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This site publishes educational materials (video materials and exercise tools) used in "Information Society Fundamentals" and "Information Science Fundamentals," which are university-wide required general information education courses at Osaka University, as OER (Open Educational Resources). No registration or procedures are required to use these materials. They are available free of charge.

These materials correspond to "Introduction to Information Literacy for Data and AI Utilization" (Baifukan, ISBN978-4-563-01624-1). Please check the Topics section for the correspondence.

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Topics

Chapter 2: Data and AI Utilization in Society

Chapter 3: Computer Mechanisms

Chapter 4: Information Network Mechanisms

Chapter 5: Data Literacy

Chapter 6: AI Programming Exercises

Chapter 7: Considerations in Data and AI Utilization

OER Resources

Chapter 2: Data and AI Utilization in Society

Video Materials

2-1 Overview of Data and AI Utilization
2-2 Data used in society
2-3 The field of data and AI utilization
2-4 Technologies for data and AI utilization
2-5 The field of data and AI utilization
2-6 The latest trends in data and AI utilization

Chapter 3: Computer Mechanisms

動画教材

3-1 The structure of the computer: Hardware
3-2 The structure of the computer: Software
3-3 Information and data
3-4 Handling of characters, audio, and images

Exercise Tools and Materials


Chapter 4: Information Network Mechanisms

Video Materials

4-1 The structure of the network
4-2 Communication protocols
4-3 IP Address
4-4 Protocols at the Application Layer
4-5 Encryption technologies

Exercise Tools and Materials


Chapter 5: Information Literacy

Exercise Data


Chapter 6: AI Programming Exercises

Exercise Data

We provide programming exercise materials in Jupyter Notebook format.


Chapter 7: Considerations in Data and AI Utilization

Video Materials

7-1 ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues)
7-2-1 Considerations from a legal perspective: Personal Information Protection Law, Portrait Rights and Privacy Rights, Intellectual Property Rights
7-2-2 Considerations from a legal perspective: GDPR, Personal Data Protection and Use, Opt-in and Opt-out
7-3-1 Considerations from an ethical perspective: Fairness of AI, Data Ethics, and Bias
7-3-2 Considerations from an ethical perspective: Transparency and Explainability of AI
7-4-1 Considerations from a social perspective: Human-centered AI principles
7-4-2 Considerations from a social perspective: Negative examples in the use of data and AI
7-4-3 Considerations from a social perspective: The spread and considerations of generative AI
7-5 Considerations in protecting data

People

Educational Material Development

  • Shizuka Shirai, The University of Osaka (Supervisor, Overall)
  • Fuyuhiko Tanaka, The University of Osaka (Chapter 2 and 5)
  • Naoya Chiba, The University of Osaka (Chapter 2 and 6)
  • Masato Kobayashi, The University of Osaka (Chapter 6)
  • Hiroyuki Nagataki, The University of Osaka (Chapter 3 and 4)
  • Masayuki Murakami, The University of Osaka (Chapter 7)
  • Tomohiro Nishida, Osaka Gakuin University (Chapter 3)
  • Atsushi Ono, Senri Kinran University (Chapter 4)

※ Affiliations are as of the time of production.

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