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Digital Technologies Stage 2
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in November 2016 for teaching at Stage 2 from 2019.

Stage 2 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Ethical understanding

Ethical understanding

In this subject students extend and apply their ethical understanding capability by, for example:

  • considering the ethical implications of digital solutions on individuals, groups, and/or societies now and in the future
  • considering ethical strategies for working with individuals and groups
  • evaluating the ethical issues surrounding the collection, storage, and use of data
  • making ethical decisions based on evidence
  • using data and reporting the outcomes accurately and fairly
  • recognising the importance of responsible participation in social, economic, environmental, scientific, and/or ethical decision‑making
  • increasing critical understanding of the appropriate and ethical uses of digital technology
  • understanding the implications of data use for personal, social, and ethical participation in the wider community
  • evaluating the reliability of information for accurate decision‑making.