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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The objective of Towards an Ethical Digital Society programme is to help you ask relevant ethical questions related to the design and implementation of technologies. The course will look at three facets of technology in detail from the perspective of ethics: Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Data.

Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice certification has been designed and developed by IIIT Bangalore in association with NPTEL. The course material, lectures, and weekly assignments are available on Swayam's online learning platform.

The Towards an Ethical Digital Society course length is four weeks and comprises a well-researched curriculum. You will learn to look at technology as a complex sociotechnical collection and point out the different ethical considerations.

Prof Bidhisha Chaudhari from IIT Bombay will teach the Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice. It is an AICTE approved course. You can even apply for certification if you are interested.

The Highlights

Elective course
Offered by IIT Bengaluru
Available on Swayam
Short-term course
4-weeks programme
Optional exam
Assignments
E-certificate
Postgraduate course
Humanities and Social Science category
FDP course approved by AICTE

Programme Offerings

E-certificate
Offered by IIT Bengaluru
FDP course approved by AICTE
4-weeks course
short term course
Weekly Assignments
Postgraduate course

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIIT Bangalore

Towards an Ethical Digital Society certification course does not have an enrolment fee. But if you want the digital certificate, you need to pay an exam fee of Rs 1000.

Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice fee structure

Course Name	Fee
Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice (Exam fee)	Rs. 1,000.

Eligibility Criteria

If you have a bachelor’s degree, regardless of the discipline, you are qualified to join Towards an Ethical Digital Society course by Swayam.

Certificate Qualifying Details

Moreover, to qualify for the certificate, you need to complete and submit four weekly assignments. The best three assignments will be taken to calculate the assignment score. This assignment score constitutes 25% of your final score. You must achieve a minimum of 10/25 in assignments to qualify for the certificate.

You also have to appear for an offline exam held at the end of the course. This exam constitutes 75% of your final score. You must get a minimum of 30/75 in the exam to qualify for the certificate.

Your final score has to be a minimum of 40/100 to qualify for the certificate. However, if you score the minimum required marks in the assignments and exam, you will not receive the certificate even if you surpass the minimum final exam score.

What you will learn

Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence

Towards an Ethical Digital Society programme by Swayam will provide you with in-depth knowledge of the following:

How to define ethics
How to address issues of ethics in technology design and implementation' context
Understanding various technologies as sociotechnical assemblages
Ideas of exclusion and inclusion in digital identity

Who it is for

Towards an Ethical Digital Society course by Swayam is open for anyone who is interested in joining the course, albeit they fulfil the prerequisite criteria.

Admission Details

Start the procedure by logging onto Swayam's portal: https://swayam.gov.in/.
Locate the ‘Sign-in/Register’ button on top of the website page. Click on it.
Create a new profile or sign in using an appropriate existing account.
In the search box, run a search for ‘Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice’.
If the course is available on the open enrolment column, click on join. The admission process is complete.

Application Details

Towards an Ethical Digital Society programme only requires you to follow a registration procedure. Complete the online sign-up form on Swayam by furnishing the data as needed. Provide a username, set a password, and give a verifiable email ID.

You can also use your existing Swayam account to log in and join the course. If you don't already have an existing account, you can directly sign in using a Microsoft ID/Google account/Facebook account.

The Syllabus

Evaluation process

Towards an Ethical Digital Society training has an optional proctored exam that you can appear for if you want to qualify for a certificate. There is an online registration form that you need to fill up for the exam.

There are two slots available for the exam. A morning session between 9 am to 12 pm & an afternoon session from 2 pm to 5 pm. It will be offline and conducted across multiple exam centres. All the details related to the exam, such as the date and time, the address of the exam centre, etc., will be provided in advance.