SHIELD

Students’ of Higher Education critical digital Literacy Development against Disinformation

About

S.HI.E.L.D. vs Disinfo – Students’ of Higher Education critical digital Literacy Development against Disinformation is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that runs from October 2022 to September 2025.

S.HI.E.L.D. vs Disinfo addresses digital transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience and capacity.

Objectives

The objectives of the proposed project address three challenges:

The linking of HE courses with the future professional needs of the graduates and with the updated needs of the labor market by strengthening HE students’ CDL

Identification of democratic goods by HEIs and of the ways these are at risk from disinformation

Changing current HE teaching practices by adopting student-centered teaching strategies that promote inquiry and web-based learning

Results

The results of the project will be:

1.

CDL Competences Framework, including skills needed for staying critical opposite any information

2.

An Interactive matrix of quality-assurance criteria for critical digital literacy education

3.

An anthology of innovative educational scenarios (educational material, strategies and activities) to teach and assess CDL in HEIs

4.

Educators’ e-Toolkit (Ee-Toolkit) for CDL development and education against disinformation for various educational contexts

Target groups

Teaching staff and students from the participating HE

Researchers interested in CDL and information management issues

Companies, training centers, life-long education centers, organizations and NGOs that work on the same issues or on contemporary education challenges.

About

S.HI.E.L.D. vs Disinfo is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that runs from October 2022 to September 2025, that addresses digital transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience and capacity.

The objectives of the proposed project address three challenges:

First

The linking of HE courses with the future professional needs of the graduates and with the updated needs of the labor market by strengthening HE students’ CDL,