[LINK] Melbourne University 'IT 101'

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Here's what Melbourne University does in first year IT,
>as of this year:  <http://informatics.unimelb.edu.au/>
>  
>
Stephen, is "IT" your term, or does Melbourne University use IT

The site says the course is on Informatics:

	Informatics is about using computers to work with
	digital information - gathering, using, storing,
	retrieving, and visualising information and data. 

	It's the study of tools and technologies to solve
	problems in all types  of  settings, like finance
	and economics, journalism, biology, health,
	engineering, communication.

To me Informatics is not IT. IT is about creating computers, Informatics is about using computers.

Or do IT students do this as part of their IT course?

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au