G. Pirker, N. Zimmermann, R. Martínez (2021) in: Patricia Hladschik, Claudia Lenz, Georg Pirker (Ed.) (2021). The Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture and the Non-formal Education Sector. With articles of O. Jantschek, L. Meijer, S. Oesterle, H. Lorenzen, T. Nieselt and contributions from P. Carega, N. Zimmermann, R. Martínez. 91 pages, DARE network…
Digital transformation and digital competence from the practice of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. M. Oberosler (ed.), E. Rapetti (ed.), N. Zimmermann (ed.), G. Pirker, I. Carvalho, G. Briz, V. Vivona (2022). Competendo Facilitator Handbook, Brussels, 176 pages Our notions of digital competence must respond to the deep roots of digital transformation…
A debate in the Lifelong Learning Week 2021 at 30 November 2021. With Elisa Gambardella, Lifelong Learning Platform (VicePresident) and Education and Lifelong Learning Coordinator at SOLIDAR Foundation Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, DARE Network and Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten (AdB) Pascal Gascoin, International Federation of Centers for Training in Active Education Methods (Ficeméa) and Zourit.net Estel·la Oncins Universitat…
Healthy and democratic digitalisation is technology serving people. This sentence expresses our hope and curiosity about new developments, but also gives space to our concerns – at what point do people serve machines instead of the other way around? When it comes to tracking and the digitisation of the body, these questions quickly arise. But…
An interview with the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) about the project DIGIT-AL, a holistic pedagogy of ‘the Digital’ and the specific potential of democracy and Human Rights-related learning about the digital transformation: What was the main purpose of the initiative? “We think that many Europeans have the feeling that digitalisation is…
The Las Vegas Consumer Electronic Show 2022 was full of digital devices aiming to work with sensor data from the bodies of their owners. Often it is not clear if the purpose of a device is the analysis or to get as much personal data as possible for what ever. I spoke with Juliet Jammot,…
Authors: Christin Cieslak, Angeliki Giannakopoulou, Daiana Huber, Dina Soeiro, Hélder Touças, Nils-Eyk Zimmermann, Susanne Lattke, Thomas Fritz. Published by: European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), Brussels, 2021. About As the world is moving to a digital-first society, like relationships, institutions and workplaces are increasingly becoming mediated by technology, and digital technologies have the…
F: Nathaniel Stern: Tiny Fan (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Energy, efficiency, sustainability, conscious consumption and global impact as topic for education and learning. For a long time, little attention was paid to the effects of digitalisation. People often look primarily at the potential benefits of new digital infrastructures. These are designed to distribute water, electricity, light,…
The European Association for the Education of Adults awarded the project DIGIT-AL with the Grundtvig Award 2021 in the category “Transnational Project”. The award ceremony took place in the frame of the EAEA Annual Conference 2021: Learning to exercise democracy in a digital world on November 17/18, 2021. More: EAEA Media Release The Grundtvig Award…
Proactivity and innovation are important for the development of resilient democratic societies. Civic engagement and participation are important elements of active citizenship, a basic prerequisite for an innovative and democratic Europe. The Council of Europe Charter on Democracy and Human Rights Education therefore focuses on this active component of civic education, learners should “play an…
Eine ausgewogenere öffentliche Debatte über Digitalisierung braucht Alternativen und Ergänzungen zu den weit verbreiteten Bildern vom Digitalen. Veröffentlicht bei Politischbilden.de Der Zwiespalt zwischen Neugier, Nervenkitzel, Euphorie und Unbehagen, den viele Menschen im Hinblick auf Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Digitalisierung empfinden, wurzelt in der Ungewissheit, wie das Verhältnis von Mensch zu Maschine, bzw. von Individuen zu…
Discussion in the Lifelong learning Week 2020 at December 2nd, 2020, 3pm with MEP Victor Negrescu (S&D, Romania) MEP Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA, Germany) Nils-Eyk Zimmermann (DARE Network Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe) Moderator: Oonagh Aitken, LLLPlatform Steering Committee Digital transformation is a cultural, social, and economic process. It is challenging citizens, civilsociety and…