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D3 promoted at UNESCO-related data literacy event

July 5, 2026conference, News, project, research, resourcesKarl Donert

D3 has been highlighted as an inspirational initiative as part of the “International Cooperation Dialogues – Global Perspectives” day organised by France Education international, in partnership with the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP‑UNESCO), the French Education Ministry’s Directorate for Digital Education – Sub-directorate for Digital Uses in Education and Higher Education (DNE‑AMDAC) and the Delegation for European and International Relations and Cooperation (DREIC).

The event was held on 1 July 2026 in Sèvres, a publication has been produced accompanied by the mapping of inspiring initiatives on the theme: “Training education stakeholders in the use of data”. In this context, the “D3 Project was highlighted as an inspiring initiative specifically focused on training education stakeholders in the use and understanding of data.

The event centred heavily on the future of international cooperation, particularly regarding the Erasmus+ programs, dual diploma projects, and digital equity in learning. Full round-ups and session replays are available directly on the France Education International portal.

The Developing Digital Data (D3) Literacy project is recognised as an educational initiative aimed at enhancing individuals’ ability to understand, interpret, and use digital data effectively. It focuses on equipping learners with critical skills in data collection, analysis, visualisation, and ethical management. By integrating practical tools, case studies, and collaborative activities, D3 promotes informed decision-making, encourages digital citizenship, and establishes evidence-based problem solving. Ultimately, it seeks to build a society capable of critically engaging with data-driven technologies and insights, bridging the gap between raw information and meaningful understanding

The cited data literacy projects, including D3, have been mapped. See the mapping exercise

D3 is also published as a case study in a publication for the international conference on data literacy in education. Find out more

Artiticial Intelligence, Ethics and Geographic Information

May 30, 2025course, News, project, report, research, resourcesKarl Donert

The D3 project was selected in June 2024 by the Civics Innovation Fund to explore the issues of ethical AI in school and university education. The one-year GeoDem-AI project was formulated to encourage a healthy, critical view of ethical issues related to the use of AI in Geography teaching and learning.

GEODEM-AI addresses democratic principles, civic engagement, and social responsibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in geographic information, by offering interactive multimedia training materials for teachers and educators based on real-world civic applications, with the aim to foster active citizenship and civic participation.

The main project outputs are:
– A research report on AI and ethical issues in geoinformation – examine the report
– A Civic Education training module (Web-based) on ethical issues related to geography education – visit the module
– A set of (educational) guidelines/recommendations for AI ethical in Geo-educarion – download the guidelines
– AI and geoinformation teacher stories – explore the teacher stories

Open data on climate change from OECD

April 1, 2022News, report, research, resourcesKarl Donert

On 31 March 2022, Ministers and high-level representatives from the OECD’s 38 member countries and the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania, committed in a formal OECD Declaration to intensify their work on climate and the environment including doing more to curb biodiversity loss, address plastic pollution, align finance with environmental objectives and accelerate climate change action.

The formal OECD Declaration includes working to curb biodiversity loss, address plastic pollution, align finance with environmental objectives and accelerate climate change action with a view to keeping the 1.5°C temperature rise limit within reach. Download a copy of the complete Ministerial Declaration.

One of the main issues is in obtaining and using relevant and reliable indicators for monitoring progress on mitigating climate change impacts. To address this, the OECD has a new platform for tracking trends in c climate change. It provides interactive information with data and trends across OECD countries. Play the short video to find out more.

Explore OECD data on climate change under the headings
– Drivers and emissions
– Impacts and risks
– Policy responses and opportunities

Interact with the OECD data at http://oe.cd/env-glance

Monitoring Open Data

July 26, 2021News, researchKarl Donert

A number of tools and initiatives seek to analyse and present the development of open data across the world.

The Open Data Watch is an independent authority that seeks to ensure national statistical systems meet their obligations to provide open and complete development data.

It provides annual assessments of the coverage and openness of official statistics in countries around the world via an approach that is transparent, reproducible, and consistent with international standards. It was first launched in 2015 with engagement with national statistical offices.

Visit Open Data Watch

The Open Data Monitor gives an overview of available open data resources around the world, allowing an analysis and visualisation of existing data catalogues. Innovative technologies are used to present the results.

The Monitor collects metadata from open datasets from a diverse range of open data sources. Scalable analytical and visualisation methods allow you to find out about the composition of regional, national or pan-European open data repositories. Analysing and visualising the metadata reveals hidden potential and essential insights from existing resources and identify gaps where additional open data are needed.

In the OpenDataMonitor project we will adopt CKAN as the underlying software architecture within which all our software contributions will be integrated as plug-ins. This will help make sure the platform is available to a wide population.

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D3 Project Developing Open Data Teacher Training

December 7, 2020News, project, report, researchcompetence framework, DigicompEdu, open data, teacher trainingKarl Donert

Partners in the Developing Digital Data Literacy are working on creating a teacher training course to connect school teaching, to the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp 2.1) and relating it to the Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu).

Following the publication of a Comparative Review on the use of open data in school education , in July 2020, and based on its findings and recommendations, a training course is being developed seeking to help secondary teachers implement digital data literacy opportunities in schools.

A wide range of freely available open data sources will be used in the training course, such as the European Union Open Data Portal. The training course is expected to include the following modules – Being a Digital Citizen – Information and Data Literacy – Using Data for Communication and Collaboration – Digital Data Creation – Problem Solving with Digital Data More information will follow soon.

D3 Project Publishes Comparative Review

October 17, 2020News, project, report, researchopen data, output, researchKarl Donert

The first output of the D3 project has been published. It is a European review of digital data literacy opportunities in terms of school curricula, qualifications and availability of digital open data tools in secondary school. The report also addresses guidelines and a framework for inclusion of such data and related competences in secondary schools.

Both desk and field research were carried out, making connections between the EU Digital Competence Framework (DigComp 2.0) and school curricula. The desk research included an analysis of available open data from National Ministries, legislative frameworks, as well as an identification of open data tools, digital data literacy and open data in the school environment, training courses, qualifications and curricula.

The field research involved interviews with secondary school teachers, to gather their opinions on the use of technology and open data in their school as well as their personal knowledge of informatics, the digital world and European initiatives in the field.

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