The online course “Big Data Literacy” is an open educational resource that has emerged from the collaboration between the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Cologne, Grimme Research and the Grimme Research College at the University of Cologne. The aim of this course is to raise awareness about Read more…
Data2Teach ist ein kostenloser Online-Kurs zum Thema Datenkompetenz im Bildungskontext. The course is aimed primarily at students and teachers, but also at anyone interested in data collection and analysis. The course focusses on topics such as educational monitoring, data-driven educational processes, opportunities and risks of using data in the school Read more…
“Your Data Mirror Experience” is a personalized, story-based and interactive web application. The project is based on the user’s own data traces and shows what should remain hidden from users: the psychological profile that can be created from personal data in order to play out targeted (political) advertising and influence Read more…
“How Your Phone is Designed to Grab your Attention”is concerned with persuasive design strategies that have been optimised to gain the attention of users. It is part of the digital showcase-series “Capsule 1.0” of “Tactical Tech”, which addresses the following questions: What type of data do you give away through Read more…
“Your Phone Number is Not Only Yours” is concerned with the transfer of one’s own phone number from the services you use to third parties you might not know about. It is part of the digital showcase-series “Capsule 1.0” by “Tactical Tech”, which addresses the following questions: What type of Read more…
“The Real Life of Your Selfie” asks about how one’s digital identity can be used to determine your rights, how much data can be extracted from just your selfie, and what other kinds of biometric data you might be asked to give away. It is part of the digital showcase-series Read more…
The entry “Your Day in Data” from the project “The Glass Room” reflects a prototypical daily routine, visualizing the ways in which we disclose data in the digital space on a daily basis. Questions are raised about how this “data shadow” is created, for instance by clicking ‘agree’ buttons. The Read more…
The fragFINN series provides children with easily understandable explanations of interesting topics in the digital world. The series currently consists of twelve short educational videos, in which the ‘web caterpillar’ FINN and the host Esther Brandt explore the colourful and exciting world of the internet together. The episode “Digital Traces”, Read more…
Die Unterrichtsmaterialien bereiten Fragen des mit der Digitalisierung einhergehenden gesellschaftlichen Wandels für den Politikunterricht auf und sollen einen Beitrag zur Digitalkompetenz von Lernenden wie Lehrenden leisten. Ziel ist, wichtige Zusammenhänge zu verstehen und den Wandel aktiv mitgestalten zu können. The teaching materials address issues of social change associated with digitization Read more…
App+on is part of the ZDF children’s and youth program ZDFtivi, and provides comprehensive information about the pitfalls of the internet. It covers topics such as cyberbullying, data protection, and hate speech, presented in youth-friendly short videos. The episode “Data Protection – I Know You!” particularly focuses on the issue Read more…