Digital literacy and tackling disinformation are among the key skills needed for the 21st century. Teachers need to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to empower their students to think critically, make informed choices online and stay safe whilst continuously building their resilience in the digital world. Teachers 4.0 Digital is a 3-year Erasmus+ funded project that was launched in December 2023 with the participation of 16 partners from 7 countries with an aim to empower teachers in primary and secondary education across Europe to promote digital media literacy and help students to tackle disinformation.
A large-scale capacity-building activity
The project offers a large-scale capacity-building activity for initial training and continuous professional development of over 2000 teachers and educators in a selection of countries that need to bridge this gap: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Poland and Romania.
The project partners are currently working on the:
- development of a comprehensive curriculum for teachers and educators
- design a University Course on the topic of combating disinformation and digital media literacy for initial teacher education
- development of an e-Learning platform for the upskilling of thousands of primary and secondary school education teachers and educators that will offer the Teachers 4.0 Digital course in a blended learning format.
A curriculum for digital media literacy
The curriculum that is currently being developed by the project includes teaching, learning and assessment material with practical examples of lesson plans, as well as key terms and definitions.
The curriculum corresponds to a total of sixty (60) training hours (30 hours for direct instruction and 30 hours for individual study) consisting of the following modules:
- Introduction
- Disinformation: What are we talking about?
- More key terms and definitions
- Setting the Scene: Teaching and learning in the digital school environment
- Assessing and evaluating digital literacy in schools
- Explore the key media practices of children and students
- Teaching digital media literacy and disinformation
- Building digital media literacy competences in the classroom and school: becoming digital citizens
- Students in all their diversity
- Practical examples of lesson plans
What’s in it for teachers?
The capacity-building activity will help teachers and educators to:
- acquire knowledge and skills related to digital literacy,
- update their knowledge on contemporary media used by children and adolescents,
- change their attitudes towards the role, importance and future implications of contemporary media
- strengthen their commitment to promote digital literacy in their classrooms.
Wider impact
The project will also create a wider impact by initiating a public debate with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, contributing to a policy reform on digital literacy education at national and European levels, and providing a comprehensive capacity-building framework for teachers on issues relating to tackling disinformation and promoting digital literacy.
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