Monitoring Open Data
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 … Continue reading Monitoring Open Data
Discussing data education with the International Open Data Charter
The coordinators of the D3 (Developing Data Literacy) Project, EUROGEO, became a signatory of the International Open Data Charter (ODC) in 2020. The aim was to seek to promote the use of data in education and training and improve people’s understanding of the importance of open data to society. The International Open Data Charter has … Continue reading Discussing data education with the International Open Data Charter
D3 presented at EUROGEO 2021
The D3 Project was disseminated at the EUROGEO 2021 Conference on April 23rd 2021. Due to the Covid pandemic the conference was held online, hosted by UNEC, Madrid, the Spanish Open University. The conference theme Sustainable Development Goals for all, where the SDGs seek to promote a multidimensional model of development capable of guaranteeing sustainability. This … Continue reading D3 presented at EUROGEO 2021
D3 Project Developing Open Data Teacher Training
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 … Continue reading D3 Project Developing Open Data Teacher Training
D3 Project Publishes Comparative Review
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. … Continue reading D3 Project Publishes Comparative Review