Digital Skills Colloquium 2020: Enhancing Human Capacity for Digital Transformation
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Authors
MAWELA, TENDANI
TWINOMURINZI, HOSSANA
MSWELI, NKOSIKHONA
TAU, VICTORIA
Issue Date
2020-03-13
Type
Book
Language
en
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Abstract
The theme for the Digital Skills 2020 Colloquium and Postgraduate Symposium was “Enhancing
Human Capacity for Digital Transformation: It is about people”. It is widely accepted that current
digital changes that are sweeping through the world are significantly altering the environment in
which every organisation, including government, is operating. The scale and scope of the
change is what makes all the difference. The way in which organisations respond to these
environmental changes will determine their survival. The nature of a digitally transformed
organisation cannot be foretold as every organisation will respond according to their local and
global environment. There are, however, some uncomfortable realities; manufacturing jobs will
not be reinstated, and even if they did, the manufacturing industries are necessarily more capital
and not labour intensive (Stiglitz, 2017). Globally, we are experiencing rising unemployment and
income inequality as well as increased demand for high skilled labour (Glenn, Florescu &
Project, 2019).
Accordingly, the Colloquium sought to explore the role played by digital skills in our rapidly
transforming realities. The event attracted full academic research papers, case studies,
research work that still in progress and practitioner reports and models that portray the NEMISA
collaborative ethos involving government, industry and other sectors. Some plenary sessions
and guest speakers shared insights on topics such as emerging technologies, blockchain,
machine learning, gamification in education, application of 3D printing, upscaling of ICT for
development programmes and citizen online safety.
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Digital Skills Colloquium 2020: Enhancing Human Capacity for Digital Transformation, 12-13 March 2020 Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Gauteng, National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA) and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Publisher
National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA) and University of South Africa (UNISA)