A Curriculum Framework for Digital Citizenship Education

Empowering young citizens in the digital age

Introducing an important new resource for digital citizenship education – an essential tool for empowering young citizens in the digital era. Designed for educational professionals, this resource offers an easy and effective way to integrate digital citizenship education into school curriculum.

A flexible tool

Featuring 320 exemplar learning outcomes, arranged by age group and digital domain, the DCE Planner is a dynamic tool with the flexibility to meet the needs of a variety of educational professionals – teachers, school leaders, teacher educators, administrators and policy makers. Through accessible language and a simple structure, it enables teachers to create meaningful learning experiences for students. School leaders can draw on it to decide school priorities. Teacher educators can use it to plan professional development, and administrators to monitor educational outcomes. Policy makers can look to it for direction on addressing current educational challenges arising from the way digitalisation is impacting society, human rights and democracy.

Citizenship education for the digital age

The DCE Planner isn’t just about integrating elements of digital citizenship into school programmes – it’s about creating an agreed vision of the issues citizens need to explore to successfully navigate the challenges of the digital age. The clarity of its vision ensures that educators focus on teaching of key principles, such as ethical behaviour, rights and responsibilities, critical thinking and democracy, in a cohesive and impactful way. Its clear goals and emphasis on active participation help educators build learners’ confidence, enabling them to take control of their online experiences and play their part
in shaping the digital environment.

Simple to use

Whatever your interest, using the DCE Planner is simple. You just select the outcomes appropriate for your situation, and adapt, arrange or elaborate them further to suit your needs.

Available now

This resource is available now for immediate download or interactive use online. If you find it useful, you may also be interested in playing a part in developing it further in the future. Join us today to help empower the next generation of digital citizens.

Download the DCE Planner - Learning outcomes (Also available in Catalan, Georgian, Icelandic, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian).

Download the Learning outcomes.

Download the full text of the DCE Planner publication.