Initial results are presented for the D3 Project - Developing Digital Data literacy in schools. An Erasmus Plus project seeking to: 1. Promote the use of digital technologies and open data tools in learning and teaching 2. Increase the capacity to integrate democratic engagement into educational plans and strategies 3. Establish suitable styles of learning to access and integrate open data into schools and 4. Improve educational stakeholders’ response to the need for data and information literacy in schools and teacher training. The presentation focuses on the Comparative Review undertaken to examine the situation in partner countries. It also looks forward to the teacher professional development course being developed and joining the Open Data Charter initiative. Presentation given at the GeoDecade 2020-2030 conference on 24 November 2020

1. Karl Donert, Education Consultant
Vice President EUROGEO,
Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
kdonert@yahoo.com
D3: a project to Develop
Digital Data Literacy

2. https://www.eurogeography.eu/projects/
EUROGEO
Projects

3. Developing Digital Data (D3)
Literacy Project
KA2 - 2019-1-BE02-KA201-060212
Open data, digital skills and
democratic engagement in school
education
11/23/2020 Kickoff meeting Bruges, 12-13 September 2019 KA2 - 2019-1-BE02-KA201-060212

4. D3 Objectives
1. Promote the use of digital technologies and open
data tools in learning and teaching
2. Increase the capacity to integrate democratic
engagement into educational plans and strategies
3. Establish suitable styles of learning to access and
integrate open data into schools and
4. Improve educational stakeholders’ response to the
need for data and information literacy in schools and
teacher training.

5. D3 Results
• provide the means and tools
(directed at target group)
and promote awareness
(indirect target group) of D3
• introduce training and
support needed to help
embrace the EU Digital
Competence Framework 2.0
• for educators - DigiCompEdu https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcomp/
digital-competence-framework

6. Digicomp for
educators

7. DigiCompEdu
(https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu)
professional
competences
pedagogical
competences
learners
competences

8. DigiCompEdu
(https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu)

9. D3 Project Outputs
IO1: Review: School curricula qualifications
and digital open data tools
IO2: D3 Teacher professional development
course
IO3: D3 Teaching toolkit
IO4: Gallery of Case Studies
11/23/2020 Kickoff meeting Bruges, 12-13 September 2019 KA2 - 2019-1-BE02-KA201-060212
https://d3.youthmetre.eu/

10. Education research
(Saddiqa et al. 2019)
Saddiqa, M., Rasmussen, L., Magnussen, R., Larsen, B. and Pedersen, J.M., 2019, August. Bringing open data into danish schools
and its potential impact on school pupils. In Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (pp. 1-10).
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3306446.3340821

11. Atenas, J and Havemann, L (2019). Open Data Sectors and Communities: Education. In: Davies,
Tim; Rubinstein, Mor; Walker, Stephen B. and Perini, Fernando eds. The State of Open Data:
Histories and Horizons. Cape Town and Ottawa: African Minds and International Development
Open data and education
(Atenas and Havemanns, 2019)

12. Comparative Review
1. Results from Desk Research: An Overview
2. Digital literacy and open data in secondary school
education in partner countries
3. Examples of Open data tools
4. Training courses, qualifications and curricula
5. National legislative frameworks
6. COVID-19 and Special Measures
7. Proposals and Recommendations
https://www.researchgate.net/project/D3-Project-Developing-Digital-Data-literacy

13. Desk Research
• Comparison of results from the Digital Economy and Society
Index (DESI) 2019
• Overview of open data initiatives:
How have societies in these countries responded to the process
of digitalization?
Were open data effectively valued as a powerful tool for
democratic engagement and active citizenship?
• Labour market aspects
• Need to improve students’ understanding of open data
https://www.researchgate.net/project/D3-Project-Developing-Digital-Data-literacy

14. Digital literacy, open data
in secondary education
• Digital literacy and understanding of open data is
fundamental not only as a response to the increasing
demand within the labour market but also to ensure
the growth of responsible and active citizens
• Status of open data and digital literacy in curricula
• Comparison of results from evaluation of digital
competences based on DigComp 2.1 and
DigiCompEdu
https://www.researchgate.net/project/D3-Project-Developing-Digital-Data-literacy

15. different providers and
types of open data tools
digital divide
Protection of
personal data
positive aspects
of open data
development of
critical thinking
open data at
different scales
Open data tools

16. Training, qualifications
and curricula
• Training courses and activities are limited in school
curricula
• Open data and digital competences just a side
aspect of school subjects
• Early attempts to include them: University of
Palermo, Germany
• Need for governmental interest and support
• Specific national laws on open data

17. Recommendations
- Need appropriate legislative frameworks;
- Help make municipalities aware of opportunities
from open data;
- Train teachers – access, use open data, digital tools;
- Provide infrastructures and instruments in schools;
- Clarify link between digital data literacy and effective
citizenship;
- Develop of critical thinking concerning data;
- Raise awareness of the dangers hidden in open data

18. Suggested topics for
D3 Teacher Training
• An understanding of open data, digital literacy, critical thinking,
DigComp 2.1
• Link between open data/digital literacy and active citizenship, democracy
• Catalogue of open data sources and digital platforms to use in class
• Examples of how to integrate digital tools in the teaching process: which is
the impact of these sources? What is the advantage deriving from them?
• Critical thinking: how to protect personal data? How to boost critical
thinking, curiosity, creativity? How to recognize fake news on the Web?
• How to address the digital divide?
• How to stay up to date: informal meetings, international networks,
international initiatives

19. Framework for
teaching with
open data
(Coughlin, 2019)
Coughlan, T., 2020. The use
of open data as a material for
learning. Educational
Technology Research and
Development, 68(1), 383-411.
https://link.springer.com/article/1
0.1007/s11423-019-09706-y

20. •
D3 Project Outputs
https://d3.youthmetre.eu/

21. • Open Data Charter on using open data for
inclusive development and innovation
Open Data Charter
https://opendatacharter.net/
It states (point 5.d) that it is key to:
“Engage with schools and post-secondary
education institutions to support increased open
data research and to incorporate data literacy into
educational curricula”

22. Karl Donert
kdonert@yahoo.com
@karldonert
Presentation:
https://bit.ly/3pMEa4n