Shape your career in a tech-driven future while building skills employers value. Explore how technology transforms work, learn to make responsible decisions and apply practical tools directly to your co-op and EDGE experiences.
Are you curious about how emerging technologies like AI and digital platforms are reshaping jobs and industries? PD 14 gives you hands-on experiences and real tools you can immediately apply in your co-op work term and EDGE experiences, like evaluating workplace tech, solving real challenges using ethical frameworks and recommending improvements that matter to employers. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to talk confidently about technology in professional settings and add clear, workplace achievements to your résumé.
This course was shaped with input from six faculty and industry experts, ensuring the content reflects current trends and real workplace expectations. You’ll regularly reflect on your experiences, track your skill development, and consider how your growth aligns with the demands of today’s fast-changing world of work, all while engaging in real workplace activities.
What will you do in PD 14?
Discover how technology is reshaping the future of work. You’ll explore real-world scenarios and apply what you learn through activities designed by faculty and industry experts. You’ll build practical skills aligned with the Future Ready Talent Framework (FRTF) and apply them directly to your co-op or EDGE experience through workplace-based activities and assessments. By the end of this course, you will:
- Analyze real workplace technology challenges and craft practical recommendations (not just theories).
- Apply ethical, privacy and human-centered frameworks to evaluate technologies your team might actually use.
- Identify opportunities to make your co-op workplace and EDGE experience more effective through smart technology use.
- Use tools like comparative analysis and strategic thinking that map directly to skills employers list in job postings.
- Identify areas for growth, engage in and reflect upon learning opportunities to promote continuous improvement.
What will you get out of PD 14?
- Skills you can list on your résumé, like tech evaluation, ethical analysis, workplace improvement planning, and strategic communication.
- A real workplace product (your WIL workplace application) you can share with future employers.
- Greater confidence discussing technology’s role in work, whether in meetings, interviews or project planning.
- Insights into the future of work that help you shape your career direction.
What does the course structure look like?
PD 14 is a 10-week course built around three modules. In total, PD 14 includes approximately 4-5 hours of instructional content, 4.5 hours of WIL activities, 3-4 hours of reflection and WIL workplace application (4-5 hours).
Reflection Moments
The course integrates reflection in three moments throughout to help you connect your learning to your professional growth. In these sections, you'll consider your goals and motivations, the progress you make in these areas and your development across the entire term.
WIL activities
These activities are authentic, skill-based, co-designed with an industry partner and take up to 1.5 hours each to complete. You'll apply your perspectives and skills to professionally-relevant contexts, such as comparative analyses and strategic recommendations.
WIL workplace application
The WIL workplace experience brings together your insights and skill development to support your ongoing WIL journey. You'll conduct one of three WIL activities (conduct a comparative analysis, conduct a responsible use of AI audit or create implementation considerations documentation for a new tech in the workplace) and apply what you learned through the course’s WIL activities and transfer it to your work environment.
Who is this course for?
- Available to co-op and EDGE students from all disciplinary backgrounds.
- If you are interested in the future of work and emerging technologies.
- Those who want to assess and implement workplace technology.
- Anyone who wants to develop adaptable, career-ready skills.
Grading information
This course will be graded as CR/NCR (credit/no credit).
For specific details about the requirements to achieve a CR in PD 14, please see the course outline.
If you have a question about grading in PD 14, contact the course team.