#digitalLiteracy

Dr PenDrPen
2025-05-03

I shared this on FB but wanted to post here too. Prompted by ppl like Paris Marx recent posts.

Technosocial contracts could gate access, and mitigate the unsustainable stealing of open web knowledge by extractive for vast profit.

All shld run prof dev in , what it means, affects, how it works. Its part of basic for to have an informed criticality about what is going on in the world.

Its very pleasing to see the huge swell of interest now amongst academics and those in tech journalism on the debates in Digital Sovereignty. Ive been talking about technological and digital sovereignty for at least 2 years, and the kinds of technosocial contracts we need to have between geopolitical territories (aka nation states or federated unions, eg the EU) and the global bigtech monopolies that operate in them. Until we understand that we MUST have social contracts with each global operator (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple etc) in order for them to be granted access to the billions of data points they generate, farm and harvest for vast profit, we will not be able to create any fair system. 
This is not unrealistic, it is a normal arrangement that at least some places are already enacting to a greater or lesser extent. Eg Brazil and X recently, or the Barcelona Open Data city policies. We need to ask BigTech to give back, to build open education platforms, to fund school and university socmed apps and servers independent of mainstream platforms, to build and fund digital libraries open to all. We must ACT, not mumble and pay lip service, and do nothing. 
If we think this would never work, is impossible or is unjust to private enterprise, then we need to re-examine ... whether we want the ... colonialist hardcore extractive capitalism (of) these companies, or ... we want to have the will to change that. We ... have the numbers, the power is ... on our side.
The Internet is Cracktheinternetiscrack
2025-05-02

The Algorithm Doesn’t Just Entertain—It Shapes Belief

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts
🎙️➡️ youtu.be/35Nj0Y53Puo

2025-04-29

PsyPost: Gen Z and conservatives show higher misinformation susceptibility, large-scale study finds. “A large-scale international study sheds light on who is more likely to struggle with identifying false information online. The research found that individuals belonging to Generation Z, those who do not identify as male, people with lower levels of formal education, and individuals […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/29/psypost-gen-z-and-conservatives-show-higher-misinformation-susceptibility-large-scale-study-finds/

Ana from GiveInternent.orggiveinternet
2025-04-28

With AI and advanced tech shaping what we see online, is more vital than ever. We must ask: Who created this? Why? Is it fact or opinion? Verifiable? Whose voices are missing? Let’s teach kids to think critically and question what they consume.

media literacy, critical thinking, polarization, disinformation, bias
ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:stereo@freiburg.social
2025-04-26

#riscv mobile selfhosting ;)

i am really excited to be able to teach "digital literacy" inside our program about "future skills" inside @haufegroup

we will build a gemini capsule using pi picos, and iterate incremental until full yunohosting a piece of the fediverse at home. all while touching solarpunk ethics and free software.

#DigitalLiteracy #FutureSkills #noAI #selfhosting #solarpunk #freesoftware @librescrum

a small pink mango pi riscv sbc dangling from a recable.eu directly running from a power bank right next to a zyxel 5g router having a reachable ip.
Elena Rossini ⁂_elena
2025-04-25

Good morning!!!

While everyone in the house is asleep, I’m delighted to finally catch @pluralistic ‘s brilliant conversation with @mike at SXSW’s (from early March) about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ (via @mia)

A photo of an iPad sitting on a table showing on screen a frame from Cory Doctorow’s conversation with Mike McCue at Fediverse House - they’re sitting on stage next to each other. Next to the iPad there is a small cup of coffee
2025-04-24

Digital transformation of teacher education is more than using technology: #aera2025 Impressions from Structured Poster Session on Expansive Views on the Role of #Computing and #DigitalLiteracy in #TeacherEducation

2025-04-22

We're looking to minimise US economic dependence, right? Yet personally, in the UK, I'm still an oldish person mainly using a plastic Mastercard debit card. Is everyone else here really using digital QR payments instead??
#InstantPayments #Mastercard #QR #DigitalLiteracy

2025-04-22

Poynter: MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network expands across Europe. “Misinformation spreads online faster than ever these days — and it knows no borders. That’s why MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network, the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative, continues its global expansion. The TFCN is a group of young people who teach media literacy by debunking viral claims online. […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/poynter-mediawises-teen-fact-checking-network-expands-across-europe/

STOPDISINFORMATIONStopDisinformation
2025-04-18

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Fabiolabfab
2025-04-16

Digital literacy isn't just coding—it's understanding the mathematics behind algorithms that shape our information ecosystem. Teaching graph theory and basic probability in schools would create citizens better equipped to navigate our algorithmic society.

Zhachzhach
2025-04-16

💸 Taxes done? 💸

Time for some real discussion! My post explores how we can move beyond superficial engagement and foster more constructive online dialogues.

Check out the full post here: zhach.news/beyond-the-like-button/

I'd love to hear your thoughts. How do we create a better online experience? What role do platforms, users, and educators play? Let's discuss in the comments!

2025-04-16

Welche Fähigkeiten brauchen Schüler*innen am Ende ihrer Pflichtschulzeit? ❔Damit beschäftigt sich das Gutachten der Ständigen Wissenschaftlichen Kommission (SWK) der Kultusministerkonferenz 📑„Kompetenzen für den erfolgreichen Übergang von der Sekundarstufe I in die berufliche Ausbildung sichern“.

Prof. Ulrike Cress, IWM-Direktorin & Mitglied der Kommission, war insbesondere an den Empfehlungen zur Digital Literacy beteiligt.

ℹ️ iwm-tuebingen.de/www/de/instit

#fediLZ #DigitalLiteracy #schule

"Studien zeigen bei Jugendlichen gerade im Bereich digitaler Kompetenzen deutliche Lücken: Vielen fehlt das nötige Wissen, um sich souverän und zielgerichtet in der digitalen Welt zu orientieren." Ulrike Cress, Direktorin Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM). Zitat in weißem Kreis mit orangefarbener Schrift, Hintergrund insgesamt orangefarben. Neben Zitat Porträtfoto Ulrike Cress und oben rechts in der Ecke das Logo des IWM.
2025-04-14

NEW Journal Article: “A Scoping Review of Digital Literacy, Digital Competence, Digital Fluency and Digital Dexterity in Academic #Libraries’ Context” infodocket.com/2025/04/14/jour
#digitalliteracy

2025-04-14

University of British Columbia: Who is most likely to fall for fake news?. “A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation. Study participants assessed news headlines and tried to judge whether they were real or fake….some groups were more self-aware than others about their shortcomings in spotting misinformation.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/university-of-british-columbia-who-is-most-likely-to-fall-for-fake-news/

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