We must reset the way we teach science; it is vital for all our future life. By: Ms Akrivi Anagnostaki Few months ago, Marga Gual Soler,Founder of SciDipGLOBAL, molecular biologist, advisor to the EU Science Diplomacy Cluster,& Komal Dadlani,Biochemist and ed-tech entrepreneur, CEO/Co-founder at Lab4U wrote the Young Global Leaders Annual Summit, which was presented Read More …
Which devices do learners use? Which devices will so-called “Digital Immigrants” have available for their learning? In the frame of the DISK project developed learning content will be developed in a versatile way so it can be displayed on all currently used devices. This will be desk top PCs as well as laptops, notebooks, Chromebooks, Read More …
FAKE NEWS & INFORMATION on-line By Akrivi Anagnostaki “We are not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic” T.A.Ghebreyesus, W.H.O. Director General. Let’s take a look at the everyday reality: overloads of information, much still unknown, unverified “research” claims spread by digital media. And we, the 2020 followers, as we learn more and more, Read More …
The world’s first global standard related to digital literacy, digital skills, and digital readiness, the IEEE 3527.1™ Standard for Digital Intelligence (DQ), was approved by the IEEE Standards Board on 24 September 2020. This is very much of interest and have applications and impact on the EU DISK Project, Digital Immigrants Survival Kit, and can one Read More …
The European Commission announced the New Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) on 30th September2020. The Digital Education Action Plan aim for resetting education and training for the digital age. The DISK Project, Digital Immigrants Survival Kit is one piece of the puzzle of this action, especially the strategy as below on Enhancing digital skills and competences for the Read More …
The project team met in a virtual meeting to analyze the current situation of running courses as well as discuss tools for the creation of multimedia-based and interactive content. Another issue was the analyses of the new-published “Digital Education” Action Plan of the European Commission. The DISK project is a small puzzle of this new Read More …
Nowadays, that travelling abroad is restricted, virtual visits to other countries is an alternative solution. You can visit the important sightseeings of many countries, museums are amongst them. This is not difficult now, since most of the museums have created virtual tours of their exhibitions. And high digital competences are no necessary! Even a “digital Read More …
In the DISK project the DigComp 2.0 framework from Joint Research Center (JRC) and the European Commission, is used, which identifies 5 key components of digital competence, which can be summarized as: 1) Information and data literacy, 2) Communication and collaboration, 3) Digital content creation, 4) Safety, and 5) Problem solving. As another important, and timely Read More …
Eurostat published a statistic about the digital skills of young people (aged between 16 and 24 years). The result – split to European countries – is interesting (In green color the partner contries of this project are marked): The situation considering all ages is completely different. It is visible that young people have an enormous Read More …
Education is a human right and fundamental for social justice. Education, and access to education is essential for a growing and healthy society in all sectors. The key features in the UNESCO Sustainability Goal no 4 on Education (SDG4) encompass access, equity, inclusion, quality, lifelong learning and gender equality. Formal and informal learning are merging more than ever before, and lifelong learning has become a major concern worldwide. Open Educational Resources (OER) enables everyone to learn from worldwide quality learning resources, either as independent material for self-directed learning for informal learning or integrated it into formal curricula and courses. Read More …
