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Certificate in IT and Computing

In June 2007, I completed a Certificate in Information Technology and Computing with the Open University. It is made-up of the two nine-month courses described below.

This Certificate introduces concepts within the field of Computing and Information Technology and provides a solid foundation for further study.

Overall Certificate result: Pass (91% pass)

M150 - Data, Computing and Information

Topics covered in this course:

• How computers represent and handle data
• HTML and designing for the Web
• Basic XML and XSL
• Data storage and storage technologies
• Data transmission (including networking, email and the internet
• The structure of hardware and software
• Basic JavaScript
• Software development
• Privacy, security and cryptography
• Computing wildness - control, prediction and rationalising of computer behaviour
• User interfaces
• Pushing the boundaries (including handwriting recognition, sound and speech synthesis)
• Computing ethics and expectations for the future

Please visit the M150 website for more information.

Course start: Jan 2006
Course result: Distinction (91% pass)

T175 - Networked Living: Exploring the Information and Communication Technologies

Topics covered in this course:

• ICTs in everyday life
• Communication system components and data rates
• Stand-alone computers and data storage
• Signals
• Wired and wireless networks (including exploring RFID and smart homes)
• ICTs in entertainment (including videos, images and sound)
• ICTs in newsgathering (including ENG/SNG, digital camcorders and batteries)
• Spreadsheets and graphic editing software
• ICTs in the context of healthcare, road transport and e-government

Please visit the T175 website for more information.

Course start: Oct 2006
Course result: Distinction (91% pass)

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