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Call for Tenders for a web-based applied game on DCE - Pilot Project on Digital Citizenship Education in Türkiye
In the context of the European Union/Council of Europe Join Pilot Project on Digital Citizenship Education in Türkiye, which aims to empower students aged 10-14 in their digital presence through at the lower secondary level, the present call for tender is now open to design, develop, and launch a...
Slovenia initiatives to promote Digital Citizenship Education
The Slovenian Ministry of Education has embarked on a two-years long pilot project aimed at raising awareness and promoting Digital Citizenship Education (DCE). In collaboration with various stakeholders, and in consultation with the Council of Europe, the project marks a significant step in the...
The European Edtech Alliance (EEA) meet the Council of Europe
In the framework of their EEA Meets Series the European Edtech Alliance (EEA) recently invited the Education Department of the Council of Europe to inform their partners about the Education Strategy 2030 “Learners First – Education for Today's and Tomorrow's Democratic Societies”, more...
European and Latin American exchange on Digital Citizenship Education
Organised by UNESCO and Council of Europe, a first event aimed at fostering collaboration and exchange between Europe and Latin America on Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) took place in Lisbon, on February 7 and 8. Representatives from seven states discussed the integration of DCE in education...
Towards a Digital Citizenship Education Curriculum Framework
The Bureau of the Education Committee is set to hold a crucial discussion on the recently conducted feasibility study for a Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) curriculum framework in Strasbourg on January 30, 2024. This meeting marks a significant step in the Council of Europe's initiative to...
Call for tender for communication and visibility consultancy services in the field of digital transformation in education
The Council of Europe Education Department is launching a call for tenders in the framework of its work on the "Digital Transformation in Education". The Call covers communication and visibility services and activities related to Digital Citizenship Education and Digitalisation in Higher...
NEW PROGRAM FOCUSES ON INTEGRATING AI IN EDUCATION, EMPHASIZING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES
Pioneering Discussions Set in Strasbourg on AI Regulation in Education
On 30 January 2023, the Bureau of the Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) of the Council of Europe will convene in Strasbourg to discuss the groundbreaking "Preparatory study for the development of a legal Instrument on regulating the use of AI systems in education". This high-level meeting...
Milan Games Week Panel on Gaming and gender: Towards sustainable gaming cultures
The Education Department of the Council of Europe organised a panel session on 24 November 2023 at the Milan Games Week. The panel discussed gender equality in video games and addressed the role of digital citizenship education in this regard. While gaming should be for everyone, it is still very...
Artificial Intelligence in Education, Conference in Georgia
A conference on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence in Education”, was organised by the Georgian National Center for Teacher Professional Development, within the framework of the eTwinning programme. Mr. Ahmed Murat Kilic, head of the Digital Transformation and E-learning Unit, Education...
Session at Educ@tech Expo Fair in Paris
The session served to introduce the Guidelines to support equitable partnerships between education institutions and the private sector, as well as its relevance for Recommendation CM/Rec (2019)10 on developing and promoting digital citizenship education, where the Council of Europe Committee of...
Global Citizenship Education in debate
The National Centre for Teacher Professional Development (TPDC) organized a conference on Global Citizenship Education on 30 October 2023, in Tbilisi, during which Media and Informational Literacy and Digital Citizenship Education core concepts were under discussion. After the discussion in the...
Call for international consultancy services in the field of digital transformation in education
The Council of Europe Education Department is launching a call for tenders in the framework of its work on the “Digital Transformation in Education”. The Call covers activities related to Digital Citizenship Education and Digitalisation in Higher Education. Among the main outputs that will be...
600 teachers trained in Georgia
Media Literacy in formal education
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia is implementing the project ‘Integrating Media Literacy into Formal Education’ in partnership with the Communications Commission (ComCom), supported by UNICEF. A curriculum of Media Literacy, a manual and a training module for teachers were...
Training on Cybersecurity in Skopje
The Mother Teresa University in Skopje, North Macedonia, organized a training session for 120 university students (60 in pilot group and 60 in control group) on 1 November, which aimed to empower them on online risks prevention through a methodology developed by the European research project...
Artificial Intelligence and Education Expert group meets in Strasbourg
The Council of Europe Artificial Intelligence and Education (AI&ED) expert group gathered in Strasbourg on November 21 and 22 to discuss on several subjects related to the regulation of AI systems in education and its implications, a Policy Toolbox on teaching and learning with and about AI, a...
Scale of media literacy in Flanders
Increase Media Literacy is the main aim of 'Scale of M', a website that offers free teaching materials to get started with media wisdom in primary education during a game week. Launched in Flanders on 23 October, by Mediawijs, the Flemish Knowledge Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, it also...
Gaming and gender: Towards sustainable gaming cultures
The Education Department of the Council of Europe is organising a panel on 24 November 2023 at the Milan Games Week. The panel will discuss gender equality in video games address with a particular emphasis on the role of digital citizenship education in this regard. It is designed by the Video...
Video Games as a Medium for Understanding Migration
Migrants, refugees, and forcibly displaced people in general are often portrayed in simplified and negative terms. Discourses surrounding border control, limitations to migration and rejection of otherness are not only prevalent in the media, but also find substantial representation in video...
Game-based learning as a contribution to DCE
The Austrian Centre for Citizenship Education in Schools (Polis) published the brochure 'Game-based learning als beitrag zur digitalen bürger:innenschaft’ (Game-based learning as a contribution to digital citizenship), which presents eleven games and puts them in a concrete context with the...
Easy Steps to help learners become Digital Citizens
Digital technology figures largely in the life of most teachers and educators today. They use it to gather and organise content, follow the progress of learners, explore new learning opportunities and much more. It often holds an even greater place in the life of students, as a tool for learning...
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