E-Responsible – Digital Learning for Media Literacy and Active Citizenship in Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

E-Responsible – Digital Learning for Media Literacy and Active Citizenship in Schools

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The rapid advancement of technology poses major challenges for children and teenagers, related to the use of internet. Media consumption among children and teenagers is at an all time high, without them possessing the necessary skills to process, evaluate and filter content. Mobile devices now provide constant connectivity to social networks, which poses its own series of threats ranging from exposure to harmful contents and behaviour to privacy and security risks. Much of what occurs online is public, or has the potential to be, raising concerns about privacy and the lasting effects of information shared online on adolescents’ lives.
In this context, while mastering digital skills are of crucial importance for using technological devices, they are not enough for equipping youngsters with the skills to navigate the complex online landscapes safely, responsibly and ethically. Aggregated research data consistently points, that educating responsible digital citizens requires the acquisition of multiple higher-order skills, defined under the domains of digital, media, information, global and emotional literacies.
Schools play an important role in preparing future citizens and professionals. Strengthening Digital citizenship education in schools will better prepare future citizens that will live and work in a world dominated by technology, prevent unethical and harmful behaviour, and equip students with the skills to fully participate in their community.
With the above background, the project’s main objectives are:
1.Encourage the acquisition of media literacy and citizenship skills in school pupils by Integrating innovative learner-centered educational approaches in the relevant areas throughout the existing school curricula.
2. Enable pupils to practice media literacy and citizenship skills actively in school and in the wider community through experiential, peer-to-peer and project based learning, thus promoting 21st century literacies and increased understanding of the larger society through initiatives that allow them to engage locally.
3. Increase the capacity of school teachers to effectively teach media literacy and citizenship skills through increasing their competence in the relevant areas, as well as through providing them with innovative teaching/learning tools to engage with their learners.
The main target groups of the project are school teachers, school pupils, and their parents/legal guardians.
The main results expected to be produced at the end of the project are:
1. The E- Responsible Competence framework and assessment system
2. The E-Responsible Toolkit for Teachers aiming at developing their capacity to teach media literacy and citizenship skills. It will be composed of:
– The Training Course for Teachers aiming at increasing their competence in the concepts, competencies, and skills that need to be integrated into the teaching learning process, as well as in ICT and technology in order to allow them to effectively use the digital tools to be developed during the project.
– The Learning Pack, composed of ready to use modules in the classroom, supplemental learning materials, and activities, in order to assist teachers in Integrating media literacy and EU citizenship education into their teaching and learning activities.
– The Teacher’s Guide compose of teaching material and guidelines teachers, step-by-step user guides, lesson plans and resources to use with learners, activities and guidelines, exercise and activity templates, a library of useful links and third party resources.
3.The Guide for Parents and Families, containing parental guidance and resources on the skills and competences covered by the project, in order to facilitate families to engage actively in the learning process with their children.
4. The Online Learning platform, hosting all the outputs, produced during the project.
Two training events will be carried out, one for organisations staff members and one foe school teachers.
The project will involve around 600 direct participants and 2000 indirect participants. The project will equip students with Digital citizenship skills and competences that will allow them to benefit fully from the opportunities technology offers, while avoiding online threats and risk behaviours. It will also support teachers through improving their skills in the relevant areas and providing them with teaching and learning tools and methodologies to use in the classroom.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 229333 Eur

Project Coordinator

Via Charlemagne & Country: FR

Project Partners

• DRUSTVO ZA RAZVIJANJE PROSTOVOLJNEGA DELA NOVO MESTO
• Fondazione Karis Foundation
• EUROPAISCHE AKADEMIE BERLIN EV
• REDEFINE – ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA A INVESTIGAÇÃO, EDUCAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO
• Bundesgymnasium Bludenz
• AHMET CEVDET PASA ANADOLU LISESI