Contenu du cours

By completing the MOOC „Digital Citizenship – Competent in Democracy and Teaching” you will gain a deeper understanding of online and social media and how they influence different levels of democratic societies. Social media and the internet as a whole are essential tools for action in today’s society, they are a widely used source of information and provide a variety of communication options.

In order to gauge the importance of (online and social) media for a democratic society, both participative possibilities for action and sources of danger of online media are reflected on. Essential definitions, manipulative technologies and the informed use of online media and sources from the internet are discussed.

This MOOC aims at two outcomes: On the one hand it serves as further education and training for all interested teachers, educators, and multipliers. On the other hand this course provides materials and tips for educational work. These should help to approach the topic in one's own lessons.

The course participants’ self-perception as responsible users of the internet should be strengthened. The knowledge they acquire can be used for their own future pedagogical and educational work. 

Objectifs du cours

By completing this MOOC, the participants’ digital citizenship will be strengthened and the theoretical and didactic basis for their own educational work in this area will be expanded. As part of the course the participants gain knowledge and competences in the following areas, among others:

•  Knowledge of central concepts regarding online and social media
• Development of an awareness of one’s own responsible digital citizenship
• Reflection on participation opportunities on the internet
• Knowledge of tools and analytical steps in terms of the critical use of internet sources
• Identifying manipulation and the motivation behind it
• Reflection on social media, its socio-political context, and its responsible use
• Accessing information and (moving) images from online and social media in a critical manner
• Ability and willingness to address this group of themes in one’s own educational work
• Utilization of the acquired knowledge for one´s own teaching

Connaissances antérieures

No special knowledge is required for this MOOC.

Procédure du cours

Certificat

For actively participating in the course you will receive an automatic certificate which includes your username, the course name as well as the completed lessons. We want to point out that this certificate merely confirms that the user answered at least 75% of the self-assessment questions (multiple choice quiz) correctly.

Licence

Unless otherwise indicated, the content offered in the course is provided under the following license: CC-BY-NC-SA Demokratiezentrum Wien. The content may be used for educational and other non-commercial purposes, on condition that the following name is cited as the source: Demokratiezentrum Wien. External linked materials, videos and such may be exempted from the Creative Commons License. Please note the applicable regulations.
Course Picture: Edited version of the following picture: LTDatEHU, https://pixabay.com/de/photos/technologie-klassenzimmer-bildung-1095751/ (last online access on 25.04.2022). Please note that this image is exempt frpm the course´s CC licencse and is subject to the Pixabay license.