge
Essential people for your intervention
Most important aspect of intervention for people
Stage 4: Reflection, Next Steps & Concluding the inquiry
Identify emerging trends (short-term futures)
Identify future developments (longer-term futures)
Provide further insights
Return to the initial question and respond
Make RECOMMENDATIONS & investigate TRADE-OFFs (Paper 3 Question 4 (HL))
Stage 5: Sharing Discoveries
Communication
Purpose: Define the goal of sharing your discoveries (e.g. inform, explain, persuade)
Target Audience: Consider background knowledge, needs & expectations
Venue/Platform: Determine where and when to share your findings
Mode and Media: Choose appropriate communication methods & fustify your choices
Organization: structured your communication & provide reasons for your organizational choices
Coherence: ensure your use of media is: Compelling, Clear & Coherent
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